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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 160, 11 March 1915, Page 2

In his now famous Pastoral, Cardinal Mercier devotes one of many elo- ' quent passages to the reward of the slain. He was lately asked by a staff officer whether a soldier falling in a righteous cause is not veritably a martyr. "No," the Cardinal replies, "but if I am asked what I think of the eternal salvation of a brave' man who has consciously given his life in defence of his country's honour, and in vindication of violated justice I shall not hesitate to reply that without any doubt whatever, Christ crowns his military valour, and that death, accepted in this Christian spirit, assures the safety of that man's soul. 'Greater love than this no man hath,' said our Saviour, 'that a man lay down his life for his frends.' And the soldier who dies to save his brothers, and to defend the hearths and altars of his country, reaches this highest of all degrees of charity. He may not have made a close analysis of the value of his sacrifice; but must we suppose that God remires of the plain soldier in the excitement of battle the methodical precision of the moralist or the theologian?'' A Gazette Extraordinary issued yesterday contains an Order-fr/Ccuncfl . prohibiting the expert of veal and rabbits except to the United Kingdom or jther specified places in specified vessels. Regulation is made under section 17 of the Customs Act, 1913, and section 24 of the Regulation of Trade qnd Commerce Act, 1914.