The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, SEPT. 25, 1915. ASPECTS OF THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 September 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, SEPT. 25, 1915. ASPECTS OF THE WAR.

'J he rotil end ol the war lias been achiev* fd already, though apparently bJio lighting iiiiisi y<» on until a sniliciently jiri'liuiulonint number of tlie leadens of linancc become, soised ol Uic true iinan ciid iuspoct in it,s lolation.sirip to causes (il an oiuliii-iny; peace. The .attempted (loiniiiiitioii (il tin , world by militant Prussia was the basic cause ol inLcrnatioual loav and distrust, and to out min<l the declaration ol war by Groat liritain was ijispirt'cl l»y oppcrsition t<. ihis spirit, altboiigh the iiilriiigemeiit of Jlolgiuni'.s neutrality \va.< tlio immediate cause. To-day the chance .1! (lorinany bi'coining administrator ol a w (;r](l-\vide empire i»s nil; f>li» i.s iace lo face with the difh'eulty of tiiinricin.fj he, need, and confronted with the Jiiionh'dge that her stupendous expenditiiro for the war has been made wholly from borrowed moneys instend ui in ]>nrt Irom revenues. fn short she i load of dobt that will burden her for hundreds ol years to como. an<l '.lie fact seems clear that for the first time in the history of Prussia thai oligarchy will he roqnired its own share (f the war cost, instead ol placing the burden on a conquered foe. Croat , Britain, on tlio other hand, has met a fairly large percentage of her ■war expenses out of rovoiiues. and «he .stands firmer, to that extent, in ability to hear the financial .strain that will come after tlio reckoning is made, and the guns laid by. Per contra, the immensity of tlie debt die line incurred already causes prudent students of economics to won<ler how the administrators of the empire can fail to *oe the urgency of concluding an honorable peace whenever the conditions give reasonable grounds for assuming that attitude towards the belligerents. To thoroughly subdue Germany and to mpnilato hi^ , territory for tlio benefit of "Russia and France would he equivalent to planting in Europe a political Upas tree to poison the political atmosphere of a iuture day. Every component part of tlie British Empire should vememuer that only sixty years ,'igo Great liritain was at war with Russia to prevent nbsoi'plion of European territory: and it was to maintain tbe integrity of rhe present territory of (rermany tlmt <vn fought Napoleon over one hundred yea re ago. The allies of to-day may be the enemies of to-morrow, and today's enemies yet may be our allies 'v further endeavours to maintain the balance of power in ICnrope. The full possession of tliflt •permanent 'm 'pression is the reason tor The Chronicle's persistent objection to the various sporadic endeavours to stir up bitterness against all men oi Gorman nationality ; we survey the war and its causes through a clear perspective, and always recognise that we are fighting a Prussian domination, not individuals: and it must be remembered that tlie true patriot is lie who fights for principles and not because of inspired hatred or for hastily-formed antagonisms on account of deeds done by soldiers driven temporarily made in tin , excitement of bloody baTtles. ' While :he Germans of to-day are Known as "baby killers," it should be. borne in mind Ilia' the same title was bestowed upon Napoleon a hundred years ago. and th: I Frederick the Groat bore a like title nearly two hundred and fifty voa;>: ago. The "unspeakable Turk" finds his compeer in history with the H.issian Cossack, and our own British cm saders took part in the bloodiest and

foulest sack of a city evef known ; n modem times: we speak of tlie sack of Constantinople in the ifi'teenth century. All nations have Had their period of temporary 'insanity ; there is a "bar sinister on every escutcheon. War is liell, and tourney rules, like Hague Conventions, are founded on unstable bases. The presenf day the time for all prudent men amongst us to help in forming s\ proper public opinion on the question ot continuing the war to its bitter end. Financial disaster for the whole world is the price it would mean. A peace might bo concluded tin's year as effectively and as enduringly as it would be next year, for judged in the light of history it seems clear that a war of the present magnitude will taice ten years to complete. As the cost to Great Britain alone works out at about two thousand million pounds sterling per year, the need jjpr h spirit of reasonable compromise must be apparent to all who think with untrammelled intellect. "While the war does go on we should prosecute it vigorously and determinedly, but us soon as Germany and Austria are ready to made reasonable and lasting te*">i of peace there should be no niadolo foster feelings of vindictiveness that would help the parties who !"•• r interested or unbalanced motives would have tbe internecine nature of the con flict extended and accentuated until ,; -stale of irremediable banlcruptcy, with increasing risk nf anarchy confronts us all and the succeeding generations >f the world.

THE LANDTNT! ON UALLIPOLT. We have received from Messrs Gordon and Goteh .a copy of an illustrated booklet containing Sir Inn Hamilton's first despatch embodying tlie .story of the historic landing on Gallopoli. Ti.e London .Spectator, referring fo thdespatch, says: Every man. -woman and child ought to road tlio story of these landings and remember always as lie reads, that the vast majority of the troops—the Naval Division, the Territorials, and the Australians and New Zealanders. even the 2f)th Division, which has made an imperishable name for iuself, had not had much training for Avar. . . . Sir Tan Hamilton save of the landing. No liner feat of arms has ever been achieved by the British soldier or any other soldier.' The profits from the sale of the hooKlot are to he devoted to the New Zealand Fund in aid of the soldiers wno have heen wounded, the women who have been made widows and the children who have boon made orphans in Jno •U'lrieveinent of the glorious deeds recorded in thin and further despatches. The Booklet -which is now obtainable l'rom all news agents, contains, besides. .an excellent map. pictures of placs mentioned in the General's Despatch. It is the intention of tho proprietors to publish in similar form Sir Tan Hamilton's later despatches, and the series, when completed -will be ;i full official history of the Oallipoh campaign.