PRIDE IN RESPONSE
NEW ZEALAND MANHOOD CONSCRIPTION ISSUE The talk of conscription is to be deprecated, declared Mr. F. L. Frost, M.P., at a civic farewell to soldiers in New Plymouth. As far as he was concerned, he said, he considered that the young manhood of New Zealand already thus early in the war had made a magnificent response. More than 11,000 men had enlisted, and when the First Echelon moved out the second would be ready to move in.
“In any case,” continued Mr. Frost, “conscription of wealth must precede conscription of men. My own opinion is that if men refuse to volunteer then the cause cannot be good enough to fight for.”
It is to be regretted that the insensate folly of war had once more made it necessary for the pick of the nation’s men to leave civilian work to venture forth to the hazards of the battlefield. Most people had begun to think better of humanity. They hoped that with (he ease of communication, the bitter lessons of 1914-18,, and the alleged growth of modern enlightenment at least would have prevented recourse to the arbitrament of force, but with all their regrets they were filled with pride in their young men, more so because they had been taught the horror and futility of war.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20131, 28 December 1939, Page 7
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218PRIDE IN RESPONSE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20131, 28 December 1939, Page 7
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