WAR MEETINGS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 265, 29 July 1918, Page 4

WAR MEETINGS

TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 5.

Sir James Allen, Acting Prime Minister, has sent tho following letter to Mayors of cities and towns throughout the' Dominion:— "On behalf of the Government of this Dominion, I nave tho honour to request that, on Monday, August 5 next, being tho day following the fourth anniversary of tho "declaration of war with Germany, yon will call a meeting of tho citizens of your city and submit the attached resolution of determination to continue the war to a victorious end. The same resolution will bo submitted to. public meetings throughout the rest of the bmpiro. "The' British Empire.entered upon this wa" knowing the righteousness of its cause, knowing, too, flint in its essence tho strngglo was not one for world empire or the control of the trade and com•nierce of the world, but a struggle for very existence between two ideals ot civilisation. Eor four years we have recognised that the maintenance of the ideal for which the Empire stands ne cessitates our prosecution of tho war to a victorious conclusion. "4. year ago, when the Central Powers were Wng at least held in check, the Allies recognised that pence by negotiation would have meant nothing more or less than a German victory. "To-dav the internal condition of Russia is chaotic. A series ol: German military successes on tlie -West front has been achieved, and the Central Powers position on the map .is apparently stronger than at any timo since the Battle of, the Marne. Under these conditions, therefore, is it not all. the more necessary that wo should again declare our determination to win through to victory oti the field of battle, inspired by j tho samo spirit which moved Lincoln to 1 utter these words in the dark (lays ot 18G4' "We accepted, this war for a worthy object, and. the war will end when that object is attained. Unto God, I hope it will not end until that "Should our determination fall short of that the sacrifices our own men have made in Europe, in Asia, and in Africa, and on all tho seas of the world, will have been in vain. In such a case the hardships endured to-day will be but so much preparation for flic horror an* slaughter that an undefeated, arrogant G'rmanv will again-maybe in our own lifetimes-inflict'on a world then perhaps too weary of war to resist successfully the doctrine of force we are now comD "The following is the resolution to be submitted throughout the Dominion in connection with the fourth anniversary of the declaration of the war -with tiermany: 'That, on this the fourth anniversary of the declaration of a righteous war, this meeting of citizens records its inflexible determination to continue to a victorious end the struggle in maintenance of those ideals of Liberty and Justice which are the common and sacred cause of the Allies.' "