SHIRKERS.
"THE HOME OF FREEDOM." > By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received BRISBANE, April 10. Speaking at the University, the Chief Justice said that. France., once regarded as the home- of sabotage, and -■■■ Russia, once wrecked' by internal disputes, entered the. war with unanimity i of spirit, "whilst England was the home: of freedom and there wem to be found . dissentients, shirkers and strikers. He, as a Democrat, was,puzzled as to . how* these,people could exist in a deL niocratic community. Some people said' that preference to unionists and such concessions would result in an advance of democracy, but Buch practices were really the introduction of despotism.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11670, 10 April 1916, Page 1
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