AMERICAN CONSCRIPTION

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1276, 15 March 1918, Page 5

AMERICAN CONSCRIPTION

IRISH RESIDENTS EXEMPT. , Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Rec. Mar. 15, B. lo> WASHINGTON, Mar. 14. ’ Irish residents of the United States who are British subjects are exempt under the British-American draft treaty. [The American conscription measure applies to British subjects resident in America, and the exemption of the Irish is in con- t form it v with tiie policy in Uritain, where the Conscription Act does not apply to Ire- ’ land.] t