THE WORLD'S PRESS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 132, 6 February 1915, Page 2

THE WORLD'S PRESS

America and Britain. It is hoped that the move responsible section of the Amorians recognise that Britain in fighting this battle' stands os a bulwark against a tyrannous aggression which would assuredly sweep

onwards and become a menace to tlie Western world if the German arms prevailed. Passages in President Wilson's Note suggest that it is more the method followed by British cruisers in .search and detention than the exercise of the right that is cavilled at. Methods arc capable o': yme inline nt, and efforts to adjust them so as to inj'i'c legitimate commerce vs.little as possible have already been made by Britain.— Australasian. -.,-.. . ~• . ;.,., ■.

British Invasion ~.,;Hluuild it-be, d(5-.i..-ietl fo make, th attempt, one of the main objects to be achieved would be the destruction of flic Kiel Canal, for the purple of di-

vidjng the German fleet, and relieving the strain on tlie Baltic, where Russia is to a largo extent incommoded by the superiority in sea power of the Germans. The Muscovite navy wjll receive a considerable access in strength by the completion of four new Dreadnoughts, almost ready for sea. and if the High Sea Fleet of Germany can be dealt with iu detail so much the better. —Daily Telegraph. Italy's Policy. Trent and Trieste are ro doubt lonercoveted goods to which the way may at host seem clear; but the risks to a people situated as the Italians are must still be accounted great. Almost in itself the prospect would be sufficient to justify the Cabinet 's policy, for the present, at any rate, on purely Italian grounds tha the isusc will be decided, grounds that the isuc will be decided, even if. when the snow is off the passes, a different decision is in the end arrived at to that which now appears provable.—Daily News. Nurses at ths Front. Their (tlte nurses') work is incessant and laborious. They are called on every day to face awful wounds without a shudder. They must always be cool, resourceful, and comforting. Words are insufficient to describe theji' devotion. They are the spirtual children of Florence Nightingale, and arc. altogether worthy of the founder of their order. The mothers and the wives of soldiers must have for the nurses a special affection, but the nation as a whole js infinitive!}* their debtor.—Epress. The Spirit of Nelson. q The great commander whose statue looks forth over London from the summit of the column in Trafalgar Square stands to us for more than his own individual heroism or that of the men who served him so well. He is to us the incarnation of the spirjt of the British Niivy-r—the Navy which is at this moment keeping its tireless vigil in the North Sea; the "sure shield*' wiiicJi protects our homes agajnst the raids of a barbarous invader.—Evening News (London'),