THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 19l6 PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 205, 1 September 1916, Page 2

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1916 PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

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

The entry of Koumania into the war on the side of the Allies must increase the quiet confidence regarding the future that recent events have combined to impart. The enemy is now everywhere on the defensive and already Russia, Italy, Servia, France and Great Britain aie all dealing sledge-hammer blows at the Germau an I Austrian lines. How long Germany and Austria will be able to stand the combined and sustained hammering we cannot jay, but there cannot be the slightest doubt that the new situation is giving the rulers of the Central Empires cause for the gravest anxiety. The process which has been carried out on the western front of late will, we imagine, be repeated again and again at frequent intervals, and we do not think anything the enemy can now devise will divert the Allies from their stern purpose. We learn with pride, not only from the British correspondents, but from French military observers, that the men of our new Armies have been splendid, better even than was expected. Through the long, dark days of weary waiting, when every advantage seemed to be on the side of the enemy, our soldiers never lost heart, never doubted fur a moment the ultimate issue. Now, when they know that the day of impotent waiting is over and that they possess in abundance the means to strike which before they had so grievously lacked, their moral is heightened, and their lighting qualities greatly enhanced. Our losses are stated not to have been excessive for what has been accomplished, while those of tho oniony have been \ery heavy. Without letting our hopes run away with us we may, as we have said, look to tho future with quiet confidence. Thero will be ebb and How yet, no doubt; losses to be borne and sorrows to be suffered. But within the next few months all doubt should bo dissolved, and we should be able to see the clear promise of final ami complete victory.