WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 22, 19 March 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY.

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It is certain that Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, and Brussels are irrevocably condemned. The admirable Grand Place, the town hall and cathedral of Brussels, 1 know, are mined. It only needs a spark to make one of the most authentic marvels c? Europe a mass of rubbish similar to Ypres, Malines, and Louyain. —M. Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian poet. OUR TERN NEXT. It is impossible to say how many men we shall havo fighting by the early months of this year, but we confidently believe that it will be far more than enough to turn the tide and to sweep out of Belgium the forces that have, devastated that country. —Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade. AUSTRALIA'S MAG XIFICEXT PROMISE. When the shadow came over the old flag, we in Australia did not hold any recruiting meetings: we did not bog our young men to go and fight Men of every class and calling crowded to the flag, and we are going to send them by the ten thousand as long as they are wanted. —Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia. WAR HAS CHAXGED. Tiie grand spectacle is over. Flags and music are absent. Even the visibility of the troops has largely disappeared. L i< tin l butchery of the unseen by the unknown.—The '' Nation " on Modern War. FEAR OF ZEPPFIJXS. Zeppelin bombs on the armoured decks of a battleship would have little more effect than hailstones on a tortoise.—Colonel E. X. Maude, C.B. NO PEACE YET. At the first moment when it seems to me that an opening is presented for securing n righteous and enduring peace, T shall do my utmost to urge it: !>u I am clear that that moment, greatly as we long for it. has not yet eerie. —Archbishop of Canterbury. WE ARE CERTAIN" TO WIN. That the Allies will win is certain. I bat i 'll us to -.in vill regime a mini mum period of three years is, I think, probable. it might' last longer: it might end sooner: it can end only in one way. —Lord Kitchener.