By this stage, all those those willing to volunteer had already joined up, yet as casualties mounted more troops were needed, and so conscription was needed to fill the depleted ranks.
Mackenzie King
There are many cons, for one, trying to pass conscription laws was very hard and caused stress for Canada's leaders at the time.
There was no conscription that could force a man to serve overseas. and Australians voted no on this in 1916 and again in 1917. However military training for Australian men aged 18 to 60 had been compulsory since 1911.
It is conscription (or drafting).
Canada began conscription in 1916-1917, since volunteers declined severely. This was unsucessful, since the French opposed this greatly and everyone else didn't want to be forced into it. the governemtn had no way to ensure all the registered men would actually go to the trainning so 20 000 instead of 400 000 men showed up.
Propaganda was used in Australia during World War I to sway public opinion towards conscription. It involved exaggerating the threat to Australia, questioning the loyalty of those who opposed conscription, and portraying conscription as necessary for the survival of the nation. This propaganda campaign divided the country, leading to two referendums on conscription in 1916 and 1917, both of which were defeated.
Mackenzie King
There are many cons, for one, trying to pass conscription laws was very hard and caused stress for Canada's leaders at the time.
Many French Canadians also opposed conscription in 1917.
They were conscripting Canadian soldiers to join war ecause they did not have enough.
Canada was a British Territory and all British Territories were subject to conscription into their own army.
J.-E Caron has written: 'Conscription and agriculture' -- subject(s): World War, 1914-1918, Conscription Crisis, 1917, Agriculture, Food supply
The Conscription Act of 1917
The British adopted conscription in 1916 because they wanted to break the stalemate at the Western Front. They believed that if they had more soldiers at the front, the war would end quciker and they would win. Only down side was that the Germans had the exact same plan.
It divided Australia as in it resulted that there were bitter debates and conflict within society at the time and within the labour government itself. The Australian socity divided into pro conscription and anti conscription. It brought to surface underlying conflicts.
There was no conscription that could force a man to serve overseas. and Australians voted no on this in 1916 and again in 1917. However military training for Australian men aged 18 to 60 had been compulsory since 1911.
Prime Minister Hughes (who had recently left the Labor party, due to his belief in conscription) was all for it, becuase he believed that it was necessary if the sustain of soldiers to the war was to be kept