A MILITARY PROBLEM.
CONSCIENTIOUS .AND RELIGIOUS OBJECTORS. | WELLINGTON, July,2o. . J Wlien the last transports sailed with' , troops, fourteen conscientious objectors to military scrvico.wero placed on hoard * by a military guard, from Trcnthain Camp, There, are still a number, of religious objectors in.camp. Some of these arc willing to do work about thecamp, but all refuse to do anything 'which would tend to v make them soldiers. There is a. clear distinction between the religious and the cbnscicn 1 tipus objector., The. .former objects on religious 'grounds, and the latter oh- . .. . f jeets to cquscnption, Both types give ; considerable trouble to: r the' eainp- staff- .'.' ■by refusing to york, drill,, or']ilit,oii. 'I jiiiiformf A few hnyu"-o,ycn. refused, to : n draw their pay/:: Oii ,tlie T oj,her;Jiaiid, ~: there jii'e anioug the: ''ro f l>*i hi is •;plTjo'i*i 6j;s)'.!! whocheerfiiilf 110 i* ■; : .nry : , : ,OTorlc nii^^aHgiiCs;: J.; ; Sogfni ; ,'ii.o)ic\.J/ f p;: pbj tors ; ; xt; f felv^—Of :^
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North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 30938, 23 July 1917, Page 8
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152A MILITARY PROBLEM. North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 30938, 23 July 1917, Page 8
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