steven For further updates go to https://nfpb.org.uk/archive/tribunal/ Miss Stevens, Secretary of the Leicester Branch, sends us a copy of a letter from H.G. Twilley, describing the very useful way in which he and three other “C.O.’s” passed their time in a guard-room. He says:- “Last evening . . . . we turned the Government out! There are two … Read more
For further updates go to https://nfpb.org.uk/archive/tribunal/ Friendly aliens of military age resident in this country were given until October 25th to volunteer for service in the British Army. If they failed to enlist by that dare, Mr. Herbert Samuel, the Home Secretary, threatened them with conscription or deportation. More than a fortnight has passed since that … Read more
For further updates go to https://nfpb.org.uk/archive/tribunal/ A mass meeting of about 2000 persons was organised by the Committee of Delegates of the Russian Socialist Groups in London amd the Jewish Social Democratic Organisation in Great Britain on the question of the maintenance of Right of Asylum last Sunday week in the Premierland Cinema, and manifested great … Read more
For further updates go to https://nfpb.org.uk/archive/tribunal/ “The Nation” this week contains one of the strongest and most satisfying comments upon the attitude of the country towards War that we have read for a considerable time, even in pacifist journals. It is headed, “Some Reflections of a Soldier,” and is a critical analysis of public opinion. It … Read more
For further updates go to https://nfpb.org.uk/archive/tribunal/ A Negro’s Argument The following is an extract from the written statement of a negro who was recently arrested as an absentee, and who had been under the impression that his colour exempted him from the provisions of the Military Service Act:- “I am a negro of the African race, … Read more
For further updates go to https://nfpb.org.uk/archive/tribunal/ EXAMPLE 1 The following is the experience of Mr. H. Gortem-On Saturday, July 20, 1916, Selwyn Hayes, H. D. Hobart and myself, having completed a sentence of 119 days at Wandsworth Detention Barracks, were due for release. We were called before the Commandant separately, and he told us that he had … Read more
For further updates go to https://nfpb.org.uk/archive/tribunal/ An interview with Mr. Norman Angell has been printed in several American papers. Including the “New York Times,” on the struggle of the conscientious objector. He says he believes the conscientious objectors are doing their country and English tradition a very real service. “In handling the problem of the conscientious … Read more
For further updates go to https://nfpb.org.uk/archive/tribunal/ A meeting of the Mill Hill Guard Room Branch N.C.F.. was held on the 6th and 7th instant, and discussed the question of Alternative Service. The subject was divided into (1) Home Office Scheme, and (2) other possible forms of alternative service. The following reasons for and against accepting the … Read more
For further updates go to https://nfpb.org.uk/archive/tribunal/ A London Branch Secretary gives us the following information about one of his members, and says with truth that it is an abominable example of alternative service and an excellent corroboration of the penalising purpose of alternative service and an excellent corroboration of the argument for refusing it. The member … Read more
From The Tribunal August 31 1916 For further updates go to https://nfpb.org.uk/archive/tribunal/ The police began last week-end taking active steps against the numerous absent lambs that still stray from the fold. A garden party at Bow, which had been organised for the purpose of raising funds for the support of The Voice of Labour, a journal … Read more