JUVENILE REBELS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17707, 8 March 1923, Page 11

JUVENILE REBELS.

ACTION IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (VBOM OC3 'OWK COBBZBPOHVB3T.) , SYDNEY, March 1* The reawakened activity of the Communist Sunday schdols, and the proposal to establish a Young Communist League in New South Wales, has made the Minister for Justice determined to eradicate these organisations by means of" his Seditions Teachings Bill. This measure was prepared several month 1 ' ago, its object being to prevent the perversion of the minds of children' under the age of 16 years by means of seditious teaching and revolutionary propaganda, r Some of the songs which the children have been taught to sing in these schools are as follows: — We the rebel ohfldren sing, Perish, every ?ourt «nd king*; _ We've a would to save and win, la the Revolutioxu We shall sing, all rebels ting, rebels aing, rebels sing. We shall sing, all rebels «ing. **" *&• Revolution. What, wear » tricolour Union Jack, Samples of greed and "teatth, And pull from the maat of the brotherhood Tho flag of the Commonwealth? That's the rebel girl; that's the lebel gUJ, To the Troriingolasse* she's * precious peuL She brings courage pride and joy To the fighting rebel boy. '

The Minister (Mr Ley) considers that adults con look after themselves m respect of erroneous teachings, as-they have sufficient balance to weigh the true with the false, hut the susceptible minds of children need to be protected. Therefore he has put in his bill provision for imprisonment for-three months and a fine of £SO for anyone who, with seditious intent-, teaches children under the age of 16 seditious or anarchical doctrines.- . A seditious intention includes v an intention to bring hatred or contempt or to incite dissirtisfacion against the King and .Constitution, to incite the King's subjects to attempt" otherwise than by lawful means the alteration of the form of government as by law established, or td promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different classes of his Majesty's subjects.