THE MEN IN THE TRENCHES
TO THI EDITOR.
Sir, —I was much struck .by. the patriotic speeches of the Ministers of the Crown at the recent commercial travellers' ceremony. Is it riot a fact that the men in the trenches are being taxed on the incomes they gave up while the investors in the loan have their incomes free of income tjx? Is it not a fact that if one of the men in the trenches is injured or killed while on leave, or is discharged or dies of a disease or injury from which he suffered before he was passed and accepted by the military authorities, he or his dependents may get no pension? Is it not a fact that while men : are so urgently needed to support the men in the trenches the Minister of Defence is giving certificates of exemption to all the clergy, except those who are men enough not to ask for them? If such things be, do the Ministers not think that it is about time they "did their bit" and had these gross injustices removed? One moment's justice ; is better than a thousand speeches.—l j am, etc., THOS. A. HUNTER. ■ 24th ApriL
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 3
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