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NATIONAL SERVICE.

Tlio Wellington Dominion deals thus outspokenly with the National Service question: "Surprise is expressed by the -Minister of Defence at the almost unanimous feeling he has met in the South in favour of conscription. If Mr Allen could get more into touch with the people outside official grooves lie would find that the feeling which he discovered to exist in the South is very general throughout the .Dominion. We have built up a sentiment round the voluntary system which is admirable enough up to a point: hut it is seriously open to question whether that system is a wise one in a great struggle like the present, or the best form from the national standpoint.; It is not our purpose, however to discuss the pros and cons of the question just now. thong]] it i* well that the public should not lose sight ,of the possibility of National Service becoming a necessity. What we do! desire to mention, however, is the fact 'that the shirker in our midst who isj in a position to enlist and will not-do so is not only becoming an object of contempt, but he is arousing a bitter resentment amongst those who see the best of our young men offering their services for their country, and many men with families coming forward to make up the quota called for. who should not be required to do so until the single men without such responsibilities are exhausted."

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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 55, 3 November 1915, Page 4

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NATIONAL SERVICE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 55, 3 November 1915, Page 4

NATIONAL SERVICE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 55, 3 November 1915, Page 4

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