THE UNION JACK.
AND THE ANTI-MILITARISTS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, August 27. A- military cadet, who is also secretary of the Freedom' League, when charged with failing to attend drills, pleaded that as a Christian lie could nave nothing to do with military training. wished to follow Christ's teachings, whitili were against military activity, and claimed liberty under the Union Jack, which, he said, gave freedom of 6»ecc'h and action. The magistrate, in ordering accused into military custody, asked: "How is the Union Jack to bo kept flying by principles such as yours, or how can there he preparedness for warp" Tlio chargeo quoted Queen Victoria as saying that tlio Bible was the secret of England's greatness.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1840, 28 August 1913, Page 7
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117THE UNION JACK. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1840, 28 August 1913, Page 7
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