WOULD NOT SHOOT
PACIFIST SALVATIONIST . (By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.") : CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. A member of the Salvation Army fexproase^d some advanced pacifist sentiments when he appeared before Mr. E. D. Mosloy, S.M., this morning to ask for exemption from military training for his son. "If you had a rifle available and saw, a man about to shoot you, would you shoot him?" asked the Magistrate. "No, certainly not," replied the father. "If your wife and children wore about to be murdered, would you make any attempt to retaliate?" "No. Although I love them dearly, I would sooner see my wife and children go than.face God as a murderer." The Magistrate exempted 'the boy, who was 14, till the age of 18, and ordered that after that age he should be allowed total exemption provided ho remained in the St. John Ambulance Brigade till ho was -21.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 118, 21 May 1928, Page 8
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