CLERGY AND THE CALL TO ARMS.
A MINISTERS'ASaOCaAITOKB .VtEWS. By Telegraph.-Press JwxSutia*. Christchurch, Feb. 19. i At a meeting of the ChristcaureH Ministers' Association a nfotion wa* carried unanimously that the Assod»< t;on calls the attention of the Govern* ment to the necessity of preserving lb*, solute equality of the clergy of all sfift churches in the Dominion in regard W military service. They desire to against the employment of the auftofs ity of canon law in appeals before tbd Military Boards, since canon law has *fl) authority whatever in British Court*. They desire especially to protest agaiaslj the statement of tba Soman CathotM Archbishop that the requirement of «er« vice from priests by the State would fce regarded as religious persecution. "B>s association respectfully submits that aalcss* absolute equality as between &m clergy of the different churches is ver* sternly insisted upon very grave dbqaief Mid disturbance will be created hi fMg "Dominion. '
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1917, Page 5
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154CLERGY AND THE CALL TO ARMS. Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1917, Page 5
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