The Times. PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918 THE NATION'S CALL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 365, 5 April 1918, Page 2

The Times. PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.

FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918 THE NATION'S CALL.

"We nothing extenuate, nor let down auaht in malice."

The struggle is only in its opening stages, and it is our business to see that our armies get the maximum measure of support that we can give them. Let no oue think that what even the remotest of the Dominions can now do can be too late. Before the campaign is finished, the last man may

count.—David Lloyd George. These are the concluding words of the arresting message which the people of New Zealand on Tuesday received from the British Prime Minister. After four years of awful warfare, " the struggle is only in its opening stages. Before the campaign is finished, the last man may count '" This message, inspired by the greatest crisis in all history, reached our shores during the closing hours ( of the Easter holiday. Almost every soldier who returns from the battle front exclaims that New Zealanders do not seem to know of the existence of a war. It is true, no doubt, that a people which sees none of the horrors of war cannot maintain the same attitude of concentrated attention as the nations of Europe, but

nevertheless in common with the rest of the Empire New Zealand has a duty to perforin. As plain as words can put it, Mr Lloyd

George declares that in this hour of crisis the place of every eligible man is at the front and that every man who is not eligible for military service is faced with a corresponding obligation, viz., to take up a financial burden which will equal as far as possible the sacrifice of the soldier. This latter can be done by subscribing to the New Zealand Government's War Loan.