THE MOTHERLAND’S CALL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 19, 22 May 1915, Page 3

THE MOTHERLAND’S CALL.

Now Zealand's sons! The Km pi re needs you In the case for freedom and right. To arms, Zoalandia! Ihe .Motherland calls you To come and assist with your might To crush the tyrannical monster — . The cause of this damnable war— To stain]) out Ins power lor ever And, restore peace and freedom once

Turn vour thoughts to battered Mel-

gium, Where the War Lord’s hosts run

not, Where' they’ve created an inlenio

From a land of peace and quiet. Peaceful homesteads now arc shambles, Peaceful Helds now drenched with gore, Peace and quiet now dispelled Hv the cannon’s awful roar! ITiolfending little Belgium Had to face the foemen’s sword, To uphold the nation's honor, To uphold her plighted word. She has carved her name in history, And until the end ol time Will her name be held in reverence, And her deeds lor ever shine! ,

In this glorious light for freedom, They have offered up their lives To protect tlc-ir country’s honour, And their children, and their wives Como and help the .Mother Country To defend the trodden down, Come and add another laurel To Britannia’s glorious crown!

Think of all the wanton murders And the burning of Louvain, Think of all the fiendish tortures Of the anguish and the pain; Think of helpless little children Torn from mothers aching breasts Think of pure and helpless maidens Made these devils’ brutal jest!

Can you think of all these horrors? Can you think of all this crime Without seeing that your duty Is to help while yet there’s timer For in fighting for their freedom, You are fighting for your own. For your mother and your sisters And vour country and your home,

“W.L.”

Toko. May 17th, 1015