"The Crucifixion."
SHOULD IT BE ABOLISHED?
(Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Wednesday, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 19.
Mr J. I. Macpherson in the House of Commons protested against a member describing field punishment No. 1 as the " crucifixion." _ Practically all the generals were agreed that it oould not be abolished. Sir Douglas Haig believed that its abolition wo-ald lead to an increase in the death penalty.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13581, 21 December 1916, Page 5
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