CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTIONS.
Sir, —The conscientious objector's rell gious scruples must bo respected. Th« Wellington Magistrate would not up-" bold tlie plea of the objector who urged that ho was consecrated to -the King of Kings. And rightly so. The King of Kings is the God of Battles, the Lord of Hosts, a Great and Mightj Conqueror, henco no religious person can rightly plead consecration to the King of Kings and 'refuse to fight to uphold the most righteous cause against the violators of European peace, morals, and civilisation. In England the other day a man of twenty asked the Westminster Tribunal for complete exemption on conscientious grounds, whereupon the following dialogue ensued: "What roligious body do you belong' [to?" ■ '"I nm a Wesleyan." "I have not heard before that it ir part of .the creed of Wesleyans thai fighting is a wicked thing.". Exemption was refused. And so il was by our astute Wellington Magls trate,-who added to tho refusal a fin; of 40s. or seven days' imprisonment-, a ( fact which cannot be too widelf known. No truly religious mnn wil refuse to fight for a country that en-. surcs to him freedom of religious belief.—l am, etc., JUSTIFICATION.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2753, 24 April 1916, Page 6
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199CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTIONS. Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2753, 24 April 1916, Page 6
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