The War.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 10 August 1917, Page 3

The War.

THIRD ANNIVERSARY NASEBY.

At Naseby on Saturday the meetirg called by the Prime Minister to discuss war resolutions, was held in the County Hall, and presided over by the Mayor (Mr Fraser). He read the letter received from Mr Massey, and then moved the resolution a» follows: —That on this third anniversary of the declaration of a righteous war, this mesting of the citizens of Naseby records its inflexible determinatien to continue to a victorious end the struggle in maintenance of those ideals of liberty and justice, which are the comaion -and sacred cause of the Allies.

The motion was seconded by Mr H. Wilßon and carried. RANFURLY.

A public meeting was well attended at Raufurly, where Cr C. Inder, representative of the riding, presided. He briefly introduced the object of the meeting. He laid the war was not over in three years, but only for unforeseen difficulties it would be much nearer the end. The Allies were quite prepared to go on. The sacrifice made by our soldiers was too great to allow us to back down and accept any half measures of peace. We had to go on no matter what the sacrifice. The money could be earned again; it was nothing to the sacrifice of life. It was not an exaggeration to say we had sent the flower of the earth. He moved the motion, as quoted above. The motion was seconded by Mr J. Mitchell, and endorsed by Mr D. Duncan.

Mr J. Law said he was glad to see the resolution seconded by a gentleman whose only two sons were at the front, and had been there almost since the beginning. We had to see the thing through and take care that the liberty the British people have always enjoyed is not curtailed. No doubt the object of the Government in askiDg for the resolution was to feel assured they had the people behind them. This is not the time to replace Governments, even if we do not agree with them in details. The law arranged for the Second Division to go, and the Government had to administer the law.

The motion was carried unanimously, and the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair on the motion of Messrs Law and Lobb.