ANNIHILATE LONDON!

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 182, 8 April 1915, Page 3

ANNIHILATE LONDON!

! WHAT THE GERMANS WOULD DO i - —IF THEY COULD. , - FIRE-RAIN, : Tho French Department for Foreign Affairs states in a communique that i'tfe "Tag,'- of 'BeWn, contains an article written, by Deputy. Erzherger, one of th e •leaders, of-the Reichstag Centre, in-Which; he, says: ? "War must of necessity.be a hard and lifough iiistrunitent;, It must be wagad as pitilessly as possible. That, after; all, is the most humane prinei--1 pie. :"' "If we could discover a means of ! annihilating London in 'its entrety, : r that would be more humane than to allow a.single Carman to bleed on"the I field of battle, since such annihilation would lead" to a prompt peace. ' v "Ei gland spares nothing. She recognises; neither- the law' of nations nor even International conventions that she .herself has- ratified. ' "She regards these convention's as mere 'scraps Of .paper,' which'sheis at : liberty to tear ( _up and'throw"fo''the winds.' • "•' '**• "She has embodied in her forces . troops of all races, yellow, red, and ■ black; she would even enrol a spotted•; race if there existed one in the world. That is why Germany is authorised to make use cf all the known moans of warfare to beat her adversary. "Since we are under-sea masters, even if not masters above the waves, let us boldly assert our superiority. Let cm> Zeppelins and our aeroplanes, acting in .concert with our submarines, strike our perifidious foe without; re--spite. . ...-. 1 -. ;. ■: ;. -: ' "England has takjen from u s about 400 merchant ships/Our reply must be' this: For every- stolen' ship a British : tewn or village wilf be destroyed. Let us sow with the aid of our dirigibliss terror and .death hearts -of the I British "All means must be good for us. ■ 'Even if we possessed the secret'-of 'shedding- ."fire-xaiii-'oh- the ; British'- soil; why should we not make use of it?— Exchange Special. -'' : -