HOT OUT OF THE WOOD

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 22 July 1915, Page 3

HOT OUT OF THE WOOD

WHAT SYDNEY THINKS

" I tell you the position is serious —very serious, indeed," said Mr Hoyle, Minister for Railways in New South Wales, at a meeting of amateur sportsmen in Sydney, explaining that he spoke as a Minister^ ' having information which wjijs not available for the general public.' "Do not imagine we are out of the wood ; we are not." He appealed to his hearers to realise that the Empire was fighting. It was fighting against the most perfectly - organised system the world had ever known. Germany had been preparing for 40 years. Her scientists had eliminated waste regarding food, and had certainly some secret for preserving high explosives that tbe allies did not possess. For 40 years the Germans had been taught that they were unconquerable, and they were imbued with a loyalty that believed they could ' not be beaten. They must realise that the Empire must put its shoulder to the wheel, and that nothing must be left undone to secure her against the great blow the German Empire was preparing to strike. "If you love liberty, if you love democracy, and all those things for which our forefathers have fought; if you are grateful to the flag which symbolises the British Empire ; if you are grateful for the protection of Great Britain while this beautiful colony was being built up, now is your opportunity. I hope that everyone who can handle a rifle will go to the front."