AUSTRALIA'S PART.
THE QUESTION OF, CONSCRIP.TION. MELBOURNE, Thig Da^ Replying to a deputation b$ Hoe Australian Natives' Association, urg- ' ing conscription, Senator Pearce (act- j ing-Premier) said that the strongest , argument for conscription was that it " : would enable them' to exercise discre- [ tion as to who should be sent and who 1 should remain at Home. He did ftot "think that more men would be Bent than under voluntary enlistment. I Referring to the war census, he said that 120,000 single men between the ages of 18 and 44 -years refused to enlist. He thought at present that plenty of men were available and that conscription was unnecessary.
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Grey River Argus, 14 April 1916, Page 2
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