CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
THE WANGANUI- ENQUIRY. LABOUR EEDERATTON WAIT ON TJ&OVt^NMEiNT. (United Press' Association.) ''WELZ.WSO&N, .TSna Day. Replying to from the Federation of Ijabour re conscientious objectors, Sir James Allen reiterated the statement that "counsel would be employed "in any "case the Magistrate thought necessary.' 'He adhered to the opinion that the enquiry should not be open to the publicJ The Magistrate had been instructed to interview the men at Wanganui, or wherever they may be, and test their ■statements to the fullest extent. Regarding conscientious objectors who have been sent Home, Sir James Allen said he could see' no reason why *hese men should be brought back, be- ' cause if brought back, it would be an obvious: admission that the Government was weak and were ipraotically giviing -.way to pressure, when they did not - think pressure was justifiable. He added that the report of the Magistrate will be made pnblic.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 162, 6 July 1918, Page 5
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