A Worthy Object.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16418, 11 January 1919, Page 8

A Worthy Object.

One of the conditions of peace will be the compulsion of Germany to repair the damage done by the German armies in the countries they occupied for the greater part of the war. Enormous damage was done. Villages and towns were wiped out, cathedrals and historic buildings ruined, cornfields laid waste, orchards and gardens pillaged and destroyed by axe or fire or shell. What was happy and fragrant and fruitful I'and was turned intp a waste. All this must be repaired— the orchards and gardens and nurseries of tho peasants of Belgium, Northern France, and Serbia must be given to them again. Although it is the duty of the Allies to insist upon the damage being made good by Germany as far as possible, we are sure that everyone will think it appropriate that the peoples of the Allied countries should render voluntary aid. In Britain a War Horticultural Relief Fund, of which his Majesty the King is patron, has been established with the object of raising a million pounds for tho supply of seeds, plants and cuttings, trees, tools, and implements for tho victims of German brutality. The Fund Executive havo invited assistance from New Zealand, and the Canterbury Sweet Pea and Carnation Society has taken the matter up. It is giving the proceeds of its annual Show to the Fund, and it invites sup-

plemoiitarr donations. We are sure that the Christchurch public, which rallied so magnificently to the call of help for Belgium, will respond to this new appeal for a most commendable object.