The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916. THE WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 5, 4 August 1916, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916. THE WAR.

The second anniversary of Britain's declaration of war against Germany is 'reached to-day and after two years of most strenuous fighting our Empire stands more firmly, and in greater honour, than ever before in its glorious history. Britain did not lightly draw the sword, hut in honour's cause was forced to take the field, and to her banner rallied quickly her daughter States from Overseas. Our \ false-hearted enemies made I many blunders when they reckoned on I disloyalty and sedition hampering the { Imperial Government in the time of | stress, for India and South Africa- ! .rave of their best at the Empire's call | as freely as have done the Dominions ' overseas. The German-managed outbreak in Ireland—a dark page all true Irishmen bitterly deplore—has ended in the righteous hanging of the traitor Casement while noble Irish regiments have in the trenches, by • their deeds given the lie to those who preached Ireland's disloyalty. With ' her great Allies Britain has suffered | deepFv and has made fconible sacri " J |; ( . ( , 0 f her sons to uphold the cause | (jf freedom. Hut to-day she stands I stronger, than ever and more steadfastI| v detomnined to gain complete vu- | torv over brutalism and that all-evil ! with which Germanism set out to submerge the world. I'Vom the German standpoint the year that has gone I WB |, ceil one' of almost complete [•adlure both on laud and sea. and even t | le boastful Hohenzollern's lying tale that the year has been one of "glory for Germany, will hardly further fool his people. The second year of the war ends gloriouslv-hut not for Ger- | many . !„ the third year we have | muc i, to do as Britain's great soldierorganiser predicted, for we must go on to conquer the hosts ol evil and h| . ini , the guilty ones to pun.shmen.. ! i„ all pans of the Empire we are, I this dav, renewing our solemn pledges | to ( , H -rv on the struggle to complete victory,' and it is well that our cncm ios should know that tins is so.