The Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917. THE CASE OF E. J. WATT.
COMMENTING editorially upon the Military Board’s decision to relieve E. .1. Watt from military service, the Palmerston Times says: — “The case of E, 3. Walt makes one regret more than ever that conscription was not carried in Australia. Here is a man young, eligible, physically lit enough to carry opt great raring campaigns in three States and a Dominion; living on the tat of the land; monopolising enormous areas of soil; enjoying all the benefits of living under the Hag; having all classes of men and boys fighting and dying for him, and women working and sacrificing themselves for him; the Navy keeping the seas clear for him; on the electoral roll here and in Australia ; and yet he does not propose to take any part in the Game. Our only sorrow is that such an individual can Haunt public opinion and get away with it.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1673, 10 February 1917, Page 2
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159The Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917. THE CASE OF E. J. WATT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1673, 10 February 1917, Page 2
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