A WAR OF EXHAUSTION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 222, 7 June 1915, Page 2

A WAR OF EXHAUSTION.

At Carnavonshire, and Anglesey assizes Mr. Justice Eldon Bankes devoted his charge to the grand jury exclusively to the war and the duty of British subjects under present conditions. His Lordship said he felt they were met under such exceptional circumstances that jhis attitude might be misconstrued if he did not refer to the all-absorbing question of the war. Such reference was, however, quite consistent with the ordinary avocations of that court, where the duty of all men to their country and to themselves came under consideration. This country jhad the sympathy of the whole world, and he felt sure the people were determined to do their duty in the circumstances in which could come to an end in days, or weeks, or even months; ti was essentially a war of exhaustion, and not only of exhaustion on the battlefield, but also of exhaustion commercially and financially.