The Thronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY. MAY, 19 1915. PROPER PATRIOTISM AND MOB VIOLENCE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 May 1915, Page 2

The Thronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY. MAY, 19 1915. PROPER PATRIOTISM AND MOB VIOLENCE.

The spirit that should actuate all Britons. in the present great struggle ■ !or maintenance of freedom and fairness < one of determination to subdue by i aii- fighting our dangerous enemies. There should be 110 mob demonstrations against defenceless aliens, such ae the recent rioting in England and in Australasia, amounts to. llioters such as those ivho at Wanganui, last Satur<lay, disgraced New Zealand's fair fame should be arrested, and sent to the front to do menial service in the field Iritchens of the New Zealand soldiers. This nia,v be an impracticable suggestion, but it would be a suitable guer- . 'lon. This war will be won only by reasonable and resolute resistance, and the aim of every New /Calender of weU-balanced mind should be to instil into the people a proper realization of this fact. One of the most helpful speeches" recently delivered in reepect to our needs at this time was that made in Wellington last Saturday by ihe Hon. A. L. Herdman. "I believe," he said, "that the war has reached a stage at which we can have confidence in the future. In my secret soul I know that we are going to win at the end. The Allies' position is to-dav much stronger than when the war broke out in .August last. The wenltli 1/ .the Allies, scattered .as is ovfr the entire world, is greater than th-»t <if the Dual Alliance. There is no German vessel in the Atlantic or the I'aci And. above all. our cause is right. Englishmen all over the . world, are in deadly earnest over this business. I look forward with confidence to victory for our side. We can't all fight; everyone cannot be a. soldier or sailor. But there ar« hundreds of services that we can render. We must stick together until this thing is ended. In the words of an • old Athenian: 'Go yourselves and every tnan of von stand in the ranks, • and either victory will attend you, or, falling, you shall fall greatly and be worthy of your past.' Farmers, commercial men, clerks, everyone will all stand together in the ranka."