AUSTRALIA'S SOLDIERS.
« NOT TO SHOOT DOWN STRIKERS. By Tclesraph-Preaa AEsociatbn-Oopyrlghi Sydney, January 13. Tho Minister for Defence (Hon. G. P. Pearce), 6peakilig at Broken Hill, declared ho was not prepared to use tho military forces to shoot down strikers. Defcnco was a plank of tho Labour party's policy. Soldicr3 were not hired murderers, as had been stated at Broken Hill. They were made to -perform a duty they owed to the country. . Japan, said tho Minister, mas an arsenal from beginning to end, and \vns not in favour of international arbitration. The Australian compulsory training was a trifle compared to tho autocratic conscription of European countries,
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Dominion, Issue 1337, 15 January 1912, Page 6
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106AUSTRALIA'S SOLDIERS. Dominion, Issue 1337, 15 January 1912, Page 6
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