New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-15
.r,snd Now More Len
I :sot with Directors, Ok
ford Professor Says.
,oppY FOR FATE
'0'| OF HIS NEPHEW
,.rvbody Hates Persecution
'or conscience Sake, Scholar
Explains to Audience

.,,..-vbody in England detests the
- 80, Of conscientious oblec'
s,a Professor Gilbert Murray
"a lord. now lecturins at COlumei'
o. '..' V yesterday. "ln the begin
'''' .here we're undoubtedly many
- Of persecution of objeetOr ste
''' -, service where directors came
' .,', pis-headed tribunals or fell into
~ .,,ss Of those military authorities
. Relieve in bullying every one into
,:snissi0n. , . W.
ow reached a point where OBJ
. -. 70 be punished, must also insist
..ss their objections"
=. defence Of the attitude oil the
=. toward those intellect
md others who we're conscien'
. 49, opposed to war and c0nser'p'
' '''.' Va, brought about by a discussion
~, =. case Of the Hon. Bertrand Rus
leader in the anti-military
sea- eat and a relative of Professor
~. 10. Russell was dropped from tn
+..,,x Of Trinity College, Cambridge
thursday
sorry for Russell.
81 an sorry for BERTHE RUSSELL said
,-otessor. for l believe him abso-
49, honest in mis- convictions. This
..o, Of the college council, however
.orIs not be misunderstood. 1t is q
IA sort Of punishment. Russell mac
special post at Trinity; fellowship
.'s.ss for him, in which he gave lect-
=. in philosophy outside OF the reg
~ coyrse. Il was necessary to rene"
| = fellowship every so often. l pre-
ne the authorities have Simply ue'
led not 10 renew II. =.
| pvssell was a leader in the No Con-
|-;ption Fellowship. an organization
Is;cb set about distributing propa-
- among the enlisted men. It's
- was composed Of university pro
- "intellectuals," socialists, whC
'rs slwavs been vehemently opposed
|, conscriD,ion. and international SO
Lists who-in Professor Murray
ords-"are agin the government an'
gn the val. os+od
m distributing its leaflets among re-
-,;.s One had been written by Rus
IN ana ne promptly said II 1t were
,,.rs 70 distribute tAe pamphiet ~
49,, have been criminal TO write IL
"a v,s convicted under the Defence OF
IL Realm act, and fined 500. ne
|svsrance of his connection with Gam
sedge followed. -. 10
/ ne government has not only pc
.-e more lenient toward the opJee
N,ists. said Professor Murray Dut the
|eiec,ors themselves are growing hoi'
|auable
MANY Directors Yielded.
There are more than five hundred
-u In the non-combatant corps II
|innC4 who consclenuouSly oDJeN'eu -
ur. but who nevertheless yielded &c
lee argument that it was their duI!
. serve their country even II thel
y,uld not fight. They are dong rs
|,rsl work. ambulance work, repairing
|r3 rebuilding destroyed towns, an'
zen helping TO dig trenches. The yen
..rev among them is to forget then
rruples. ultimately, and enlist as reg
lar soldiers. .h,
there are other larger groups wn'
,stuse 70 put on khaki or DO non-eoh
ss,ant wors of any sort. These now
aver. accent what is called civil service
&. home. They are doing such thing'
Z. retaining land washed away by th'
sea, cutting trees TO make props IN Uh'
mines. and teaching school"
The great difficulty. according .
Professor Murray. was with the eX
IRENE radicals, who. though not nu
rerous. we're excessively vocal: Ih'
rsiority Of the "intellectuals" were
s.ocked, but believed in the end tina
:.sre was nothing to do but uphold tn'
gvernment.