NATIONAL DEFENCE
OBJECTS OF LEAGUE. A good deal of public interest is now being evinced in the aims and objects of tho National Defence League of New Zealand. These broadly aro set out in the constitution of tho league as follows: ''To maintain _ a white New Zealand; to secure the immunity of the country from invasion; to educate the people of the country upon such measures of defence as may be considered necessary. In the attainment of these objects the league specifically lays it down as its policy that it is not desired to convert the manhood of this country into soldiers, but purely to ensure that every man who is capable of bearing arms is given sufficient military training to en-' able him to obey the highest duty of citizenship by being able adequately to assist to protect his country should the occasion arise. In other words, tho platform of the league sets forth that-the New Zealander is a citizen, and only becomes a soldier when he is required for tho defence of his country."
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10645, 19 July 1920, Page 5
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176NATIONAL DEFENCE New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10645, 19 July 1920, Page 5
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