COMPULSORY TRAINING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1760, 27 May 1913, Page 5

COMPULSORY TRAINING.

4 MR. T. MACKENZIE TO THE FORE. "FLABBY SENTIMENTALITY." Br ffclejsrs ph—FreßD Abiooiatfon—Oopyriaht (Rec. May 20, 11.20 p.m.) London, May 28. Speaking at Queen's Hall, on the occasion of the Empire Dtyy celebrations, Mr. Thomas Mackenzie, the New Zealand High Commissioner, said he regretted that there wero Britishers belonging to tho flabby species whose sentimentality was encouraging some emigrants to flout New Zealand's laws, and even opening a subscription list on their behalf. The opposition to the Dominion Defence Act was due to a fear that if it w*s successful it would be quoted in justification of the adoption of a similar system in Great Britain.

A CURIOUS COMPANY IN CONDEMNATION. By Telfljirajli—Press Association—Copyright London, May 25. A demonstration in Trafalgar Square condemned axmament and compulsory training. Eurioo Malatesta and two of the Sellars family (from New Zealand) were on the' platform.

Mr. Keir Hardic, M.P., and Mr. George Lansbury, ex-:M.P., apologised for their absence. TEurico Malatesta, a prominent militant Anarchist, was connected with the Honndsditch murders, and has been thrico sentenced to death. Last year ho was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for libelling one Bellilli, alleging ho wns an Italian police spy. It was finderstood that after serving this sentonco Malatesta was to have been' deported.!