TO WIN THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2679, 27 January 1916, Page 3

TO WIN THE WAR

WHOLE RESOURCES OF EMPIRE NEEDED., The following is a copy of a telegram received by the Dunedm Chamber of Commerce on November 8, 3915, from Mr. P. R. Sargood, the occasion being a meeting called by the Duned'in Chamber to discuss the question, of organisation. of the national resources for the war: —"I regret unable-to attend tho- meeting. The following 'are my opinions, asked for: When in August. 1914; I offered the Government personal service - and the free use of my company's organisation, I voiced .my conviction, that is since strengthened, that to win the; war all the mental, physical,and material assets of individuals should be made equally available for national - service in ou'r.'national danger, either ■! voluntarily or compulsorily... I further believe that all excess incomes over the average for, say, three years prior to the war should be treated as war profits and taxed accordingly as such. Further, that our entire manhood should enlist for national service to defend the sanctity of .our womanhood and homelife, :to maintain our racial and. the-sacred foundations of our national being. I would also organise the ' women.—(Signed) P. U. Sargood." Following is an extract from s letter written by Jlr, F. Milner, the rector of "Waitaki High Sohool:—"Knowing what I do of Germany's unrivalled military strength, superb organising power and intense national concentration of all her , energies, I do not see How our Empire can. force "her to accept..the terms we must dictate unless the whole resources of our Empire are similarly organised and-unified for the purpose of this great . sampaign." ~ ..