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LONDON, July 1. — (Correspond
one# of the Associated Press.) — The
hented feelings kindled by war pre
vent the "Conscientious Objector” to
military service from being as heroic
a figure In the perspective of the
present times as he may be In some1
more Idealistic age. Great Britain Is
the only nation having compulsory
military service which excuses those
whose conscience forbid them to take
human life. Notwithstanding the par
liamentary act which recognizes either
the Injustice, or the Impolicy, of forc
ing such men to bear arms, the "Con
scientious Objectors" are objects of
general derision and suspicion.
The terms of the military service
act on this point are general and
rather vague. It grants exemption
“on the ground of a conscientious ob
jectlon to the undertaking of combat
ant service." ThlB leaves the decision
of what constitutes "conscientious ob
jection principally In the hands of the
tribunals to which men who wish to
escape military service must apply.
Naturally the decisions of different
boards have been colored largely by
the personal views and prejudices of
their members. Some of these courts
have been very liberal In accepting
protestations of scruples against fight
ing, while others subject applicants
to severe cross examination, or ridi
cule, and exempt very few.
Members of the Society of Friends,
better known as Quakers, and of a
religious body called Chrlstadelphlans,
generally have been excused from the
army. But others who cannot prove
that they belong to any religious sect
which is opposed to war, whose claims
are based merely on their personal
scruples, have a harder time. In the
popular belief, the claim of conscien
tious objection is the chief loophole
for cowards and shirkers, and this
causes the ignominy in which object
iirs nrp hold
Many conscientious objectors have
disregarded entirely the summons to
the army. Then when brought before
the recruiting tribunals they have
been turned over to the military
courts, where they have been dealt
with practically as deserters. Many
have been sentenced to prison, sev- 1
eral to terms at hard labor of two
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years, and others to lesser terms,
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ranging down to two months or mere
detention, the mildest form of Impris
onment. The number of objectors j
taken into military custody up to May
31 was 769. Of these 168 had been
court-niartialled, and 110 released. The
others were waiting their trials. The
statue of these men has been the
subject of much discussion in parlia
jrient and in the newspapers, and ^
charges of cruel treatment have been
made freely by their friends. These
charges were made regarding men
who had claimed to be conscientious
objectors, and whose claims were
vetoed by the tribunals.
As a result of the agitation, the gov
ernment has decided that men under
going punishment for disobedience on
account of alleged conscientious
scruples shall be transferred to civil
prisons, and have their cases re
viewed by u judicial committee, which
will have power to exempt them from
military duty, or give them some other
work of national importance.
In the course of a discussion in the
House of Commons, Mr. Rowntree, a
Quaker member from York, said that
most of the complaints of persecu
tion and cruel treatment by the mili
tary were levelled against non-com
missioned officers. He believed that
eighty per cent of the objectors had
been well treated. The under secre
tary for war, Mr. Tennant, asserted
that most of the so-called persecution
had been mere "horse-play," which it
was difficult to deal with officially. '
Undoubtedly objectors who were
forced Into the army have been haxed
by their comrades. One of the anti
~ conscription societies has compiled
letters written to relatives and friends
... by objectors reciting their expert
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:j! "Got here about 3:30, and wan taken
before the quartermaster-sergeant,
who coaxed a lot, as well as other
officers.
ij: “I refused all particulars. I would
$ not move from the room, so was very
.roughly handled. A corporal kicked
£• and punched me across the square in
>•: an awful manner. The treatment
g: made me cry, I am ashamed to say,
but ? have no enmity towards him. I
suppose he had to do it. A great
many do not wish me to be kicked
§• about, and advise men to give in to
g save myself and others trouble.”
|i Another objector's letter ran:
£: “This letter no doubt will cause yon
and all friends the greatest disappolnt
:::: ment, for I have been forced to give
__________
In. I did bo knowing I was doing
wrong, but my physical body would
not stand the treatment. This morn
ing I refused to go on parade. 1 was
fetched by a corpora! who rapped my
hands, in which was my Bible, with
his stick. * • • I did nothing on
parade, so was taken to a quiet spot
along with a sergeant and a corporal.
There I had the roughest time you 1
can Imagine. I refused to march or *
turn, and I was punched and 1
slapped on the face until I was nearly I
fainting. I could do no other than ‘
what I have done. I know I am ahso- f
lately wrong. Now everyone, N. C.
O.'s and officers are treating me like
i lord." d
Other objectors have written of se-1 «
vere military punishments for refus
ing to drill, such as standing still on *
parade for an hour, or being tied up
to trees while others complain of what
In American colleges would be consid
ered as mere hazing, having their
blankets pulled off at night, and
ducked under pumps.
WAR HAS BECOME
NORMAL STATE
OF EUROPE
VIENNA, June 26. — The general
state of belligerency in Europe has
not only modified the material course
if life, but has had such an influence
>n the psychology of the public that
niter two years, a state of war has
become an almost normal condition,
<ays a woman contributor to a pro
minent Polish newspaper.
The constant presence of the
bought that war Is the great eondi
:ion of the day, and to win It the
^rime objective, has In the course of
he past few years given a secondary
jlaee to the interests of the masses,
(he said, so that now the loss of rela
;ives on the battlefield is no longer
issoclated with the self of a person,
jut with the will of the aggregate to
ivln. For this also sacrifices of a ma
erlal nature are made, whose render
ng no other cause or demand could
lope to achieve.
While the war is not as yet looked'”
ipon exactly as a normal state in 4
vhioh a continent ought to find itself, !
here is a striking stoic indifference i
ibout it, in many respects. There is, I
>f course, still a keen desire that 1
>eace may come soon, but coupled to 1
t inseparably Is a grim determination ♦
o show that the central power group ♦
annot be effaced. ♦
Fine weather and reassurig crop I
■eports from all parts of the empire 1
tave served to heighten the impros *
lion here that all Is well. Vienna and t
Budapest are close to their habitual I
endency to look ui»on life as a thing I
o be enjoyed to the full, even if bread *
.Ickets and two meatless days pqi
veek must be taken into account. Tills
xas gone so far as to cause the resur
■ectlon of a ninety-year-old French
ipera, and permit a merry interest in
he presenting to a favorite singer by
in admirer of a parrot made of solid
-old. The precious bird Is life-size
ind was handed over the footlights.
For two years everybody has been
(reaching the gospel that one must
lie once anyway, and that a little ^
looner or later does not make a groat
lifference. Association with this idea
las been a blessing to many, and Us
■alteration has been its effect upon
he psychology of the masses, so that
oday It is accepted as an obvious in
stability to meet death on the firing
ine. The condition in question is said
ly some to have strong similarity to
he views held In the ancient world
m human sacrifices when these were
he practice and when its victims
vere drawn from the population when
(ther sources failed.
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The Tolovanna river Is reported to
>e alive with small boats carrying
iupplies to Brooks since navigation F
vnon o/A
GERMANY SUFFERING A
SHORTAGE OF RUBBER.
MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, July
7.—So great Is the scarcity of rubber
n flermany that $20 can be earned
)y the smuggling of a kilogram of It
icross the frontier. A sign of the
iltlahle state of things in some sec
ions of Belgium Is found 111 the fact
hnt manufacurers In the Charleroi re
don arc having potato peelings
•ought up everywhere. Out of these
sort of soup Is made for the factory
ands and their families.
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A new foundation Is being put un- ^
er the old Russian church on Fifth
Lreet; one of the oldest buildings in
I
uneau.
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N THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD F
DIVISION. «
Slotlc* of Term of Court at Cordova, I
Alaska.
rhe President of the United States of C
America, to the ltesidents of the a
Third Division of the Territory of
Alaska, and to All Whom It May r
Concern, Greeting:
You, and each and all of you, will
jlease take notice that by an order of
:he court, duly made and entered, a
:erm of the District Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Division, has
aeen called and will be held In Cor
iova, Alaska, beginning on the 17th
lay of July, 1916, and will continue as
long thereafter as the public welfare
nay require.
Dated at Valdes, Alaska, this 13th
lay of June, 1916.
FRED M. BROWN,
District Judge.
(District Court Seal)
Attest: Arthur Lang, Clerk.
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