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i nc tte tl ap es NE RR EERE: eee ae rr oS ee ee a A te TER ener eres mee so cee nt tae we te eee . TC ph en: ee ee France in 19-40, after a century anid a half of con- scriplion, was a sorry example of the allered patriotism and unity developed by conscription, One may ask, after looking: at France, whether or net the effect of conserip- tion is net such as to tend to numb patristism, encourage distrust within the nation, and stunt the srowth of the self-discipline which is the basis of political integrity, National morale requires, rot the discipline of the drill- sergeant, but the self-discipline of the man who follows his conscience and takes the consequences. Conscription, long continued, tends to eliminate that sort of self-discipline because it exacts a heavy price for non-ronformity, Was it just an accident that a free re: Higious socicty such as the Society of Friends practically disappeared in Germany and France during a century of conscriplion? - Is there an impertant relationship be- tween spiritual frecdom and frecdem frem mililary regi- mentation? What will America’s answer and the world's answer to that qnestion be? Additional copies may be ebtained fer Se each, or 50 fur £1.25 from the . PEACE SECTION AMERICAN FIUENDS SERVICE COMMITEEE 20 SOUTH lth STREET PHILADULYHIA 7, PENNA. Rb3e 10-44 FEM KE - TES Sein wall ere ee 8 eer ee EPR Te EDD ote le ee Oe a eee pi te a eo +h