LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2519, 21 July 1915, Page 10

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

PATRIOTI3M AND SUPPORT. Sir, —The man who offers his life is our hero, saviour, brother, friend, and protector. Ho is giving his all for us, and lays down his life lor his friends; a greater sacrifice than this no man can make. It is perfectly clear a great change gradually coming over our counirj*. Ono can quito clearly see the marked change in the military bearing, grim determination, and set resolution now stamped on the faces of our soldier boys, as compared with those who enlisted at tho early stages of the war, and now, like Frauco, this colony must go foiward as l one man, rise in a united body, and see ' that our soldiers have all tho care and attention that human effort and money can give. What is a life compared with money? Let those who can alford ponder deeply on this aspect of the question, and ask themselves what price they put upon , their lives. Would they seil their lives | for one, five, ten, or olio hundred thousand pounds ? There is only one answer to such a question—a life cannot bo bought even for untold gold. Then let us not forget' our soldiers are offering their lives, as a free gift, for their King, Empire, our country, and us. Our country, homes, wives; children, t and prosperity are now in the hands of our soldiers; they are our guardians and trustees, and • our one and only_ duty is to see they are properly equipped, fed, and cared for, to enable them to fight and hold secure all that is most sacred and precious to us. The care of our brave sick and wounded soldiers, who have stood tho brunt • of battle, must always be* foremost in our minds, and the good cause not allowed to languish. May the light/of goodness and prosperity shine on tho friends and relatives of the ;brave, sons who have fallen, in our cause, and may they live to seo tho efforts their brave sons I crowned with glory in the establishment of a just and Christian peace throughout the world.—l am, etc.. I P. A. M'HARDY, Beaulieu, July 19, 1915.