MATTER OF CONSCIENCE.
SOMETIMES MERELY A CLOAK. RIGOUR FOR SHIRKERS. .(Received 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. Speaking in, the House of Commons, the Premier (Mr. Asquith) stated that the Home Oflice had appointed a committee to determine the work to which conscientious objectors would- be put. Those men who used their conscience as a cloak ought to be treated with the utmost rigour. Tlie genuine objector who, undertook national work would not be subject to military discipline. ';-," Mr. Asquith refused to .be drawn" as to whether two of his colleagues had resigned. '"' *" i :. j '■'•'"' ; ''~ ' ~..,''.. '._"-■'
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 155, 30 June 1916, Page 5
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