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SCHEME OF TRAINING FOR TERRITORIALS

OPPOSED BY COUNCIL OF CHURCHES. ■■' By TelegTaph-Press Association. Christchurch, June 16. ' Tho Council of Churches to-night passea the following resolutions in opposition Sir James Allen's scheme for four months' continuous training for Territorials:—"(l) That the Council of Churches appreciates Sir , Jamos Allen's earnest desire to provide for- the adequate defence of New Zealand. >(2) That the. council considers, however, that the conditions of the public finance and the cost of., living render imperative a_ very large reduction in Defence expenditure, and that the recent victory and the clear understanding of the English-speaking ■races maWfeuch a reduction both wise and safe.. (3) That the formation of the, League of Nations, to which the Empire is formally committed, imposes on us in honour' some striking cessation of the preparations for war which recently destroyed the-German system imposed on'the. world; Sir James Aliens suggestion' involves not a cessation, but 'an expensivo acceleration. (4) That in the opinion of tbis council the compulsory segregation of youths in a military camp would entail moral consequences which no physical improvement could possibly compensate. (5) That it is essential' that the whole question he dealt with not by the Parliament now m existence but 1 by a special referendum."

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 225, 17 June 1919, Page 5

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SCHEME OF TRAINING FOR TERRITORIALS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 225, 17 June 1919, Page 5

SCHEME OF TRAINING FOR TERRITORIALS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 225, 17 June 1919, Page 5

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