The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1916. THE COST OF VICTORY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 3, 2 August 1916, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1916. THE COST OF VICTORY.

With other parts of the Empire New Zealand is paying a full share of the cost of victory in the loss of some of her best and bravest sons. In such a struggle as is now proceeding we can only expect severe losses, but they must be borne with courage and patient resolution. It is the spirit of our race, the will to right the wrongs of the oppressed, and the courage' even to die in a righteous cause. Never was there baser oppression by the strong than that meted out by our fiendishly brutal enemy to Belgium and Northern France; therefore the

righteousness of.our cause must steel our arms to victory final and complete. Much wo hear of the great and terrible deeds of battle, but much more there will be to tell. "Not until it is all over," writes Mr J. L. Garvin, in the London Observer, "shall we understand these times, when with patient .souls, but with a pulse hardly moved by the best of joy or worst of ill, wo passed through things that will seem strange or incredible so long as the world lasts. Afterward they will be remembered for ever. Now nothing is a nine days wonder, so crowded is this pageant of state with national drama and personal tragedy, so hard do events tread on one another's heels; so urgent is the necessity, no matter what ( happens, of giving instant thought to what may succeed. 1 suppose this summer will be as momentous as any. summer in the nation's history."! Further he tells us that all that has' happened by lfind and sea has hardened the Allies' temper in the struggle, and above all, lias hardened Britain's temper. She would fight without a moment's hesitation, if shoi bad to light" alone. " 'Close up' on land 'Carry on' at sea! These are the watchwords. No man needs to speak them. Every one acts them •without Hurry or flinching; At such, moments of wartime, it is good to know, beyond all doubt, that one belongs to, a great people." That is the spirit which makes victory certain.