The issue was dealt with differently in 1917 under the direction of Sir Robert Borden than it was during WWII under the direction of William Lion Mackenzie King. Though both times ended with the law of conscription being passed, Mackenzie King is credited with handling the matter better than Borden. In 1917, Borden visited troops and was taken aback to learn about the amount of dead and wounded. He was requested to dispatch more troops as soon as he could because volunteer enlistments weren’t keeping pace with the number of men being killed and wounded overseas. Borden knew the war could not be won without reinforcements and so he decided to pass the conscription bill.
Another factor to the growth of opposition against the Tsar was due to the Rasputin becoming advisor to Alexandria as Nicholas the second went to war. During September 1915 and December there was frequent changes such as; 4 prime ministers ,5 interior ministers and 3 ministers of agriculture. This made it hard for people of Russia to keep up and it made no improvements to Russia’s society. In addition this made the Tsar hated among the people and the opposition grew against him. However, if Alexandra accepted reforms from the Duma instead of Rasputin a reduction of opposition would of
Another reason was the government believed that Britain would help and give support to Australia when needed, if they supported Britain in the world war one. As a result, many British patriots encouraged conscription to ensure that Australia would be seen to have experienced the difficulties of War and, as a consequence, not relinquish it’s duty and in the process sever it’s ties with Britain. This fuelled the underlying controversies surrounding Australia's inability to assert her independence from Britain. Where as the people against the conscription believed that this is not the war to fight in. The war had no connections to Australia, and war was not good for the economy of a new country.
Soldiers at War were left helpless as pessimism increases. Newly appointed Prime Minister of Australia, William Morris Hughes, following his trip back from Britain, proposed a solution- conscription. However the Commonwealth Defence Act from 1903, gave the Australian government the power to enlist men for military service within Australia but not for overseas. This left Hughes a very problematic dilemma, whether or not to conscript men for military service overseas. This would need people to indicate their support for or opposition to a proposed change to the constitution, as Hughes did not gain enough support from parliament, so he directly appealed to the public.
In the summer of 1914 war swept across Europe which turned into a prolonged global struggle. In World War I there were the Allies, which were composed of Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, and the US. The Allies were against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The Europeans quickly rushed into war but United States at first did not want any part in the war. At the time the President of US was Woodrow Wilson who wanted to stay Neutral.
Amidst a growing public support for war, and the sinking of seven United States merchant ships by German submarines, President Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany on the 6th of April, 1917. Although there was increasing sentiment for involvement in the war, the majority of the nation was still polarized on the issue of American intervention. Those with European ties, including one third of the American population that were immigrants of European descent, and upper class citizens with social and business ties to Britain and France, were in favor of involvement in the war. Those without ties to the conflict by blood or business were not interested in waging a war overseas. With unwavering public support considered to be paramount to the wartime effort, President Wilson created the Committee on Public Information (CPI) on the 13th of April, 1917.
ANZAC The Unauthorised Biography Anzac The Unauthorised Biography sheds light on the history surrounding the Anzac legend, with the moving away of the British Empire, to display of nationalism and ideals on the battlefield of Gallipoli. It then shows the other side with the decline of the Anzac legend, but also the political turmoil with the rise of left wing politics of Marxism and communism and the protesting of the Vietnam War. Holbrook states that many Australians believe that their nation was born on April 25 1915 on the beaches of Gallipoli instead of in Melbourne, Australia on January 1 1901. However, the Anzac Legend declined in prestige only to be revived once more. Australians have often sought recognition in war, where as our British counterparts merely tried to compare Gallipoli to Waterloo.
World War II (1939-1945) led Australians to fight for their rights and freedom, and whilst the wars overseas were coming to an end, Aboriginal Australians were still denied basic rights and freedom, yet living in their own country. Although there were government policies that expressed that all Australians must be viewed alike in their attitudes and customs, aboriginal people were still discriminated in all levels. They were expected to assimilate and blend in with the new 'White' Australia. It was very difficult for the aboriginal people to blend into the British community, the reason being that both aboriginals and the British had not much in common, including: Cultures, values, way of living etc. In the other hand, there were also discrimination
In 1950 Australia was involved in the Vietnam War, as there was alliance with the Americans and involvement with Seato and Anzus. Australia believed it was there call to send troops to Vietnam due to alliance with American as they feared of the spreading of communism. The Vietnam War was broadcasted all over the world, for the first time people were viewing what was really involved in the War, this affected peoples mind with conscription, this left a big controversy with many people were both for and against. This lead to a protest called the moratoriums protest; this was the biggest division in society. When the first World Wat occurred in 1914, conscription was brought to discuss either young men would have to be forced to be involved
Problems Waging the War A. Shortage of Workers- there were a lot of things that happened because of this i. Labor reforms- Laws that had previously strengthened unions, reforms, etc really began to get thrown by the gov't. They thought they were stopping the war efforts. ii.