THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times. PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1916 PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 167, 20 April 1916, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times. PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.

THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1916 PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

" We nothing extenuate, nor * set down auaht in malice."

♦ The triumph of the Russian Army against Trebizond as cabled yesterday is one of the most recent satisfactory features of the war. This success shows that Russia has been able to devote adequate supplies of artillery, no less than of men, for the reduction of a strongly fortified and vital position and the moral effect of Russia's onward career is bound to cause consternation among the Central Powers. The Germans do not yet understand the true significance of the vow that we shall fight on until the enemy is crushed, and safeguards are secured against the " aggression of a Power which mistakes force for right and expediency for honour." It means the extinction of all hopes of world power. We are putting forth the whole of our strength to win this war. It would be treachery to the State, tho betrayal of heroes who have died and are ready to die for us, if, through selfishness, want of heart, or want of thought we failed to win through a disinclination to provide the means of victory. New Zealand's share in the war is to provide the necessary number of men to keep up reinforcements and whether by voluntary or compulsory methods this obligation must be fulfilled.