HIS263Y1 Lecture : lecture
Document Summary
Early in the war, the government moved into controlling unprecedented areas of. Unprecedented power to control the economy and allows government to take unprecedented measures during war time. The government controlled the activities of enemy aliens . People from the countries belonging to the other sides. Oct 1914, enemy aliens were required to register with police and had to make monthly reports. 1918, government made it illegal to possess any publication in the language of an enemy alien without a licence. 1917, the first income tax is introduced as a war measure. Also created positions for food and fuel controllers. Governments effort were behind the efforts of the public in terms of the war effort. Propaganda emerged from the community as well as the government. Women also worked to mobilize the community for war efforts through organizations such as the red cross. There were also more unsavoury forms of community mobilization.
