Show I 1 THE CONCIE conscienceless OBJECTOR JECTOR there thare are all kin kinis kinds Is of objectors in n our country today against bearing arms even in self defense the hobo has a chronic objection to all kinds of labor and soap there should be no objections considered except for good and valid reasons and for the nations welfare this is a good t tane me to quote ile he who is not for us is against us so every mancho man who attempts to evade military duty by offering any old flimsy excuse is certainly not for Us to any great extent then there is the religious kind which we are willing walling to admit may be conscientious but what is conscience simply a matter of habit or education the kaiser has an exalted conscience and yet to go to war and to regard treaties as scraps of paper to be torn and scattered to the four wind seem to disturb that wooden thing in his head that he calls conscience so let us cut out the conscientious objector with the other and selfish kind according to the last census there were about per sons in the U S who have a standing in religious bodies that do not believe in war under any circumstances circumstance st and are therefore exempt under the draft law we do not believe such persons should have been exempt from the draft if it is simply a matter of rights then than all ail others have certain inalienable rights to quote an excuse for exemption and make ablay a play for it all the rights we enjoy and prize most highly have been purchased by the best blood of the nation and now when this precious liberty is endangered no man nor set of men should be permitted to escape full duty on account of conscientious or conscienceless celess scruples these religious bodies and pacifists paci fists fits can just as consistently object to paying any war tax to be used for the purchase of guns cartridges or war supplies this war is being waged to protect that freedom from the iron heel of no other conscientious objectors are entitled to any consideration he may not like to bear arms he is simply ordered to shoulder his gun to go where where ordered and do his duty as a man and a pAtr patriot lot all nonreligious non religious objectors must go and if they refuse or try to evade the draft are promptly jailed I 1 |