Mr. Barnes, The Labour Member, In An Excellent Speech Put
the common-sense point of view w hen he said that people who declared that they would not even state their case to the tribunals must be all owed to wear the martyr's crown. In......
After The Amendments To Widen The Gap For Conscientious...
had either been negatived on a division, or elsedefeated by very large majorities, the House passed on to a discussion of the safeguards against industrial compulsion. Mr. Boner......
All Things Considered, We Hold That Exclusion Was The Only
tight policy. Logically, no doubt, Sir Edward Carson would have been justified—and it must have been somewhat of a temptation—in demanding that Protestant Ulster, i.e., the six......
Sir Edward Carson, Who Followed Mr. Boner Law, Showed Wisdom
and restraint. Though he would have liked to see -Ireland included, and though he made play with a remark interjected by Mr. Dillon in Mr. Boner Law's speech that the......
Before The Debate Closed There Was An Interesting...
regard to tho ago of service, Mr. Williams wishing to sub- stitute twenty-one for eighteen years as the age at which liability to serve should begin. As Mr. Bonar Law pointed......
On Tuesday The Debate On This Point Was Continued, And
Mr. Long made an urgent appeal that the amendment should not be pressed, in the course of which he gave the House a message from Lord Kitchener, the effect of which was that in......
The Next Stage In The Debate Was A Discussion On
Sir John Simon's amendment, which, as the Prime Minister pointed out, cut at the very base of the Bill. Its ostensible object was to con- sider the grounds of exemption before......
The Government Have Done Extremely Well To Appoint Lord...
Viceroy of. India. He has been serving as a Captain in India almost since the beginning of the war. He has had considerable experience in Australia. His wisdom in guiding a......
The German Reply To Sir E. Grey's Proposal That The
` Baralong' . case (together with the three Gorman acts of inhumanity at sea committed about the same time that the ` Baralong's ' crew are alleged to have murdered German......
We Have The Greatest Respect For Quakers, But We Are
bound to say that this does seem to be pushing the tenderness of con- science very far indeed. During his speech, in which he described the extreme Quaker position, and while he......
We Agree. It Would Be Wrong To Tempt Men To
pretend that they had conscientious objections to taking human life by letting them feel that they would thus escape the disagree- ableness of national service. We want to......
The Debate On The Military Service Bill Was Resumed On
Wednesday. In regard to the conscientious objector, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the right of exemption on the ground of conscience did not mean that a man had only to say " My......
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