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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 August 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY.

LEVIN. iu.uALUi, .ltutibi I<J, .Mii i'KAACIS iiiLLJL IM 111E \\ Ail. The trend ul mi; lortunes ol war has been against tlie allies luring tlie last two or three inontns, but tiie dear rebel ve ul tlie leaders 111 aii three countries id tu lace tlie position unllinching--I}-, and witli a stern determination to mil eventual success. Hie speech oi the -trench Premier reported in our cablegrams oi I'riUay is redolent of tins spirit; the utterances oi British Cabinet Ministers during the last three months" ali have been characterized by a like resolve, iiul nowhere, we think, has the true spirit oi' .British steadfastness been put iir»o better phrase than that appearing ii. the short speech wherein .Sir Francis iSetl, in the Xew Zealand legislative Council, moved his motion-—oil the Anniversary of the Declaration of War—afiirniing the Council's inflexible determination to do its part in assisting the struggle to maintain the ideals ol liberty and justice. "We, all of us," said the Minister of Internal Affairs, "have felt the anxiety of the war in the year that has passed, since—not oniy the public but tho private anxieties that weigh upon us; and the King's Ministers during this year have had to bear tlie weight oi a burden oi responsibility and. anxiety that none need envy us—responsibility and aorxiety, but no doubt or fear of tho ultimate result, it is not the first time luat the enemy has been at our gates. jLt is not the first time in our history that England has had to boar the burden oi a war against those seeking to dominate the world. It is but a hundred years since tho Prime .Minister of England was "tho pilot who weathered the storm"—not in the opinion of liis countrymen only, but in the judgment ol the world. However long the time may be, liowevery long we may have still to be waiting lor the end, we have the Knowledge that oua - cause is right; we iiave the knowledge that tyranny has never yet prevailed. Some of us know how long the Humans bore the dread of Hannibal at the gates; but they were confident always that victory would bo theirs. And some draw the parallel of Marathon. It is not wrong to compare the danger of tho world before Marathon to tho dangers of the civilized world to-day. . . . As a part of. the Legislature ol one of His Majesty's dominions, Jiaving 110 small share in the control 01 the King's affairs in this country, we ask our fellow citizens to record to-day with us our determination to see the war to the end, and to see that right and justice shall prevail."