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Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1920, Page 2

An essential part of the appeal for funds for the Westland war memorial, Is the call noon the children to assist in the special fund for the Stone of Remembrance which is to bear the names of the fallen soldiers and nurses.

The children essentially will come into the heritage won and secured by the Great War, and the cenotaph to be placed on Cass Square as a memorial for all time will “Awake remembrance of the valiant dead.” | The children of to-day will be the ! people of the future on whom will fall the duty of revering the memories and the feats of the fallen. Hie children . . are their heir; they sit upon their throne, The bloocf and courage that renowned them, Runs in their veins.” As heirs of the freedom won and lib- * erty established it is (but fitting that 1 the young people should associate theni- [ selves with the memorial in a personal ! way. The memorial in due time will ' pass into their care, also and it is but j right that their interest should be selfcentred from the outset. The rising generation will know something of the ' men who fell, and that intimate asso- | ciation will be sufficient for the young ' people to be interested in the task of helping to provide the funds for the j memorial. There is room for one and all to subscribe, and we hope the resi ponse will be prompt and liberal. Hokitika may be proud of its public nioiiu- { ments, and the one about to be reared j will as time goes on come to be regardj ed as the noblest of them all, symbolising as it does the sacrifice of the whole district in the world’s Great War.

The further particulars of the AngloFrencli embroglio over the Ruhr ad--1 venture on the part of France, suggest that after all France did only the right thing in the wrong way. 'The French are impetuous, but there was every oxeuse for impetuosity on this occasion, so often has Germany flouted the treaty conditions. For most people it would be sufficient that the French military movements were counselled 'by General Foeli. The Allies relied on liis good judgment during the war, and they might respect it now. Britain appears to have become rather ruffled over the French action, but the French reply gives a clear and temperate review of the position and the necessity for the very definite action taken. The latest news indicates that all will end well, and in any case the French action should have a salutary effect all round. Tho Germans will realise that there is a point beyond which they may not go in the violation of treaty rights, while the Allies generally will learn that they must be more firm and united if they are going to carry on. There is one amusing aspect, if it may be so considered and that is the German desire to press for penalties from the French for the alleged violation of treaty rights. If this he so, what penalties are the Germans amenable for in respect to breaches which have been proved definitely? While the Germans appear in such a virtuous mood they might he prepared to take some of the medicine they would prescribe for others —and be made to pay up!