THE WORLD’S PRESS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 125, 28 January 1915, Page 3

THE WORLD’S PRESS.

DESTRUCTION OF THE EM DEN

It is gratifying, too, that the destruction of the ISmden should have been accomplished Tj.t rr ship of the Australian Navy. This is not Quite the first success of the- Australian Navy, for the force which occupied German New Guinea was formed, in part, of an Australian- naval detachment. But it is incomparibly the most brilliant piece .of work yet done by any colonial navy.—“ Evening News” (London). BRITAIN’S SECOND LINE TROOPS. In a bayonet charge the London Scottish at any rate have proved themselves the equal of any soldiers in the world, and the rest is largely a matter of practice and experience. The plain truth which emerges is that the country possesses in the Territorial Force a reserve at least as good and probably far better than the second line troops of any other nation whatever. —“Daily News.” THE ENTENTE. France and Great Britain to-day are fighting side by side with a harmony and confidence and mutual administration unparalleled in history. The hearts of the two nations beat as one, and though nothing changes so quickly as the face of international politics, we are confident that neither we nor our children will permit even a shadow of mistrust to come between them again.—“ Daily Mail.” GERMANY AND AMERICA. The efforts of the German Ambassador at Washington and his satellites to gain American sympathy for the vandals of Louvain and Rheims are already a pitiful failure, thanks largely to the attitude of all the reputable American newspapers. But the more people in America read this uncoloured official story of how war was made, the more will they realise how completely Great Britain was justified.— “Express.” GERMANY’S PLIGHT. Her harbours are empty; her commerce. apart from the demand lor war material, is slowing down to a standstill; the foreign exchanges are against her; the belief that she cannot win blights her credit. She will continue to fight as she is fighting now, with magnificent courage; but no expedients can possibly raise her to the British level of wealth and resources. Our naval thumb is pressing cn her economic windpipe—-‘‘Daily Mail.”