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CRISIS IN BRITAIN. i \<.i. \\i> It) i; USB \(.r POH Mil u UO H u i: r<> M Yt IM I loxl t.coruc Says lni|M>ssil?lr l.onge: In Exclude Ireland from t'oii s? riptlon?Tl?s Most Critical Stage or 'Aar. Ixjndon, April 9.?David Lloyd Georg?, the liritiHii prime minist? r. made the hit of his ? irrer hy coupling home rule for Ireland with the con? scription of Irishmen. Thii unexpected disclosure in an Mafttt hy the premier In the Hons* ?>i ?'?. nmons in presen' nn: tin- n? *v conscription lull t?? Parliament j.wcpt ssidu all interest ; i:i the ?I? tails of the eoiiseriptnoi scheme which alrctiily ha?l ?.? ?n r?n?>e,ist by the newspapers. 1 W? |p a> now mterc<1 tiie most ; ertUcal phase of this tcrrihle war." ( said I'.cn.ier l.lwvd QoOfge In ild dnsfins the HMM of OUfttmOMi ? 'There is a lull in UM > t? ?rm, hut the hiliriiam not owr. |>oulbloss we tnast expeet moi ? ii? r? ?' SOJtbN ami ere it is tin.?11 v exhausted then ?III he many mote. . ? o ' o hout the world ma) depend on the success with which the very last of then* utts^ks la reflated und come t??red. "The gowi-nioent. therefore, pro neac* to suhmit la Parliament today certain recommendations In order to assist this country ami tM Allies to weather the st .< n. They will in Ntdve, i regret, extreme sacrifices on ti e p.irt of the large claascs of the population and nothing would justify them but Ihr most extreme necessity and the fact that we are fighting for all that la essential and most sac? red in our national life. I:.I come to the circum? stances which leil up to our submit ' ig these proposals to Parliament I o gbt to any one word as to why Par? liament was not immediately snm moned. Since the battle hei;a n the > ? . inui' iil h is Im-.-?i i iil;:ii:.'i| almost every hour in concerting with the Al HH the necessary measure to assist MM argaJgl to deal with the enemy. The proposals which w?- Int.I submitting to Parliament required \ery close and careful examination ami I think Iber? is this advantage In our meeting today, rather than im? mediately after the impact of the German attach that we shall be eon *i.p-'ov>' .iii?-so i.(?(,-..is.iis qnder eon dp ions which would be far removed from any suggestion of panic. "I shall now come to the circum? stances which haw le?l to the pres? ent military position. It is very dif? ficult at this time to present a clear, connected ami reliable narrative of what happened. There has been a gr??at battle on a front of 50 miles? tho areatest battle ever fought In the history of the world. Enormous forces have been engaged; there was ri considerable retirement on the part r-rn-m-?? ? the British forces, and under i li.v OOUditionj iL 1? not always easy lor sometime to ascertain what ac? tually happened. The hou.se will recollect the dif? ficulty we txpoiitnoed With regard to I unbrai. It was diillcult to piece to? gether the itory ol ?vent for some time end Combral was a very trivial event compared With this gigantic hattle. "The generals and their staffs are, nnturallyt engaged and have to con < I n* at? Ihalr attention Upon the Op? erations of the etiemy and until the ?train relaxei It would be4 very dif? ficult to institute the necessary in? quiries to lind ?tut exactly what hap? pened. ?However, there are two or three fuctl Which stand OUt, rind in stating I hem I should Use to call attention! to tWO thing! Which 1 think above all must be avoided, The first is that nothing should i.e eald which could give Information to the enemy! noth thlng should be said which would l/ive encouragement to the enemy, and nothing should be said which would give discouragement to our own Iroope who are fighting so gallantly at tili-: very hour. "And the second question is that nil recrimination al this hour must be shut out. . \\ hal was the position at the be? ginning of the battle? Notwithstand? ing IhS heavy casualties in 191?i the army in France was considerably Mtronger <>n Ihe tiist of January, 1918, thai? on the first of .Taunary, 1!?17. l'p to the end of 1 !? 1 7 - up to, say. about October or November?the Oer n combatant strength in France u Si two to the Allies three. Then t t ie tin- military COllapae of Russia anil the (Hermans hurried up their re? leased divisions ami brought them to the we-?t. They h id a certain meas? ure of An tn .n upport which had i sen aot orded them. Premier Lloyd George told the lions.- ol Commons today that whun the battle <>n tin- fJonURS front com meneed tin- total combatant strength Ol the German armv on the west front wai approximate!) equal to the total of he Kntente Alllea The Premier said tin- cabinet had taken SVOry lisp to hurry reinforce? ments. The number of 'guns an.' prisoners taken had been pxagger atOd grossly by the Germans. The ministry of munitions, the Pre? mier added, bad been able to replace the guns ami there WON substantial reserves left, The eahlnet was confi? dent the army would be equal to the next encounter. Mr. Lloyd-Georgo said the cabinet had decided to reeall Gen. Gough. who was In command of the Fifth Army, against which the Germans made their principal gain* Until all the circumstances of his retirement weir known, however, it would be un? fair, he said, to censure him. Having gained an initial success. Mr. Lloyd-George went on, the enemy Was preparing a greater attack and it would be a fatal error to underesti? mate the gravity of the prospect. Tin- Germans attacked with !?7 di- | ??in II I - '^-m5r i mm path CTOW II BERT Y BONDS *^ pave the way to VICTORY in war,-an ;ir!y, complete, triumphant (ST?RY? If we are to win war abroad we must first o spend wisely, to abandon luxury, and invest every dollar we possibly can in the bonds which provide the materials and equipment without which the war cannot be won. Save and Serve! Buy Liberty Bonds This Space Paid for and Contributed by DeLORME'5 PHARMACY. _? I ? vision! (approximately 1,l?>o,ooo me i> j the Premier told the house. Tiny were relythg on the idea that the A l? lies had no uniteil command and ex-, peoted to divide the French and Br t-! ish armies. At one time of the battle the situ? ation was critical. The enemy broke through between the Third and Fifth' Armies. The situation was retrieved by the magnificent conduct of the1 troops, which retired but were not routed. I The forecast regarding probable en? emy attacks made by Gen. Sir Henry j Wilson, chief of the imperial staff,' was characterised by the Premier as tlie most remarkable ever made. In opening the battle, he continued, the German! had an exceptional ad Vantage in the weather, which was dirty and misty. They had organised their tloops to produce a greater number of divisions and had the ad? vantage of the initiative, with the consequent knowledge as to the width. Btrerigth and dimensions of the attack. There were large con? centrations of German troops at va rlous points of the line. Owing to the ease with which troops could be mov ? .1 at night, he explained, the element of surprise could not be eliminated. No army was ever before transferr? ed across tin: channel as quickly as v ere the troops which wore sent to relieve the situation, the Premier as? serted, He referred to the appoint? ment of (Jen. Foeh to supreme com I land of the Allied strategy and said it was the most important decision taken regarding the coming battle. The Premier said the fighting? 'Strength of the Americans would be brought to bear immediately, although it was Impossible to put into France Si the moment the number of trained I American! SI a separate army that had been expected. The Americans would be brigaded with Allied troops. Kef er ring to the Turkish cam? paign, Mr. Lloyd-George said two Turkish armies had been destroyed in Palestine and Mesopotamia, two Ger? man battalions had been sent to help the Turks in Palestine, thereby reliev? ing the western front. The Premier said the light might continue for sev? en or eight months. With the British army and navy, he said, almost six million men had been raised already. The Issue of the great battle might well be determined, Mr. Lloyd-Georg*, declared, by the dramatic intervention of President Wilson and his action In placing the American troops at the disposal of the Allies. It was impos sible to overestimate the PTOStdoJsa offer, as the battle might very well b? the decisive struggle of the war. H* added that the German attack had stirred up the resolution and determi nation of America beyond anything that has yet been heard. The British Reserves, Mr. Lloyd George said further, had been drawn upon to a considerable extent to maki up for wastage. If the battle con tinued on the same scale the drain on manpower must cause anxiety. When an emergency had arise; s/hleh made it necessary to put met Of BO and hoys of IS Into the fight fo liberty, Mr. Lloyd-George declared, was not possible to exclude Ireland from conscription by a Parliament li which 11 eland was represented am; which had committed the country U tho war without a dissenting voice. The character of the quarrel 1> which the country was engaged, th Premier said, was as much Irish tta Rnglish. When Mr. Lloyd-George referred t Ireland, Alfred Byrne, Nationalls member from Dublin, shouted: "We won't have conscription in Ire land." An uproar followed. The report of the Irish conventioi was adopted by a majority only an? therefore ihr government would tak* the responsibility! said the Premier lor such proposals for self-govern ment as were just and could be car rled *>ut without violent controversy. It would be some weeks before en rollmenl in Ireland began, the Pre mler continued. One Nationalist crie<. out: 'it will never begin, Michael Flavin, Nationalist membe? from Kerry, said. "You come aeros.'i and try to take us." Another Nationalist exclaimed: "It is a declaration of war against Ire? land." I Mr Lloyd-George .said his powei p oposul would Involve an extreme in ee bj par! of the population o Orea! Britain. The Patnhrnl battle, he said, wftfl i very trivial evenl when compared with the recen! battle and until tie train had relaxed it would be 'in' In lilt to I.ml <?ut exactly what lis< hi ppened, Tin- proportion <>! men between I? n I 6(1 available for fighting, said tie Premier, was estimated at seven pel < at Tim recruiting tribunals woui i..' reeor lltuted and the ground! fo1 v exemption and limits of the right t< appeal would be standardized, clergy men would be required to perform noncomhatunt service, No one nndei IG years <>i arc would be retained ir any Industry, Mr. Lloyd-Ucorge said he repudiat ed the suggestion Unit the British forces had been dissipated by subsid? iary military enterprises. Had it no; I been for the French and British troops sent to Italy the Austrian army would have been free for a certain front. The government had reduced ( the force on the Saloniki front by two divisions. In Egypt and Palestine there were only three white divisions , and in Mesopotamia there was only one, the others being mixed British , and Indians. India had been made unsafe through Persia but the destruc? tion of the two Turkish armies had prevented that menace. London. April 10.?Most of the morning papers agree with the prin? ciples of Premier Lloyd-George's man power appeal. There Is* certain to be a quarrel with it, but several pa? pers declare there is need for caution. The Mail says, however, that the choice whlcli is now being made is that between victory and defeat, adding "no faint-hcartcdncsa of sur vivors must make the sacrifice of our dead in vain." "Xo government met sure," The Times declares, "ever had a back? ground more grim or a justification more imperative." POTATOES THE CHEAPEST FOOD. Food Administration Appeals to Peo? ple to Consume the Hi:; Surplus and Avoid Waste. Columbia, April (J.?In a letter sent out by William Elliott, Food Admin? istrator for South Carolina, to the re? tail grocers throughout the State, at? tention is railed to the big surplus in Irish poatoes, and the retailers are urged to push their aale. The appeal is made by the Food Administration to the people of the State that they eat more potatoes and consunfe the big surplus during the next few ( weeks in order that a tremendous waste may be avoided. There are in South Carolins at the present tiipe 40,000 bags of potatoes In the hands of the wholesalers, and 10,000 bags In the hands of the retail? ers. It is estimated by the [federal Food Administration that the sur? plus this year over normal times Is 110,000,000 bushels. The new crop will be eeming in in a few weeks to add to this surplus. "It would be a dying shame In this time of food shortage for this sur? plus In potatoes to go to waste," says Mr. Elliott in his letter to the retailers. i ? "FaitTiers were last year urged to plant big potato crops in order to re- , lleve the food situation, and did so patriotically, and at present prices, says Mr. Elliott, Irish potatoes are not only the most* plentiful food, but they are the cheapest food that con? sumers can buy." i Wholesalers at different points in the State are selling potatoes at from one dollar to two dollars a bag less than they cost tltem. ALIEN ENEMIES ARRESTED. Eighty-Two gecret Foes Seized at | Milwaukee and Hunt for Other 1 j Begun. Milwaukee, April 10.- Eighty-two enemy aliens, who are said to have .delated their permits, were arrested today by agents of the depart meni of justice, It is said that about two hundred others will he taken into nis tody as soon as they can he located. SENATOR STONE ILL. Missouri Senator Stricken With Pa? ralysis in Street Car. Washington. April 10.?Senator stone, chairman of the foreign rela? tions committee, was stricken with paralysis in a street car today. His physician after a hasty examination said his condition was serious, but nol critical. LARGE CASUALTY LIST. Today's Report Contains Two Hundred Eighty-three Names. Washington. April 10, The larges ?asualty list for any day since the United States entered the war was an nounced today, it Included two bun Irod eighty-three names, Five wen killed in action, sixty-three died of wounds, eleven da d of disease, seven lied of accidents, ten severely wound? ed, two hundred forty-five slights | wounded and two missing in action Thirteen lieutenants ure among Ihe wounded, NEW PRIORITY ORDER. War Industries lloanl Issued Neu Knie Today. Washington. April I". War indus Hies hoard today issued a revised priority list, under which Industrie ire to Met roal and railroad tram portations. it precludes preferential treatment to any plant which does not have a Substantial percentage of products of exceptional import snce. Lim:UTY LOW CAMPAIGN. Male Committee Working lor an lion- J or Mag for Every Town end City. Columbia, April 10.?The Liberty Loan Committee announced yester- j lay that tin* third liberty loan Will,] more than any of the prev ious issues, j ?ppeal to the patriotism of the indi- j rldual. The stern facts of the war] and America's part In it are coming dome with more tolling force each day and the necessity for the prompt fin? ancing of every feature is recognised as vital to the success of our arms, Sind the establishment through Victory of an early and lasting peace. One of the slogans of the state Council of Defense and the Liberty Loan Committee of this State is "An honor Ikig for every city and town in the State." 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