OUR DEFENCE LAWS.
DESCRIBED AS "UN-BRITISH.?*
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.)
LONDON, June 13.
Mr Herbert Carter, a Now Zealander, speaking at the Peace Congress, said it was absolutely shameful to see the' penalties being enforced m the Antipodes m connection with the compulsory system — a state of . things '"' utterly unBritish.
Mr Sellars gave an account of his imprisonment, and a resolution was carried expressing grave regret at Jthe continued prosecution of lads m Australia Shd New Zealand.
The Atlantic Union banqueted Mr Thomas Mackenzie at the Criterion. Mr Mackenzie emphasised the importance of welooming and entertaining oversea visitors. He had ho patience with the maudlin sentiment which did not believe m military training while our neighbors were preparing. If Britain to hold 'her own every part of the Empire must bear- its ihare of defence.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13101, 14 June 1913, Page 3
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