CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS.
TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS." I Sir. —In justice to citizens wh.o arc concernod lor the interests of true religion and of conscience, will you allow me to point out that tnese words are used, in the Defence Department's explanation, printed in your columns on ' Monday, in a sens© so purely technical as to be misleading. How many per--5 sons arc awaro that, in order to bo "a real religious objector" under the Act, one has to be either a Quaker, a ' Christadelphian, or a Seventh. Day Adventist 'i As to the "real conscien- . tious objector," I #m at a loss to imaf gino what the Government qualifica- ] tions for his position can possibly be, f with men of such well-known worth, 3 conscience, and lofty character, as v Mr Urquhart, M.A., of Auckland, and a Mr Gorman Bell, B.IX, of this city, at 1 present doing time in New Zealand - prisons under the Act. —Yours, etc., B. E. BAUGHAN. ,
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16148, 28 February 1918, Page 9
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