THE UNITED FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2271, 3 October 1914, Page 5

THE UNITED FRONT

Tho Kaiser, In Ills reply to Belgium, lias definitely placed it on.recoixl for oil fu.Miire ages tliat the iostiny of Germany depends absolutely upon his right to violate guarantees, tear np treaties, and disHonour his. own word. Ho himself has how d«flin.tcly stated it in language which does not admit of any other interpretation; and the duty. oJ natioi: that respect law, honour, aad riehtcojsnos3 is now quite clear.

Thus only should it have comb, if come it must; ■ Not with a riot of flags or a mobborn cry,. i But with a noble faith, a conscience ' high And pure ...nd proud as heaven, wherein we trust, Wo who havo fought for peace, havo _ dared.the thrust Of calumny for peace, and watched Iter djo, Her scutcheons rent from sky to outraged sky By felon hands, and trampled into the du6t. - We fought for peace, and we have seen the law . Cancelled, not once, nor twice, by felon hands, But shattered, again, again, and yet again. We fought for peace. Now, in G-od's name, we draw The sword, not with a riot of flags and bands; But silence, and a mustering of men. 11. Thoy challenge Truth. An Empire makes reply. . i • One faith, one flag, one honour, 'and one might; . •■ ''~.' From sea to sea; from height'to war- , worn 'height. The old word rings bub—to conquer, or to: die. ' . . And we shall conquer. , Though their eagles fly • .' Througli heaven, around this ancient isle units . Poweis that, were never vanquished in tho fight, ■ The unconquerable Powers that cannot lie. .... But they who challenge Truth, Law, . Justice, all . ; The bases on which God and man stand sure ■•, : : i Throughout all. ages, fools l—thoy thought us torn So far with discord that the blow might. -.' "fall- '.■'-. ' '.■-'■-■ Unanswered; and, while all those Powers enduro, . This is our answer: Unity and Scom. ... lII.' ' We trust not in the multitude of an host. • Nations that greatly builded,- greatly ■ stand. In those dark hours, tho Splendour . of a Hand Has moved behind the darkness,' till that coast Wheis hate and faction seemed to triumph most Reveals itself—a buckler and a brand, Our rough-hewn work, shining o'er v 'sea and land, . /. But shaped to. nobler ends than man could boast. ,

It is God's answer. Though, for many .a ycat, This land forgot the faith that made her great, ' . ' Now, as her fleets cast off ' the _ North Sea foam ; Casting aside all faction and all fear, Thrice-armed in all the majesty of her fate,. ■■.'.'. Britain reniembers, and her sword strikes home; —Alfred Noyes in tho "Daily Mail."