PACIFIST MEETINGS
DANGERS IN WAR-TIME TOLERANCE OVERSTRAINED (PA.) AUCKLAND, Feb. 3. It was not the British habit to punish' people who had queer opinions or even dangerous opinions, but rather to find them a place where they could go and talk as they liked. '. ; '■; , This statement was made by Mr Justice Callan in his charge to the grand jury at the opening of the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court when commenting on persons of the sect known as the Christian Pacifists charged with holding prohibited meetings and being in possession of subversive matter. They were not criminals in the ordinary sense, his Honor added, but appeared to believe ' sincerely that they were right and other people wrong, but we could not have such meetings in war-time, as they were apt to lead to turbulence, violence, and a breach of the peace. There were millions of sincere Christians who were convinced it was good Christianity to resist unjust aggression.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24832, 4 February 1942, Page 6
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