SCRIBES AND PHARISEES
A literary agent, who acts for many authors in Britain, was recently invited to write an article for the American press on " British Authors and the War." He accepted readily, says the News-Letter, but on going through his records discovered that of all his authors who were of military age only two were actually serving with His Majesty's Forces. As for the rest, the greater number of them had either departed to America or were conscientious objectors, It would be interesting to know whether the tribunals which had to consider the cases of these conscientious objectors, who we're doubtless well equipped with philosophic arguments in defence of their position, hit upon the idea of investigating their pre-war writings—which would probably often have been found to be extremely bellicose.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24450, 8 November 1940, Page 5
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