The Chronicle LEVIN. MONDAY, FEBURUARY 7, 1916. AN APPEAL FOR RECRUTIS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 February 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. MONDAY, FEBURUARY 7, 1916. AN APPEAL FOR RECRUTIS

it it a loiiy; time now, comparatively •speaking, since The Ul»roniok> eApress- «•'<! its considered opinion that the gr.'ii war ivas reaJfy _iu its opening stages, though most ijpu-spiiper comineiua,tors at thait-tuiie \\ere anticipating ail early and successful issue ol tliu struggle the near jiasteru" lrontier and in t-lie Dardanelles. Time lias proved out forecast correct, we regret to say, and ;time also lias demonstrated a diminution in the response of our young men to patriotic apepals made to tliein l>y ivcruilmg nioards and others charged to look alter - the country's true interests. There is a considerable section of the people of .Now ZeaJand uiat looks upon any admission of t'aiii'pori&ry set-bac»is sh being an evidence ol patriotic weariless or something worse; but strong-minded people can dismiss sucn charges without feeling iheni j for the leal need oil the hour is lor people who will lace the position sciuareJy, and not endeavour to place their fellowcitizens in a fools' paradise of - contentment. The position of the British iiiupn e at present is a grave one; to burk that fact is to bolster-up a, condition of affairs and a point of view that is prejudicial to the empire's true interests. -Beyond a dioubt our enemies can point to several substantial successes against each one achieved by our Allies and ourselves; there is need to-day for a redoubling of our past endeavours, and a niK>i'e«deteauniued, more-enduring resolution to see the war through to an effective issue that vill prevent risk, for many years .o come, of the resumption of war. lo

do this beat, the in-a niiocxi of the ouupire—audi of Aeu Zealand 110 leas than of other component, parts—jiiust rise to tin? great need of the present pass in the world's affairs. The true patriot now is he who does his utmost, in whatever sphere his ability lies, to weaken the octopus-grii> ol the Usr-manic-Auatrian-Tiirkiah-iiiilgarian com bination on the lands ot Europe, ana to remove the existing menace_a,gai>ist the world's liberty that the temporary success of such an oligarchy as Germany amounts to. Recruits lor the lain forces of Great Britain must be secured in numbers not. undiminished, bu. increased. 1 . .The urgency of- this need is well put in a telegram to the editor of The Chronicle'signed by the Rt. Hou. W. F. Massey, the Rt. Hon. Sir J. G. Ward, and the Hon James Allen, as members of the New Zealand Recruiting Board. We quote part of sue telegram:—^ e arc f fiC ® to face witli the most critical period .n our history, anu we confidently look for tlie help of tlie press of the dominion as a most potent factor in influencing public opinion in favour and *up- j

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port of our scheme. . . . Under it, personal appeal will be made to our manhood of military age to oome forward in defence of New Zealand and empire .... now and for bo 'ong as tlris terrible menace to our nation exists/' In spirit with the board's appeal, .v-3 would ask all young men who feel the call of duty to respond thereto. The need is great, and the cause is of -mcli inspirational quality that none should hesitate on grounds ot spirit-searching. Liberty such as the British-empire enjoys may have its mirror limitations ill l;ere and there an aspect, but they fia-de to a negligible quality wnen compared with Germany's repressive rule and class-domination. The duty of every freeman is to upholdl the freest empire, imd to fight for ix in true spirit', re--nieiuhering Byron's grand lines (in one of his seldom-read dramas): "They never final who die "In a good cause; "The 'block may soak their gore, "Their limbs he hung from battlements and towers, "But still their spirits walk abroad!"