ANTI-CONSCRIPTION.
The violent .langunge employed 'by a correspondent in another coin mm against those who voted in Parliament to place the defences of the country on a satisfactory footing, wiill not be endorsed by a verv considerable 'section of tihe oomimfU'iwty. Sir Joseph Ward has Ms faults). He is adoniitteidly. a ,red*ot imperia'li.slt.' But .wihen He sought to make fitoe defence of New Zealand something more than a mere pretence, he had the wlhiole force of .public opinion behind. Mm. Th!at he fes not acoomptistal vAmt the cotuiffcry desired, anfl Ifefc Ms methods of improviing tihe defences have been' slovenly in the extreme, isi unhappily too true. Tt is sheen- nonsemse, (however, to suggest that his actions Have been inspired by or a desire to cater for {lfte jingo iistJd element in societv.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10474, 10 November 1911, Page 4
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133ANTI-CONSCRIPTION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10474, 10 November 1911, Page 4
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