PREMIER HUGHES.
“GOD WILL BE WITH YOU.” ARMAGEDDON APPROACHING. “My message,” said Mr Hughes, speaking in Sydney last week, “is one that makes me wish my voice was strong enough to carry it to every corner of our continent. It is a gospel that must force its way into the hearts of every man if we are going to maintain our freedom.” The Prime Minister then went on to say that the only way by which a free country could preserve its freedom was tor every man to lie ready to tight for it. We are now within sight of the greatest battle of the world, and it remained to say what part Australia was to play in the epoch-making event which would decide whether it was to main free and whether civilisation, desiring peace, was to obtain it. Were those who were able lo hear (he sword going to stand idly by?
Although the tide of buttle seemed to be at last turning in our direction and civilisation, with the entry of the United States seemed to be arranged against the enemy, victory was still far off, and could be grasped only by those who put the national honour above all things. An example has been set by Australian soldiers which might well spur men with the hearts of curs to stand alongside of them. It was nothing that any man with a heart in him could not face, and face boldly. Who would not take a risk when the prize was Australia, Liberty, and Civilisation? It was no forlorn hope, but a risk that any man ought to take, to be asked to stand alongside the men who had fought since Gallipoli. It recalled to him the story of the soldier who at the evacuation of Gallipoli said to one of his mates: “Tread lightly, lest those who are dead think we are deserting them.” “You are living, you are Australians, your country is in danger,” concluded Mr Hughes. “Let it not be said that the Australian division lacked its full strength when Armageddon was fought, as it must be within the next six months. God will be with you, and you will go through life with the knowledge that you have done your duty to your country.” ,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1704, 26 April 1917, Page 4
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380PREMIER HUGHES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1704, 26 April 1917, Page 4
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