Conscription In New Light
[Special to “Northern Advocate .”] NAPIER, This Day. New Zealand defence needs, in the light of a possible outbreak of war within the next two years, were examined by Major-General Sir Andrew Russell in an address delivered to the Hastings Rotary Club. “It is realised in Australia that the Territorial force is inadequate, that recruiting is unsatisfactory, aand that training is most superficial. The same state of affairs exists in this country,” Sir Andrew says. “Nothing is less fair or less just than t 0 send our men to war under conditions which are almost certain to spell defeat, and definitely certain to ensure heavy casualties which neither New Zealand nor Australia can afford to suffer.” Sir Andrew contended that calling on a man to make himself fit to defend his countrj r in a universal trained scheme —or, as some call it, conscription or compulsion—was no different from compelling children to go to school.
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Northern Advocate, 9 July 1938, Page 5
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158Conscription In New Light Northern Advocate, 9 July 1938, Page 5
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