NO SIGNAL TRIUMPH

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2661, 5 January 1916, Page 5

NO SIGNAL TRIUMPH

RETROSPECT OF THE WAR By Telegraph—Pross Aesocintion-Copyriglit ("Times" and Sydney "Sim" Services.) London, January 3. "The Times," in a leader, says: "The dawn of 1916 finds us still deep in tlio tremendous conflict. Despite the tremendous financial burdens and . the dauntless bravery of our troops, no signal triumph has yet attended our arms. We are unable to claim a victory except on the seas and in ( the German colonies. In spite of a year of anxiety, depression, and disappointment, ■ the Empire is as doggedly bent on victory as at the beginning of the war, and is ■confident that it will be ultimately achieved. The race, true to itself and its traditions, is settling down to work, which is the most striking proof of the acceptance of the principle of national service. England is aroused, the Empire also, which Qermany hoped to shatter, but has done mow to knit- together than we could havo accomplished in a generation of peace. Never can tho blood spent by tlio Australasians at Anzac and the Canadians at Ypres be forgotten. The Dominions face 1916 in the same spirit as ourselves —with quiet confidence and unflinching resolve." GOOD WISHES TO THE ALLIES. AMERICAN PAPER'S COMMENT. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, January 3. The New York -'Tribune," in offering good wishes to the Allies for 1916, says the toll of British loss and the iccord of British failure steadily grew in 1915 owing to incompetent commanders and incompetent preparations. The follies, of selfish politicians and the mistakes of ignorant patriots continued. Let us hope tliat state of affairs has ended now. SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR INDIA MOSLEM LEAGUE'S RESOLUTION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Bombay, January 3. The All India Moslem League has passed a resolution approving of a Joint Committee of tlio National Congress and the League to formulate a scheme of Indian self-government. The President in his opening address said that the only form of Government possible was self-government under the aegis of Britain. India, however, must wait until after tlio war, when the Empire would be reconstructed on new lines. The war with Turkey was tlie greatest possible misfortune He hoped that when peaco came the Moslem countries would be so dealt with that their dignity would not be compromised.