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A e "w -at a tea Melbourne, April 18 9
-of . ^íMÍonsnierable doubt has been occasioned
, ç »lïiurtlwpublîc abroad by the Acting Prune
"N ¿* .ViMinister'sistatement'-tö a deputation from
SLY ^mîhe^ASSjk1 that/on a matter like conscript
Lv s "s J Born the {Hiowteywonld travellers consult
46 <frïarftaini*ntu^The'^tenrent has become
srlérpretediir* some quarters as tantamount
rvk h tot declaration that Should conscription
if. passed, be deemedoiecessMy the Government
I would immediately ask/TParhainent to con
f '?aKaiäer-tne-propoiiUon 'Without first sub
2 ^jFfraitt*ns* ïfc"*aBd abiding by the decision J of
K i ( J ..'t'he caucuses Setiator-3?earce was asked " to
7s 4 i'dav-'toa elaborated his ''statement, but he
v- L declined toi-say^whether^he. Government
, a sawbench ofc would? "not- commit the i caucusJ
f ~-~>K. Other members of the Government asserted
,/,. ^IhatJaoj-far''fi»i<quesr4onA of conscription
A. ' it had not been discussed by-the ?! Cabinet.
l of" it Should the Government at any means ideal
5 11 either snlacctt«)n6vbfetlicl»fiwfcacta.'w6uld
C^W'*?r'D«*trji here "It, cmicnsiinto.isonfidenc6'and
J y\rifijúáaá b*ti)8fdeci»om>'cSeveralcmembcre' of
s' i " a' the rank and file have publicly announced
<r. J %diW*'conctíphaon''toíthe,Ay»fem.H '-There is
v,, ¿tópeüoredvítor'be utility majority against it,
r *J¿rm'wy<it jxnngiunvielding inx/Stheir- demands
a v^-^hatt-aty army's tank iiatrmrvnuafe be as
I , «»jjompantedAby corrscnptSmBof? wealthy the
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k f ^^amJiM^pjeho!iBervc,»tand(anjncrea8e pn
A vigorous itoFdwabkdisoldiersT and depen
if' '^^«t^-efeinnseiiwia. are called a i s- j
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