A WORLD LACKING IN COURAGE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 50, 15 March 1937, Page 7

A WORLD LACKING IN COURAGE

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Captain Oates's Great Sacrifice an Inspiration EXAMPLE TO YOUTH

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(Received 15, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, March 15. Paying tribute to that very gallant geatleman Captain Oates at the Colchester Garrison Church service in eommemoration of the twentyfifth anniver«ary of his death, Admiral Sir Edward Evans said- "I was then a young lieiltenant and second in command of the axpedition, It fell to me to break the n«wj and keep alive for the youth of the nation the story of that adveniure "I believe that Captain Oates's hei'oism inspired many in the Great War »nd certainly helped many women to bpen that tell-t&le telegram from the .War Offiee. "We older ones who have ideals have •adly watched the sun of Locarno eet and iiave seen humanity make a great gamble for peace, but the gambh has been lost because fear, jealousy, greed. revenge, internal dissension and insin cerity have conquered the Christian impulse. "I believe {that the old eharaoter of orr raC© is still in our boys and girls but needs firing up hy examples auch as that of Captain Oates. Captain Oates accompanied Captain Scott on his final dash to the South Pdlt in 191 0. On returning, the paity wa*, storrj-bound, and on Marcn 17, 19l0, Captain Oates, crippled with frost-bite, rather than be a burden on fcis companions, went out alone into the blizzard to die.