CONFIDENT OF VICTORY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 165, 17 March 1915, Page 7

CONFIDENT OF VICTORY.

BRITAIN ' NOT ft Mtti)DLING •f I THROUGH." Mr. R. ; .'H.i Hill, a war correspondent,' writes in 'thpyaiicouyer Province: — If one •:poaices" anything particularly, in the visitf to t ; he .Br.itislx base where, officers .asfcl linen come in, c.ak,vd';in..ith.estill wet %m\ .of .the advanced trenches, it is thafe the-.-Brj.tjsl.lv; soldier is -beginning to hivje a supreme contempt for the enemy. I There'is a> splendid- -coiifi-'" "denee in ,a|l : ranks which augurs vie-" tory in the! end, but 'hot one "that belittles the fask that is coming'""' when j the advance* is to be made. They know that is goiijg to be /terrific, but all along the lin'e.'they 'see' a great fabric being imildld—solid, permanent works ,-=—rea f dy "spolh to receive, an army larger than Britain' ever sent beyond..- 'her \ shore's before,, ~,-;: ~,.:,.. ,r •; f .',;'-■,'.-<• ■ ---"■ «-■--••• ...,-j.Xt. bj-eedsi' confidence. Britain is; hot '' muaoling f througsh '', -this time.; There is a perforation of organisation which is not eve™ strained. When a French or Belgian § regiment,- runs 'suddenly short; pf sufpplie.a,*:• ejtlier-- rations or clothing, tl|e .British can supply theneedful articles. I had a "dejeuner"

■with a>Fre|ch major in the only hotol Hi' t '•" --'- i-iTineo has thought war and dreame:'!

war since '7O, but we are only .ju;-; learning the business of It. You arout teachers," ''That's it," said an army sw.v:c .lieutenant. \ f'The Gerni;>ns made.^ ; machine of war. We are inr.kiag i'. ' busiiiess:-... What would you bk; 1 \Vhave-; ariytlnng from Imi'bed wire b bath, tubs ill stock. " b v?