FATHER’S OBJECTION
TO SON’S MILITARY SERVICE. CHRISTCHURCH, May 19. A member of the Salvation Army expressed advanced pacifist sentiments when ho appeared before Mr Mosley, S.M., to-day to ask for exemption from military training for his son, aged 14 years. “If you had a rifle available, and saw a man about to shoot you, would you shoot him,” asked the Magistrate. “No; certainly not!” replied the father. The Magistrate: “If your wife and children were about to be murdered, would you make any attempt to retaliate?” The father: “No. Although I love them dearly, I would sooner see my wife and children go than face God a M a murderer!” The Magistrate exempted the boy till the age of 18, and ordered that, after that age, he be allowed total exemption, provided that he remained in the St. John Ambulance Brigade till the age of 21 years.
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Grey River Argus, 21 May 1928, Page 5
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