Things We Ought to Know.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 54, 22 March 1912, Page 8

Things We Ought to Know.

Why have tiio niiiilaiy autliuiitios suddenly bet-oiiie so anxious to .->iv l»ie piiy-icNl irainine O i our Ijo.vs and impjovcd:-

Uh\, ii the auvltorities arc reaily c* <-.nnce.riKKl iibuia the i)ixij)ei- din«)lo|>ineiil oi : <mr lud.,, ilocs the J)i-lei:ci-. Acfc lint provii.le l'(, r ])hvsieu!uiie of drills : j

Why <lid .Sir .Joseph Ward pus* an Act in i<10!.) tlrat lie said in ]'.K)s would not ol)tai.n the consent of the pc.iple? (ihii-wd, Vol. 1-13, p. 83d.) Wliy is then , h greater dan.u< , r ol invasion to-day than tin re was lour yearn a.iro when Sir Joseph AVaj'd said tlie idea was absurd ': (Hansai/l, Vol. 11-5, p. 709.)

Why. if the- Continental .syNieui of conscription is so splendid. is everybody so terribly afraid of our using the term in connection wilh our scheme J

Why do not tho advocates of cotiipulsory military training not out n. few valid in its i'avor? Wβ aro Lirod of Jivariui; that it is in#'j*sarv.

Why wo liping contiinially told.

'"t-hat lo Jnro ]>face we must propa.re for v.'ar," wlion tho nations that are prcpnnvl ar r * living in jnortal foar oi' war all the time*, and tJj»» natioiie w]ii<'li fiavo lit'cii pj'cpaiL'd in thf past havp all liad wars! -.

Why aro all xh<* unfits <-xpinpti"J iVom ii'ainii'ii; niulfi , tlif ])"'!'<'ik'< v .'set if trainiiiy: is so osrjiliiil for woaklirijfs?

Why is it lit-cfi.vr.ry for our lads in dr<»«is in kliaid and rarry gnus uiklit , a military oflicor, whili , wear loose tniiiks and oarry <]'.ni:li-!:oli.4 ii'idor a physical cu'linist, if ])hy-;ic;it nil til iv is all th<> luivs losirii?

V/hy is it iinpprativo llial onr hoys should lwirn to shuot in ordor t:i I)<vCfiii'.o priipoily (l«--vi']opprl ?

"vVliv sliould thf Oovcrniwni ond>'avof to oor.:]>fl ynivths to V»> <o an offiwr wiio has r.o i.ntrrost i»i wolfarp, an<l \v\xi t.h<>in io do things dii'fftly contrary i< ( ilicir paivniV '.vislios?

Why should of 21 h<\ pnn'i.h™*! far soniothino; thoy flifl liv ih'ir p.-i.r-■Hit-s 1 at 12 ypnrs of .Tin? VikW Sco. ol all lads win t-> nro deprived of i.li.-ir franchise, which, of conrsi', iliov rvunvit until ilioj- attain thoir lnajwrily. Why v.t'Ta ron ■'-n fo-nr-? for thnsp wlio ohir-ctions Tiri'W Hansf D-F

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