MILITARY DEFAULTERS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 28 May 1919, Page 4

MILITARY DEFAULTERS

AN EXPLANATION.

I (by telegraph^—press association.) ! . CHRISTCBUBCH, May 27. bir James Alien,, in reply to a question aa to why., the names of several military defaulters of some notoriety had been omitted, from.the list oft&LOße deprived of civil rights, saiid that some names had been deliberately left off on the advice of the commission set up to deal with th c question of;' religious objectors. Altogether about ISO 'sanies of defaulters;, had heen~ left off . for $bik, reason., "The Kst looks* pretjty large,** saad Sir James i f'but the.difficaliy ha» - been to find, out wher^s these men are, or some of them. Some mityhave gone to the front under assumed names. One £uch case - recently came under my "n<i^;" tice. Others! may be oat? of the minion. If any member of the ptfl)li<? knows of any defaulters whose names are not on the list they showld acquaint the Defence Department.. As far "as I know all known defaulters other thau religious objectors are pat tte VmbS' *■