A LETTER FROM "HOME.”

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 9, 12 January 1915, Page 8

A LETTER FROM "HOME.”

Writing from London under date December 7th, to a Stratford friend, a recent visitor to Now Zealand, who is manager for a firm of tile manufacturers, says:—

This war is playing havoc with our business. Our factories are only going about three days a week, and the distress throughout England is very bad, but everyone seems to be in one mind, and that is, this war must be fought to,,a finish, ahd the Gormans crippled for generations to come. They have asked for it, and they will get it. Its grand the way all our Colonies have rallied round us in our trouble, and New Zealand, as usual, lead the way. All praise to your country, for you are the most loyal colony we have, and that’s saying a lot, for they are all good. Well, we are gradually taking all Germany’s colonies. In a few months she’ll have none left, and serve her right. Her country has also got to suffer yet for the cruelty and distress she has caused in poor Belgium and France.. “Justice is mine saith tlie Lord, and I will repay.” I see your second Expeditionary Force, together with the Australians, are landing at Egypt to go in training, and if necessary meet the Turks, after which they will join our forces in France. Our poor men are having a rough time of it at the front, but I feel sure we shall come out of it alright at the finish. I wish the Gorman Navy would come out and get it over. If she doesn’t we shall fetch her out, although it may be a costly job. I saw some of the Canadians directly they arrived here. They are a fine lot of men and look very fit. They should give a good account of themselves. You did very well to collect £240 at the patriotic concert in Stratford. We have something on every week here, and my wife and daughters have been doing nothing else'scarce!, but collecting, knitting, sewing, etc., ever since the war started. Harold has Joined the City of London Royal Fusiliers until the war is over. He is in training now at Hardley Woods, Barnet, and expects to, go to the front in a month or so. Tt looks like having conscription in England if the young follows eligible don’t buck up and join.