Peace Offer Framed Amid War Labor Mobilization Talks
The article outlines Lloyd George’s plan for general labor mobilization for war, starting with voluntary measures and potentially triggering compulsory powers. Neville Chamberlain would direct national service, scheduling essential industries and fixing labor and material supplies. Parliament may adopt a French committee style system, with shipyards and coal mines under similar controls. Reports also note a lull on European fronts, with sparse movements in Romania Verdun and the Balkans, and patrol actions in Macedonia.
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Imperial Conference Depends on Provinces
LondonDec 20 At a meeting the Empire Parliamentary Association Walter Hume Long secretar y of state for the colonies said the time of holding the imperial conference mentioned by Premier Lloyd George in his speech yesterday depended on the overseas dominions Their premiers were engaged in work as strenuous and anxious as that of those in the home government.
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Nationalization of British Shipping Captures Attention
Washington notes brief mention by Premier Lloyd George of nationalizing Britain’s mercantile marine as a first wartime move. Officials weigh effects on American trade and on submarine warfare, pondering who would be guaranteed protection and how private ships would be distinguished from public vessels in American harbors.
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Lloyd George Speech Seen Reflecting British Will
London reports say Premier Lloyd George voiced the nation’s real views in the Commons on Germany’s peace proposal. The Times and other papers deem his reply and Lord Curzon’s Lords speech moderate in tone yet firm in substance, with broad national resolve for sacrifices to meet allied demands.
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