THE PEACE CRY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 110, 26 January 1918, Page 8

THE PEACE CRY

A TIME FOR RESOLUTION WORDS OF THE PRIME MINISTER Some reference was made by the Prime Minister to a reporter yesterday in response! to an inquiry as .to whether'he had any opinions on the recent attacks 'on* Sir Douglas Haig in England, and the demand in some quarters.for peace. Air. Massey said: ' "Apparently, there are certain sections of British people who are willing to forget"the outrage's of which British citizens and have been the victims during' the" last three_ and a half years, and who are desirous of finding excuses to hiako peace with the powerful and unscrupulous foe who ever since the outbreak of war has by the foulest and most brutal methods left nothing undone which would tend to the destruction of Britain's Empire. The. British spirit, however, is not yet crushed, and the strongest and bestequipped army Britain has ever put in the field still presents an unbroken front to the enemy, and whatever happens it is for us, their fellow-citizens for whom they are fighting, to support them loyally and wholeheartedly as they deserve-to be supported. There are many millions of British citizens to-day, and along with them our bravn soldiers and heroic sailors, who would just as soon think of making peace with a family of tigers as with the Kaiser and his assassins, and at the same time expect any conditions agreed,upon to be adhered to.

"Judging by present appearances, there will be a tremendous battle on the Western front wjthin the next few months—a battle which may decide the war —but remembering the. 'battles, Glebes, and fortunes' in which General Haig and his men havo played well their part during the war period, wo can look forward with confidence to the next clash of arms. I am convinced that in Haig, Beatty, and RobertEon we have three great captains, worthy of the men whom they lead and the race to which they belong, equal to the best that Britain ever produced, and capable of defending Britain's honour in the most serious crisis we have ever been called upon to face, "With the help of Divine Providence, "Who in a just cause helps those who help themselves, we shall get through successfully, and when it is all over, the 'Red, "White, and Blue' will still float triumphant over a strong, free, and united Empire."