COMPULSION.
TO THE EDITOR,
Sir,—ln your leader last night yon state that the ability oi voluntary service to supply the needs of the country during this war would be an effective though (he only one—in its favor. I beg to differ from you on that point. Even the success which wo shall no doubt achieve will not justify the application of a system which is morally and fundamentally wrong and unjust. ' 'Elio fact that the British nation did not adopt the principle of Compulsory National Service, both personal and monetary, from the beginning of a war in which all our true liberties and everything that is good were at stake, betrays a lamentable weakness of the national character. The argument is that Compulsory Service would lead to military despotism when applied to the British people, who have' achieved and will surely retain the powers of constitutional, democratic government.—l am, etc., A.B.r. March 31
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Evening Star, Issue 16078, 1 April 1916, Page 8
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153COMPULSION. Evening Star, Issue 16078, 1 April 1916, Page 8
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