London, Apr. 27. ESOLUTION similar to the Government's motion on conscript tion, moved in the House of Lords today by Lord Stanhope, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Leader of the House of Lords, was passed without division.
Lord Stanhope received cheers seldom heard in th" House of Lords.
He emphasized Britain's new obligations to Poland, Rumania and Greece, and also stressed the fact that countries such as France and Russia already had compulsory military service. Lord Snell and Lord Samuel, for the' Labour and Liberal Oppositions, opposed the motion, on the ground that conscription was unnecessary, as more men had been volunteering than could be given equipment and training facilities.
The Government motion advocating the adopting of conscript tion in Great Britain was passed at the conclusion of the debate in the House of Commons today, by 378 votes to 145. The Labour amendment to the motion was defeated by 380 votes to 143.
"It would be a mistake to think that European problems could be solved by calling up 200,000 youths of 20 years of age," declared Mr. Winston Churchill, wartime First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech supporting the Government's motion on conscript tion in the House of Commons debate today, Mr. Churchill's speech was ill minated with his customary graph illustrations.
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