THE KNYVETT CASE.
The stupid despotism which has been manifest in the Knyvett case will become a curse to this country it not checked. It is a bad omen for the ultimate success of the lately-passed Defence Bill that such a scandalous perversion of justice should have occurred iust on the acception of a system of universal military training, says the "Tuapeka Times." Supporters of the scheme have not bargained to put claims on their brains
and manacles on their judgment. . j . . If we have to put up with a I few years of the regime which has found ex-Captain Knyvett incapable of holding his Majesty's commission with honour to himself and benefit to his country, a future Lord Kitchener will have little to say about keenness ai;d aptitude on the part of our trained'soldiers. . . , We strongly hold the opinion that the indignation should not be confined to volunteer circles. It shouid extend to all classes of the community. The whole country should enter an impassioned protest against such a contemptuous disregard to tne demands of common justice.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9693, 18 January 1910, Page 4
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178THE KNYVETT CASE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9693, 18 January 1910, Page 4
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