ANXIETIES LOOMING AHEAD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1560, 2 October 1912, Page 6

ANXIETIES LOOMING AHEAD.

A BISHOP'S VIEWS ON DEFENCE. Preaching al St. Mary's Cathedral? Auckland, on Sunday uftornoon in connection with the unveiling of a tablet in memory of the late Colonel Abbott, the Anglican Bishcp of Auckland (Dr. Crossley) 'aid that there, were great anxieties komingahrad in the world of international polities. New Zealand could not save the Kmpire, hut she might )>e the cause of that first blow which might mean the dissolution of the Empire if she merely looked at seme little rift instead of_realising the bigness of the rift to the Empire. "We are taking: steps, and I think right steps," he snid, "nnd the manhood of the Dominion has responded nobly to the call to service. But the country must respond more generously yet. It will cost us much more than we have yet spent before efficiency can he reached. But your individual contributions will assist. Pay without grumbling Hie demands upon, your time. It is not our duty or our ambition to attack, but it is, God helping us, to defend our homes, our firesides, and our children." In his concluding remarks, the Bishop spoke of the value of military trainiug in fostering the fine characteristics that marked the late Colonel Abbctt out among his fellows.