CATHOLIC FEDERATION
THE CONSCRIPTION QUESTION. (Special to Daily News.) Wellington, Last Night. At tli;' recent meeting of the New Zealand Catholic Federation, reference was made to u telegram published on December 1), on the'subject of the compulsory service question, and -the chairman was asked as to' the interpretation to be placed on the concluding paragraph of that statement. In reply, the chairman stated that it was one of the planks of the Federation that it does not touch politics, evcept whore politics touch religion; the Federation, therefore, made no pronouncement for or against conscription. It was purely a matter of conscience for each individual member.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1916, Page 5
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