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Description: | NEG NO.33094
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text: thirty-two lines of Welsh text translated as follows - "The crisis. An appeal to free men. Fellow countrymen never before in its
history has our nation been face to face with such a serious crisis as at the present. After fourteen months of war the carefully planned
domination has taken the German strength into France, Belgium, Poland, Turkey and the Balkan nations. We well know that Germany is prepared
to drag every nation into the slaughter in order to achieve her aims. Under the voluntary system we raised large armies to oppose the
aggressors and we can proudly point to their achievments. We believe despite this that if the voluntary principle is to be continued it
would be necessary to raise at least 30,000 new soldiers each week to maintain the efficiency of our armies, and to win such a victory as
will free the world from the fear of that military domination which Germany has imposed upon it. There are in our country at this time tens
of thousands of men of military age and eligibility who have not yet joined the army with arms and equipment waiting for them. We appeal to
them to take their share of the burden at once not only because they will thereby defend their own livelihood but also because it will be
to their advantage to safeguard the essential livelihoods of the nation. It is not 'cowardice' which keeps these men from joining but an
inability to appreciate the seriousness of the situation. We know that a conquest or conditional peace would mean that we would be
disgraced as a nation with the certainty that the struggle would be renewed within a few years but also that we would lose the freedom and
those personal rights that were won through centuries of effort. The responsibility for victory or defeat lies with those who have yet to
answer the call. With that, join now as volunteers to defend your country and everything she stands for. Signed on behalf of the three
national committees H.Gosling C.W.Bowerman - Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress J.O'Grady W.A.Appleton - The Ordinary
Council of Trade Unions W.S.Sanders G.J.Wardle - The Working Committee of the Labour Party" | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Home Front & (after) 10/1915 British Home Front & Derby Recruiting Scheme & (after) 10/1915 British Army recruiting propaganda | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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