QUAKERS AND THE DEFENCE BILL.
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WELLINGTON, December 13. A deputation of Quakers waited on the Premier to-day in reference to conscientious and religious objections to the comiiulsory military training clause in the Defence Bill. The deputation thanked Sir Joseph Ward for including a conscie.nce clause in the Bill, and said, that members of the Society of Friends were prepared to undertake civil duties so long as they had no connection with war.
The Premier, in reply, said that the defence system which New Zealand proposed to follow was not one of militarism, but a. system to enable the people to educate -themselves in matters of defence, people.who.shad conscientious objections wouldilmVe , those, objections respected, TJhe, Government was anxious to prevent any jingoistic spirit permeating the country, and *p see that we did not descend to the spirit of militarism noticeable in other countries. . =;
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 7932, 14 December 1909, Page 1
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