The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1914. THE NAVY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 58, 24 October 1914, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1914. THE NAVY.

That every Britisher in every part oi King George's Dominions should fed a thrill of proper pride at the very mention of our Navy is but natural. Certainly the ships of the Navy have been doing splendid work in the.pre-, war, and their task of watching and waiting has been by no means an easy one. "Thank God and the British Navy for my good dinner." Eveo British child, says the naval correspondent of The Times, should be taught to say that grace, and the thought is one which oversea Britonh may well lay to heart while the reflections prompted by Trafalgar Da> still linger in our minds. It is a fact, as pointed out by the able writer from whom we have quoted, that it is the British Fleet which, under the good providence of God, stands between the British people and starvation. We in Now Zealand have every cause to be especially grateful to British ships and seamen, for it is due to them that we are able to continue our avocations in an almost normal way, while on the battlefields of Europe the world's great est conflict is bitterly raging. As oik writer points out the security provided by the Fleet has not only saved theEnglish people from starvation, but has saved the national credit and sr preserved the people from financial ruin. It enabled reinforcements to be sent into France not only from England, but from French possessions, anc now it is keeping the seas open foi those who are going from the outc fringe of the Empire to help in the fight for freedom. The British Fleet, by keeping the commerce routes open is proving of immense service to those nations such as the United States who have not joined in the war. fi the concluding paragraph of th< Times' writer's article referred to above the view is expressed that the man who at the present time asks the silly question, why does not the British Navy do this, that, or the other. is playing a German game. It is what the British Navy has done,is doing, and will do. by God's help, that enables him to live and maintain his.family ircomfort which, compared with that of almost any Continental nation, is luxury. And we in these far southern Dominions have as much to be thankful for.