THE PEACE COUNCIL.
TALK OP VIGOROUS EFFORTS. (By Telccrapb—Press Association.) Christchurch, January 8. Tho National Peace Council met today to consider tho present situation regarding the threatened prosecutions under the Defence Act.
After discussing the matter fully, tho following resolution was carried;—" That this council most emphatically protests against tho action of the Government in threatening prosecutions under the Defence Act with the intention of intimidating boys, notwithstanding tho fact that it was clearly stated by tho ActingJlinisler for Defence, on tha floor of tho House prior to the elections, that no further prosecutions under the Defence .Act would be instituted, aud that instructions to this effect have be-tn issued in a recent memorandum] to tho military authorities."
The council discussed the probability of any prosecutions being instituted, 'and decided that, in that event, they would at onco take vigorous stops to "organise and make effective tho opposition to the scheme throughout the Dominion.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1332, 9 January 1912, Page 4
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154THE PEACE COUNCIL. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1332, 9 January 1912, Page 4
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