RECRUITING CAMPAIGN

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2249, 8 September 1914, Page 6

RECRUITING CAMPAIGN

SPEECH BY LORD ROSEBERY

A FIGHT TO A FINISH

.. V; " London > September 6. Lord-.Rbsebery, at a recruiting; meet- . ing at\Brpxburn,said: 1 "Thel, present is, perhaps, a more solemn moment than any in the. history of the world. • The war was due to a spark in the midst of";-thd ; ;great, powder 'magazine, which the nations^b'f'.Europe have been build-, ing liip.iou...twenty years. If some great .organiser, ;has planned, this war, the curses' 'of''humanity, will'pursue him 'to the end- .-. • v . ■ . , .' "If we had allowed Germany to violate .the:. Belgian Treaty, ,' how .long should ;we-have endured seeing the oppression" and slaughter "of a small hut gallant people , in,-defence of territory which had:been guaranteed? We should have gone in, but Moo late, and should only have had the remorse of our first hesitation.' - This iV a .war ''of nations, , not of armies, and tho, British nation would not, be. able to stand'aloof! for. • we.are ;fighting•;for the.;sanctity ot the . public'law of Europe. ■'■■■'-■ , •. -, : "If oiir armies are conquered, we are 'lestroye.d -for- ■ ever. .Make. no. mistake; this .war.,.will:not be,.ended b-y " jliei cession of territory,or a money indemnity. .It is a fight.to a finish. If we' co under'... now,' we. go under, for ever. ..I; don'.t.'.suggest for,. a": moment that .Britain is going under, but if it is not to go, thenovery man capable of defending his .country' is bound "to' ; step into the breach;,, are reduced to an inferior, TWerjhving at. the goodwill of our superior lord, with 'our Empire' cut up and divided among, plunderers, I' would rather that all British people, as they 'now exist; wero to 1 pass into exile and death, leaving this island vacant for some superior race. • ■, "But'we/aro''going' to win, : because .the-people are united as never before, and-because the overseas Dominions, vie with each other;in generous emulation jis'toiwhich shall give us most support in supplies, money, and men." 'A MILLipN; JIEN WANTED.. . '. 'London, September 5. j ■Admiral Lord -'Charles' Bc-resford declares that England requires a million fighters.-7-("Times" -and Sydney "Sun" Services.) .. • ' ...