IF GERMANY WON.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 9 August 1915, Page 3

IF GERMANY WON.

WHAT BRITISHERH MIGHT

EXPECT

One of the quests cf the Orphans' Club at Auckland cu Saturday night was Captain Fold on. Brigade-Major Of the Auckland Defence Department, who attended in uniform, and whose reply to the welcome extended by the chairman to the visitors contained some remarkable observations. - He stated that he had been strangely im-

pressed cn looking around him by seeing’ such a number of men that were really wanted in the Army! (Daughter.) It was no smiling matter, continued the Captain, as ho thought the time was coming when the situation would become really serious. One of his first positions in Auckland was in charge of the Germans at Motuihi Island. and the servile manner in which the enemy subjects of each rank treated the rank above them was particularly repugnant to the Britisher. God forbid we, should have to do the same thing, which would happen if we succumbed to the German flag. The servility of the cadets —lino, strong, ablebodied. well-built fellows—who took their hats off to those over them, though they were individually capable of knocking them down with a little linger; tin's would happen to ns if the German flag ■waved over us. We would be so "under the thumb ” that wo would have to do these tilings. That sort of thing did not occur at Home. While at Eastbourne —one of the most aristocratic coastal resorts in England —where the guests were served by German waiters, who received no wages but paid a premium to secure the positions at hotel's, etc., in order to havethe right to "tips’’ —he learned that on Sunday mornings these German servants were privileged, and noticed from 60 to SO of them in squads drilling—exactly the same movements as wore gone through in our own barrack square! He reported on the matter, and on the Sunday morning an officer

'came along to investigate. T!ie Germans of the locality were having a "field day”—there were about 150 of them, beautifully mounted, drilling. A message was sent to the War Office about the matter, but nothin" won done. The authorities were allowing ihem to drill in our own country, though the Germans had been looking forward to this war for 40 years! We would not win unless wo had e good stiffening ?<■

our Army. Every German was lighting with one object—to down our flag. (A voice: "They won’t do it! ’’( This was a serious ease—the chances wme even whether we would get on top or not* If they asked any staff officer, he would tell them the same! tlnless we took it seriously, we could not hope to come out on top.