DEFENCE ACT DEFAULTERS.
A PESSIMISTIC WKITEE. j Bj Teleeranh-Press Association—Oonyrleht London, August 2". t A correspondent to tho "Daily News" i alleges that the Commonwealth is faced with the necessity of prosecuting 20,000 boys who are evading drill. The officers, he says, are unable to maintain discipline, and threaten to resign if proseentions are not instituted. Tho suggestion is made that the Federal authorities should prosecute members of the Australian Freedom League on charges of sedition. I OFFICIAL EXPLANATION. ij London, August 27. * Captain Mxiirhead Collins, private secretary to Sir George Reid (High Commis- . sioiier for Australia), in an interview, explains how tho "Daily News" misimder- B stood the statistics relating to lads al>- r senting themselves from parades. Obviously, he states, the "News" was not aware that those absent, with or without leave, c are permitted to attend subsequent compensating parades. He quotes a statement made by Senator Pearce, Federal Defenco Minister, 'in tho 'Senate.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1531, 29 August 1912, Page 5
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156DEFENCE ACT DEFAULTERS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1531, 29 August 1912, Page 5
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