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Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 June 1915, Page 3

Amongst the latest recruits for the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces are Harry Uutler, Lovin. Jiape Eoyai, Ohau, iin'd Wallio Wakefield, Ohau/ At tiie Auckland .Supreme Court on .Saturday Xbrmaii Edwin Keats was found guilty of murdering Edith Emma Keals and Jier infant at Due where hist February, and was .sentenced to death. "I make shells during the week to re at the Prussians, /and on Sunday to lire atTne devil," says the Hev. Stuart •Robertson, of Glasgow, who has been accepted as an unskilled worker in Messrs G. and T. Wciir's ammunition factory. Mv Pobertson works from G. 30 a.m. until 5 at night and then conducts the evening service in the church. About fifty attended the meeting in the Town Hall last evening lor the purpose of forming a Uorowheuiia .Racing Club. A long discussion took place on the question ol what the financial relations of the new club and the Park Company should be. After those present had joined the new club, a committee was set up to meet the Park Company and try to devise a satisfactory scheme. The 'committee is to report the result to a meeting to be held on Saturday evening. Prior to tho 'business of tho meeting a vote of condolence was passed to the family of the late Mr J. H. McDonald in their recent sad bereavemen. The Mayor (Mr Ji. R. Gardener) was chairman, and a vote, of thanks to him for presiding terminated the meetir.g.

A Wellington officer, now serving in j France with the British Army, in an J interesting ktfer published in the Do- | minion of Tuesday, gives a view of the j war that is not on all lours with the i opinions held by the public. "As far ■as 1 can see," he writes, "we will not i attempt much on this iront I'or some time, and 1 think the Germans will most likoly tall back to a stronger prepared position—perhaps the Meu.so line. 01' course, if the Russians con tin(i« to advance and Italy takes the Held, the Germans will nave to alter their plans, but as things are at present it will be some time before we are strong enough to force him out of Belgium. 'They are a wonderful race. No nation on earth could have done what they have and yet still go on lighting. 1 do not believe a word about their food shortage, and apparently tl'ey have plenty of ammunition. >So if they mean to see it out they will be hard pushed to win even now. On the other hand, there is no doubt that their plans of a short and decisive campaign have miscarried, and it is likely that they would accept peace on easy terms. Unless we utterly crush Germany now, once for all, she will surely crush us hereafter. This is essentially 5a war of conquest, as all great wars have been in the past, and the sootier the British public realise this the betiler. To my mind we should set ourselves to wipe Germany off the inter'national programme. If we 'win this war and Germany still has a battleship afloat, then have we fought and ■died in vain?"