Thoughts on the War-

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 September 1915, Page 2

Thoughts on the War-

THE POLICY OI«' THE MOMENT.

1 submit that tiie governing policy at the moment ought to be that it is right for the Government to determine how best every man and woman can serve the country, iind having arrived at that decision to insist upon obedience.—Mr Ellis Griffiths, \T.P. SIMPLE PATRIOTISM. Let hiin now prepare to invest who never invested before; it is the simplest way ol being patriotic, if lio lias or can rsave the wherewithal.--Mr J. M. Robertson, M.P. THE FEEBLE KAISER. It i.s, 1 think, stupid to place the responsibility of > the war iiipon the German Emperor, lor if ever there wan a weak man at the head of affairs in a land it is the present German Emperor. He has allowed himself to be carried along by the strong men who control matters in his land.—Bishop of Birmingham. ' A SPIRITUAL MOBILISATION. I have been taken to task for telling (■lmrcli people that they (should mobilise -themselves for a holy war. When I used tiie term holy war. I -was speak in y as a - Christian bishop to Christian people, and 1 meant, of course, the ■mobilisation of the nation's spiritual iorces. There can be no hope of winning the war until tlii« is done.—Bishop of London. CITIZENS FIRST. \\ o have made some very great sacriiiccs from a trade union point of view, but if any man questions the wisdom of doing so. my reply is that you have got to bo citizens before you are trade unionists.—Mr TI. Gosling. OUlt HEROES. Our men greet death like a friend «ml go into battle as to a festival, counting no cost too high to pay in the service of the nation.—Professor J. H. Morgan. THE FRENCH SOLDIER. The French soldier at his best elains that (juality of youth 'which soars ever ahove the muck and misery of the trenches.—Mr Philip Oibbs. AFTER- THE WAR. Large numbers of our young men 'who have been drawn by the Army from sedentary occupations will lie extremely loth to return to their old habits of work alter the war. and many of ihem will inevitably prefer to settle down as land cultivators, il the conditions jan lie made .sufficiently attractive.--Mr G. H. Roberts. M.P. I'ARMERS AND CO-OPERATION". I'lider pressure of war conditions, many {aimers are being driven to the adoption of co-operation against their "ill, but I hope the result of their experiences will bo to make them convinced supporters of the principle of co-operation after the war.—Mr \cland, M.P. BRITAIN'S PART. People hesitate whether to invest or not mi the 'war loan. They balance profits and losses. They must remember that, unless the money comes forward. unless Great Britain can lake its part in this fight—and its part is largely. [ will not say mainly, a financial part—no reasonable man will venture to be sure of the issue.—Mr M'Kenna. FIGHTING EVIL. 11 it is„right for humanity as well cs for ourselves that the German spirit of evil should be broken, and if it can only be broken by the means it has itself devised, then 1 have to face the laets and say not otherwise can the good of tlie world bo done.—Archbishop of Y'ork.