AUSTRALIA'S REJECTION OF CONSCRITPION

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 224, 10 June 1918, Page 6

AUSTRALIA'S REJECTION OF CONSCRITPION

POLITICAL PARTIES BLAMED. London. June 6. Private Badcockj of Tasmania, who escaped from Cassel and reached Holland, in an article in tho "Sound Table" on the second rejection' of conscription in Australia, says:—"The failure is a political one. In tho heated atmosphere of. party politics the finest passions have been drawn into a barren sectarian' struggle and wasted. Thus, though there is not any party not hostile to Germany, and few who do not regard the winning of the war as the most important national task, Australia has failed to put her utmost weight into tho struggle. Tho blame lies equally between the two political parties."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ;

SLANDERED OFFICERS

EVIDENCE AT BILLING TRIAL. CONTRADICTED.

(Roc. Juno 0, 5.5 p.m.) London, June 7. Colonel Cripps, commanding the Bucks Hussars in Palestine, in a letter to Lord Burnham. honorary colonel of, the regiment, contradicting the suggestion in the Billing trial that Major Rothschild and the Hon. Neil Primrose were shot because they possessed knowledge of tho German Black Book, said both officers fell under Turkish fire while leading their men with great gallantry,—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

FOURTH OF JULY

,THE KING TO PARTICIPATE IN I- . " CELEBRATIONS. ~ London, June 7. There is much satisfaction in American circles at the King's promise to participate in the celebrations in London on the Fourth of July. His Majest> ivill attend a baseball match at' Chelsea — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.