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THE ABOLITION OF CONSCRIPTION.

SLOW AND DIFFICULT TASK.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1919.

APPEAL BY UPTON SINCLAIR,

at best a slow and complicated FREE SPEECH IN AMERICA.Jor I. W. W1's; they would like to)

have all the rest of such personA Basiness. It is equally obvious

in jail for life, and they say that we cannot, without neglect- our duties and respon- ing

freelymetimes from the sibilities, leave the East ungar-

judicial bench. The result is, risoned. Only a few days ago, in

that every prisoner held be the House of Lords, Tard Bryes

comes a centre of class-bitterness, was asking for more, not fewer

In view of the heavy Sentences au incitement to class-war. I garrisons, W

oiler thata-sed by American Courts on jelemeney is refusal, and our Major-Con, Sir F. Maurice

we might be able to affordusele itions objectors and other political prisoners" are held in writes in the Daily News protection to the Christian pula opponents of the war, Upton jail after alt danger from outside Fion of Anuenia and Georga. Sinclair, the well-known writer enemies is past, the radical forces auswer in the where brigandage and murder and himself a strong supporter of of the country will inevitably House to a question by Mr. Jare still rife. The assassination the war against Germany, has interpret their incarceration as George Lambert, Mr. Churchill of the Amir of Afghanistan is a addressed the folharing appeal to reminded us of some of the reminder that on our ludian, President Wilson:- lientties of military reconstrue-frontier no have res:[»ss, uuruly tion. Mr. Lambert was ingnir and warlike peples liable to ing about the possibilities of wet-subles and apparently unreason-Washington, P. CL, ting horns the Territorials who ing and bursts of fanaticism. The have been serving a India and whole world is perturbed und

follows:-

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Everyone «quopathises with the men, whodunteered for service „oveisen, during the first critical period of the win. By so doing

A PREMATURE DEMAND.

Nov. 11, 1918 Armisties Day, President Woodrow

in

of social oppression zamouflaged

patriotism. Fiere will be general strikes and Wilson.surrections for the purpose ›f freeing them. On the ther hand, we believe and urge hat an Art of Amnesty, proclaim- by you, to apply, not merely

Sir,It has been your fortune

industrial

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in the Fur Fast during the past auxious, and it is necessary in betis day to be able to give to the

hall years, very cautions is weakening the American pads the ladestal lerntence, but all guarantees for the security of life tidings in their history, perhaps under indictment, would do more ani libary,

the glables tidings ever given dan any other one thing to heal a mankind. The hist strong the wounds of war in this country, Įinold of oppression and enslave and to make it possible for us to they enabled Kitchener to send I see that a trement has braut in Europe has been broken, elise in orderly and Sensible

Ilirs VASE to France the Indian Corps and set on it in certain influential and the pathway of justice and fashion

free-lom is clear before the peoples reorganisation which is four British livisions of regular-,

quarters to demand time the

E the world. Forthe part which reeguised as inevitable. all of which arrived at a timeablition of munpubory servire

Also, Mr. President, we woul when our line was strained to shall coincide with the signature lave played in this ac snapping point: that is to say of the tray of peace. It appearsay to you a tribute of gratitude,ons on publication and speech, complishment, the undersigned point out to you that the restric Kitchener by replacing regular me to be necessary that thee

that men wich you which we believe

have considered troops abnail with Territorials win alocate this course shoubi

through all time will continue p

Hecessary able

in war-time, and to #consider the Position very

acknowledge.

wiirh some of us libertarian- timely reinforestent, the fighRe},

Jearefully, and infe xa tv ing Strength of which, actually what

ikt upon the completeness of have brought ourselvestoɔconsent, our satisfaction there is not without many roisgivings and exceeded! that of our army at էլի եւ doubt whatever but the shadow, e acount of which we Turresse of soul, became un- Thes Territorials the great bulk of tare, bekw petition you requesting anecessary, and utterly beyond only garrisoned lia and the the entry and in time array, is East, but most of them atenen favour at the sledition of which wil duore than anything m

art of lightened generosity.possibility of justification, time he anther love fought in ripgion at the earliest else to complete the joy of all s Gernunt Mesopotamia or Palestine or both.dat Therefore a démund te Divers of social justice to this¦¦. broken. We ask yon; Sir, to

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1 have

and they have been represent the abdition of conscription is a in Russia, Further, that were watch to tin ter. given a spesifis premise that they would be brought home before the end of the war, and that promise it has not been, psible to keep. Why?

RE MAKING THE REGULAR CAMY -The Thirtials might have breu rehand at me if we all

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hope There are www der inmediately the restoration We have re- jal 1:2 under Sentene. cly seen that the bons of

of fall liberty of the press and of scipline in the gray, as it is and are and wonen, with especially we ask you to abolish America senetbing over amblage and petition; more lay, ap wt of the tight shaved the sand ander in imediately and deliactely and an! an agitation to carry the thement, for vi dan not the awswire qualification, all restric

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h war at the dent We any sarvid for polihul and social alon poferri una peršôts e aricted Ent sets of silver bainst the opimi siera exponetakit terning thermador of posting with have sentante-serif batted may know he ante finde laan li

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propaganda, and all political restrit as upen the right of metimus to ops the seas. We to take tich piwe, beliebte enemy, but to the persons who has surrendered temp- ily the convicties of our life- nath ang wat moet bored such afsignak, by far course as practicable or desirable, en bly run in that the warna cives are el impelles in, and supported yomgåd'- and the e regolar ammy

Balustacistration thougħ alis var. | is the appeal before August, but it wan Tarte jungement ave had to enduro mauye cannt-↑ day beingeniste na utary of the question that we should basis. The men have lately been revolut try any ready to eing in well; in lee 3. Mr. take over the protection of our Churchell odd us a fow day- pendents matil bag after dat he was getting more than Summer. To abolish constipterieals at 3-8 cintes in past were for the war and only for the 1x0 volunteers a day but before the sentory armg

quite recently ready seald ine na eneste chaos.

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The 6rs: that thi has been sn response to the call for volunteers was very disappointing, and 1 d.) not think that Mr. Churchill to day has more than our-third of the taber he needs to constitute the battalions which are to! take the place of the Territorials

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WHEN I CAN BE AB-OLISHED,

All this is quite apart from the question of whether or me it will

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shall receive a boat and be given a holiday. Thi- boliday varies in length from two to

Liege pinion on express an three months, necording' t the

matter, I dues, lowever, a perpet which the men undenake to serve abrod. Now the pear to me to be highly danger-

from our former associates, wit but we know rist their sincerity share ur faith in you. and integrity is beyond question They ridiculed the idea that me if he have been our these restrictions upon free lom

སྱཱ;སཱིཡ, ཡ() we are able to un ler-war. They told us drut they stand their point of view.

They were

Capitali restrictions. had been agiting against wantowed by capitalist govern- ali warned they were caughtments, and that they would be in a desperate emergency, which

maiutined in full ce after! unessary for us to mintaloviction of a lifetime. That deer sal justice and commanded them to revere the the war, aut used to prevent the au, any vepation in tier there should be many who could strial lemeracy. That we

mike this bange was. tat

are sensitive Ertell taupts any after pane i signed in gler to ensure the ue luentomoly speaking, in-tiable; Most of the men who are of the peace terus, what the and as

withen saging wre rault mang lowes: ering have served during the strength of this army hold bend zeal - idealists now in for a Faith in you but for Are anxious, ht merely and part of the bargain and how it should be mise jail, the stins male with them is that they tatil these terms and Germany's system which sl

pris the whole, future if mankind, enligtened bind up as it is, in the pledge- attitiile utile Floetur. are Americans know to be a relic of for democracy and justice which known, I am not pre barburism and a shame to our you have given to the work. We Some of them have how ask you to make gol your been given sentences of shaking pledges, and to contour every severity-cauly, even

thirty

artian of privilege and exploito- regular army has practically dis-lemand the abdition of mone

Never at the height in in Aueries. The hour when its insolence, ever against its we learn that this petition has been appeared, and we have to build scripting upon any given slate, up a new voluntary nemy to take. Those who take that course are Gerreau Autres venture any pies: hour in car lives.

most dreaded enemies, did the raged by you will be the bar its place. As the men have only liable to theirse by nk thing recently begun to pome in freelying for the inposible. The sentence of Karl Liebknecht

extreme as that; the and they cannot be formed in

yeurs. is contrasted har regiments until they have and safest method of doing for

that +:[

me Pastor had their holiday, it is quite away with the necessity for con

pulsory service ja to encourage Stokes and Eugene V bebs to impossible that these regiments

in every pra-ible way the rec can be ready to go abroad for organisation of a regular army of remains as a thorn in the con twenty year, ami tui contrast wany nonths.

the requisite size a voluntary cieureuferery liberal in America, basis Catil that is achieved, the abolition of one-ription is not practicable,

TROOP 110VEMENTS IN THE EAST.

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GENERAL NEWS.

SIR OUVER LODGE RESIGNS.

drives inte upposition and rebellion thonsanda of men and At meeting of the GovernoÓTA In ordinary times the seas

women who would otherwise the Birmingham University for moving troops between the

gladly support your policies; it recently Sir Oliver Lexige un East and home closes about the)

neresses enormously the bitter-nounced that he had decided to micile April, and does not

ness of the class-straggle or resign s pition as Principal raipen till the middle of the

going on thể var midst, and it at the end of the present session following September. The reason

bring to despair many of us who in order to make room for a for this is that it is eruelty to

The Rhodes Trust, in their are labouring with all our force vondiger man. Sir Oliver said he send troops through the Re Beg

the professorial] the Perelan Gulf during report for 1918, state that nine o avert from America the kind of ind passed the hut weither. We had scholars were in residence during sociuleataclys which has befalinge limit. He intended, he from

to the year. Of these, four had anhappy Russia. Therefore weed, to devote the remainder dire nece sity do this metimes during the previously been enactive service implore you, Mr. President, of his life to the problem of the war, but it always ean-ed soffer-two had been rejected on medical exercise at once the power vested ether of space in both its physien!! ing and orrasionally loss of life. granada, sad three were carrying in you by law, to remove this and pychical relations. "He had been in Birmingham 19 years, Therefore we shall not be able to foa their medical studies with a blot from our national shield. bagia to send out the new batta- view to early qualification. There With the surrender of the last and the growth of the University lions until the middle of Septem-were also in residence in 1918, 15 strong-hold of the enemy, the daring that period was a mono- bff and it would be optimistic holders of Overseas. Scholarships, last power which can of its own ment to the public services of 1.expect that the new garrisons granted by the Rhodes Trust and selfish will disturb the peace of those leading citizens who had will all be in their places and the certain other bodies. From the the world, there is gone the lost watched over and fostered its obl ones all home until this time 150 scholars elected for 1917 46 reason that could by any growth. He would greatly feel .wrench OIL leaving next year. The most that can be tok tuilitary service, two were possibility justify the holding of the done at present is that those teen rejected on medical grounds and pacifists and anti-militarist in the city. In the region of con who have suffered most in health accepted Government work, and jail. The persons who now joint physies, and psychology there there was much work to be done, keep them frome contincions service in the two have been otherwise employ- wish to

the friends of and in devoting himself to studies East should to brought back. ed. The election of scholers, are not is hope that about 20,000 of postponed on account of the war, your policies of enlightenment in which his special training, these will have sailed before the will be resumed in October next and justice, but on the contrary might be useful he was hoping hot weather begins.

It is hoped that by that time their bitter enemies-and this to be able to do better service demobilisation will be so far.com-whether such persons are of your than by continuing to hold a pleted that intending candidates own party or of the opposition. position which was thore fit to be It is clear then that the re- who have taken military service They are glad to have such pri-held by a younger man, creation of a voluntary army and will have an opportunity to soners in jail, because the pri- Oliver Lodge is in his sixty the getting of it into its place is compete..

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