The Taihape Daily Times TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1915. WAR REMINISCENCES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 3 August 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times

TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1915. WAR REMINISCENCES.

AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE

(With which ia incorporated The Tab hape Pont uoa Waitnarin" Newa.)

To morrow the British Empire will pave been at war with Germany for a year. To look back over a year of devastation, destlruction, and murder; to count th e missing that have so unnecessarily been sacrificed, taken from life purely for the gratification of a man’s arrogance and love of power, the numbers are appalling and overwhelmingly distressing. Casually viewing present, war conditions little progress seems to hays been made, bnt on closer examination it is obvious that what we now know of the strength and the inhuman methods of our enemies had to be learned before the Allied armies could hope to gain much ascendancy. Th e , arrogant spirit of Germany has been changed if not.yet completely broken; her efforts to at-

tain her objective in every quarter have beojii frustrated. TWc Kaiser’s spurious sentiment; his maudlin references to God and his pretended honesty therein havei an insinceie Hug which cannot be mistaken. His brag, now that be sees world dominion is not within bis reach, beajra indications of the absence of self conviction in the 'modified object for which be is now contending. Germans are uow (old that it is no longer to triumph in Europe as a world dominator; what she now urgently desires, as time after time f definitely stated of late by the Kais-dr himself; is to end the present struggle with the" right and power t» recruit and. redevelop her strength for another effort to. ■attain that which she knows is impossible as an outcome, of the struggle. •' Many .may ’thin|k (hat tlio Ailled' a way.,fro in

victory* and they are. possibly rig Hi

but none of us should lose sight ot tire t%ct that almost every mala in Germany capable of hearing arms has

been called up. The who! e male population of Schleswig has been ordered to attend military posts within two houi’s of notice being given, -while in Great Britain and in all British dominions the taking up of arms is still optional, but if Germany depended upon volunteering, as Britain still does, there would indeed bej cause for pessimism and fear. Of Germany’s commerce fleet the seas of the world have be'ejn cleanly swept, while the markets of the world are open to Britain and her Allies; and when Germany realises that men that she can no longer replace are falling in thousands daily; whep she has used up her squirting flame, her poisonous gas, asphyxiating shells, incendiary bombs and torpedoes for destroying shiploads of innocent women, children and non-com-batants she will further modify her views with respect to peace tepms.The temper of th e Allies and of the whole world is opposed to terms of peace that will ever pefrmit Germany to ever thrust upon the world again such a holocaust, such an extravagant disregard for human life. She must be scotched in the present struggle for ever. She is on the down grade with \respect to men, imports can no longer be depended upon for manufacturing j war material, she is cast almost entire, ly on her internal resources, with depleted money chestp; Germany has realised that the nation is in its death struggles, and she has, in her paroxysmal fits, been obliged to disregard all international law, and a,U that the world regarded as humane and honoulrable to put back the ftatal day. The day that she has live.d for and worked for for a quairter of a century at least is no longer in sight, and we may be sure that not on e hope of it ever b-e----ing reached is left in the Kaiser’s heart. He knows that it ig gone for ever; h e knows that he can never dictate tepms of peace, world subjugation is no part of his schejmes to-day. Germany’s hopes wer e shaken when the great proraenadei *to Palis was turned back; when Britain’s gallant, although puny army wrought such havoc at Mons, for thebei it was that the promenad e , received the fatal stroke. It may be long, or it may be a matter, of months, Irjt Germany Vi Strength will finally be broken. Few nations have any doubt about the ultimate of this war; we were caught unprepared

and our arms hav e not .yet reached their fell strength and power, therefore. after reviewing what has been achieved during a year of unpreparedness, ther e is abundant room for hoping that the end will be soon reached.

The struggle yet before us is indeed a Homeric one, but the arrogant, bragging German suitors have met their Ulysses and the, world may confidently look fdrward to their certain destruction.