LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
naturalised cermans and CONSCRIPTION. Sir,—l would like to ask you a ques« tion. If wo have conscription, will all naturalised foreigners bo included? If so, have it by all means. If they hava jompd us as Britishers, then let ,them; light as well as us and, then let them keep their billets; if not, well you know, Tho farmers are short- of. men; tha butter, cheese, and creameries are not. Why should wo send all cur boys to the front and leave them here? < The Maoris go willingly; why not .them? If the country is worth living in it is worth fighting for. The Kaiser believes in the 1 Bible, where it says brother shall turn ; against brother. What would become of us here? They would tell us it is war.—l am, etc.,
. -V J. ASKEW. Waikanae, October 2, 1915.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2584, 5 October 1915, Page 8
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144LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2584, 5 October 1915, Page 8
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