SHIRKERS AND THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP.
Sir, —Seeing that public opinion is so divided on the question of conscription, it occurred to mtp that as an alternative the Government might introduce a Bill disonfranchising all eligible men who decline to volunteer for a period of, say, five or ten years after the war is over. The justice of the proposal can hardly be questioned, as surely a man who declines to do his share towards the defence of 'his country cannot bo considered entitled to exercise the rights of citi-. zonship in the same way as thijsc who are fighting for us and in dcfence of their liomos. It will probably he said that Bhirltcrs will not mind the loss of ifftoir right to vote. This may be so, but they will not relish tho idea of having tho record of their shortcomings kept alive for so long aftor tho war is over.—l am, otc., QUID PEO QUO. Masterton. . 1 [Our opinion is that tho great majority of the people of tho Dominion favour compulsory service as the hest method of meeting the neods of the situation.] ,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2730, 27 March 1916, Page 7
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187SHIRKERS AND THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP. Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2730, 27 March 1916, Page 7
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