A CIVIL GUARD

Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1932, Page 8

A CIVIL GUARD

', f' ‘i. -“. ■' v '';- W ;; ■ • ’ PROPOSAL FOR NEW ZEALAND ■ U.Sv' LESSON* IN LOYALTY.

AUCKLAND, November 1. A plea ; for a inorei rigid insistence Zealand upon loyalty ; tb King aifd Empire was contained in the annual I ,presidential address to- the Auckland' Provincial Employers’ Association, delivered by Mr Alb-rt Spencer at the annual meeting. - ' 1 •.' “In 'everyi school throughout the United States cf America and; :; t heir adjacent territory ,of Hawaii 'every day the hag of the United States is saluted' l>y, ail the scholars in their playground, and'each school room has the flag; hung on the wall facing the pupils,” he said. “Every pupil is instructed dn two main points—tamely, loyalty to the United States and the flag, 1 and punctuality always-. “The Americans will*not tolerate the slightest ’ disrespect t 0 their flag, dr the :least show of disloyalty. In almost every 1 American city they have a civil guard; organised to assist the police and State authorities to maintain order and to protect life and property. In Honolulu some years ago a riot tobk place. The civil "'guards turned out i thousands an dt, e riots were immee ately stopped a n’d peace was restored.

“We; want a civil guard 'ln this country now compulsory training for our young men is no longer effective, and every man of worn; a who lives under the protection of the British flag should be loyal and true, or get out of the country

■ ‘ln America they will not tolerate the traitor; or the' disloyalist: why should we' do so in New Zealand.