NEW ZEALAND'S PART

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 255, 16 July 1918, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND'S PART

TO KEEP UP THE DIVISION EMPHATIC DECLARATION BY MINISTER J Of Uiii'bwtE Reference was mado by Sir James Allen, cipealsinK in tlie Town Unit Inst ■ iiiflit, to tne published report oi soiuu remarks by tuo .New Zealand High Commissioner in London. Sir Thomas Alac- • Kuimo was reported to Jinve said that 1 Aew Zealand's iuau-po\ver was.diminisli--1 ing, and to havo united that Americans I uught, tor the future, take the place ot ' j\'ew Zi'alaudere. • "Wo entered this campaign," Sir James 1 Allen said, "with the intention of swing : it through to the end—(applause)— and 1 believe tne people of New Zealand aru deteriniiii'd to <to <> so. It is not very long ago since I had a report from the tronc detailing what happened during our part of'tho campaign.. There was a breach iu the line, and that breach was filled by tho New Zealand Division. I will • not 1 go so far as to say that the New Zealanderfi saved the situation, but they did a great deal to restore the situation. The men at the front, I believe, want to , etay it out to the end, and they intend to play their part to the end. (Applause.) , I know there is a great strain upon our man-power and our resources, but we, like other nations, our Allies, are prepared to meet these strains, and are ; prepared to do and to give all we can in this fight for freedom. We are glad to see the Americans coming in. Wo hope they will come in such numbers ■ that victory will bo oertain. So far as I am concerned, I consider myself absolutely pledged to keep the New Zealand Division up to strength as Ion? as we have the man-power to do it." (Ap- : plauso.)