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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
8
The piece argues the Dominion of Canada backs pay value with its pledge and promotes Canadian Victory Bonds. It compares bonds favorably to wheat and Bank of England security, noting a $50 bond bearing 5.5 percent interest and negotiability akin to a top cheque.
The piece argues compulsory service echoed Britain and others and drew on Civil War experience. It notes the North relied on volunteers early, then conscription under Lincoln in 1868, enforced firmly even by shooting resistant drafters, and claims its success justified universal conscription in current crisis.
Canada’s Military Service Act proceeds with cautious optimism as the district military service board convenes in Biggar on November 10 to handle exemption claims. Contrasting reports from the Italian front claim 100,000 prisoners and 700 guns captured, though the German source’s reliability is questionable.
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