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itr r!K"W?'HW,,, 0 fF The Commoner '.' 'l iwf !19,K0.r 12 a N i ' i i . J' No Compulsory Mili? tary Training , Following is a bulletin, issued by ,lho American union against Militar ism, Washington, D, C: Dotailod reports from London re garding tho great now education act which parliament has passod, re modelling from tho ground up Eng land's ontiro educational system, show one striking omission, an omis sion upon which Americano may well ponder: The act contains no provision what soever, for compulsory mllitarytrain- ing. f i . This omission is all the more sig nificant in that England is infested with so-called "dofonce leagues," dif fering in no respect from those in the United States, which have been cam paigning furiously for compulsory military training. Tiiey navo arguuu Its alleged military, oducational and industrial advantages, and tho power ful London Times has given them much space and prestige. But H..A. L. Fisher, the Minister of Education, tion of compulsory military training and had decided that the innovation has neither educational nor military value and would not be adopted. The significance of this news it would bo hard to exaggerate and yot scarcely a single American news paper, with the exception of that curiously excellent paper, tho Chris-ti-n Science Monitor, has seon lit to inform its readers of the fact.x This new education act abolishes entirely eleven distinct acts and mod ifies warts of eleven others. Not all told a delegation from the Miner's I of its provisions can be realized until CURED HIS RUPTHit my only honn of 2a.5?- DoctcrV V. 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