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WAR ANNIVERSARY IDEALS

THE KING'S MESSAGE

GREAT PATRIOTIC MEETING IN LONDON - "SHOOT THE WILD BEAST " , Instralian-Ivow Zealand Cable Association. (Hec. August 5; 8, p.m.) London, August 5. His Majesty King George has_sent the following message to the heads of the Allied States:— - ' "I desire, on. this the second anniTerary of the outbreak of this great conflict in ._which my country and her gallant Allies are engaged, to"con- . • vey to you uiy steadfast resolution to prosecute the war until our united efforts have attained the objects for which wo in common have taken up _ arms, I feel assured that you are in. noord with mo in this determination; that tho sacrifices which : our valiant troops have so nobly mado will not have been offered in vain, and that the liberties *for which' they i are fighting shall. 1m fully guaranteed and secured."' , \- < The King also sent the following nies- ■ Bage to King Albert of the Belgians . ' "Upon the •-second anniversary of .. the day on which my -country, tb.ok up anna to resist .the- violation of Belgium, I desire; to assure Your Majesty of my confidence that tho united • efforts of the Allies- will liberate Belgium from the oppression ■ of ; ..her .. aggressors, and restore to her the full enjoyment of her national,and eco-' nomic independence." . SPEECHES BY POLITICAL LEADERS WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR i (Eec. August 5, 8.20 p.m.) London, August 5. Lord Derby presided at a great Imperial patriotic meeting, which was ljeld at ths Queen's Hall. Mr. Asquith (the Prime Minister) and . M,r. Bonar Law JSecretary of State for the Colonies) ivere tho principal speakers. * Sir Douglas Haig telegraphed: "Two years of desperate trench warfare have " still further increased our comradeship with'our Allies, and made us inflexible determination to carry to victory a war that has not been of our choosing. I look.forward with confidence to success and a triumphant peace." Sir Thomas Mackenzie (High CommisJioner for New Zealand) and other oversea representatives, were present. The par anniversary message from Mr. W. I- 1 . 'Massey (Priino Minister for New Zealand) was read.

Mr. - Aequitli moved the resolution ex- > pressing Britain's inflexible determination to continue the war to a successful end, and said: "Never in the Germans' tangled . and bungled web of diplomacy had there been an error so crudo and so disastrously fatal to its authors as the idea that wo had lost both our sense of honour and our power to vindicate it. The enemy . is everywhere on the defensive, and there are signs of a,material weakening by exhaustion. The recrudescence of deliberate and calculated barbarity on the part of Germany has been dictated by her' : desperation, and her . latest, atrocities blacken even the besmirched annals of the German army. The murder ; of Captain Fryatt has outraged tho'conscience of the civilised world. We,' with- our Allies, are considering tho most effective method of dealing with .the authors of 1 this ciime,'and with the nation which is condoning and applauding them. (Cheers.) I'he final result of our victory will t,e a great paifcnership of nations, ctafederited in the joint pursuit of a freer, and fuller life for their countless millions."

Mr. Bonar Law said that the enemy had lost for - ever the advantages which his preparations for war had given htm. The toils were' closing round the Germans. It was no good talking about their latest atrocity. We had to do something with a wild beast at large. There was only one thing to be done, and wo could do it—shoot it. PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATIONS IN LONDON GREAT GATHERING OF.ANZACS.' Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. • London, August 4. Loudon was crowded with convalescent wldiers in hospital suits driving to the Albert Hall meeting to celebrate the , second anniversary of the war. Five thousand from various hospitals attended, including hundreds of Anzacs, a hundred sailors who were wounded in the Jutland Battle, 7 "and four , hundred who ■had lost a limb. General Sir Horace -Smith-Dorrien presided. Three thousand patriotic , meetings, many of them organised by the Navy League "Fight-for-Right" movement, were held in; various parts of tho country, and' resolutions were carried to continue the war. to a victorious end. AAsimilar resolution was passed at the Australian and New Zealand gathering. .The employees of many stores and business houses were granted an hour's leave, to attend the services. Eight thousand troops attended a service at- Aldershot. The Pritnate of All England (Most Rev. Randall" Davidson) preached . 'in Buckingham Palace, where the King aod Queen attended. demonstrations" elsewhere (Rec. August G, 5.5 p.m.) Johannesburg, August 5. At tho anniversary war services the churches were , crowded. Similar meetings and services were held- at Cairo, Alexandria, Khartum, other centres of Africa, and Malta. ' . / THE WAR SPIRIT. IN BRITAIN OUTLOOK REVIEWED BY LORD SYDENHAM ("The Times.") ' - London, August 4. Lord Sydeuham, in a review of the two years ol' war, states': "The Allies will face the third year with new' hopes and unshaken rosolvc, the highest morale, and untouched resources. Austria, twice defeated, is faced with a desperate' military and economic position.' Turkey has lost Armenia, and is -faced with an Arab re-. , volt. She is now hardly a valid ally. Bulgaria is between the upper and nether millstone if Rumania moves. Germany is fee Wig tho deepening hardship, and political rifts aro more frequent. Tho war tends to become a light for existence between the dynasty'and ruling classes and a cruelly deceived people. Only victory in tho field will bring a decision, but the Allied armies have learnt that they are able to beat the Germans on equal terms. German superiority in material has been, destroyed. Every month sees an increase in tho Allies' equipment. More efforts and sacrifices will bo demanded. Patience and fortitude must bo the national watchwords, but the end should not bo far distant." "AWAY WITH THE HOHENZOLLERNS!" Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Paris, August 4. Joseph Rcinach,. writing in tho. "Figaro," lauriohes what will probably become the Allies' watchword—"Away with the Hoheuimllcrns!" Ho "We must abolish the soul of German militarism, which •is the Hotiso of Hohenzollorn, with its feudal castles and birds of prey. The war is the personal work of the Kaiser and his feudal junkers, who willed it. Tho Kaiser's placo is in the dock of infamy. H6 is the mas-ter-assassin. The Allies will never agree to treaty with the Kaiser and the mem--sers of the House of Hohenzollcrn."

AUSTRALIA'S MESSAGE

/j-inerrßm—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, August 5.

The Commonwealth Government has cabled the Secretary of State for the

Colonies, affirming its determination lo oontiuuo its efforts to bring the war to a successful conclusion. Speaking ft the war anniversary meet» ing, Senator Pearce (Minister of Defence) stated that tho combined, naval and military expenditure for two years amounted to J357,G98,000. ' ' MARITIME LEAGUE'S PEACE ' CONDITIONS (Eec. August G, 5.5 p.m.) London, August 5. Tile Imperial Maritime League lias joined- the movoment for demanding that peace conditions shall include tho taking of an equal amount of the enemy's shipping to that which has been ruthlessly destroyed by tho enemy. . " 1 A NATIONAL STOCK-TAKING, (llec. August G, 5.5' p.m.) London, August 5. Under the auspices of the Empire Producers'- Association, Sir T. Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand) gave an address at Glasgow-. Ho urged national stocktaking and . a conference with tho Dominions, which would deal with some of tho problems that Britain hesitated to approach. New Zealand had no respect for the old party shibboleths, which Britain still worshipped. Germany's policy was based on dishonest fraud, and Britain must train her people to organise ber industries and so Knock out the bully.

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2843, 7 August 1916, Page 6

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WAR ANNIVERSARY IDEALS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2843, 7 August 1916, Page 6

WAR ANNIVERSARY IDEALS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2843, 7 August 1916, Page 6

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