BLOOD THICKER THAN WATER.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 7 September 1915, Page 4

BLOOD THICKER THAN WATER.

SPEECH BY LOBD BOSEBEBT.

LONDON, Sept. 4.

Lord Kosebery, in is Glasgow speech, added: Th'a- unexpected result of this . hideous conspiracy which was designed to break up the British Empire, was to consolidate it in a way the most ardent Imperialist: could never have hoped. We see the-desperate val-

our of the Canadians all&d to ours, we hear of the Australians- 3, arid New Zealanders' almost- superhuman efforts in the Dardanelles, Engisli, Scottish, and Irish blood flowing wife! the blood of Australians, Canadians? New Zealand- j ers, South Africans}, and Indians. Every remote island' w&ereto Britain has claim has proved- that blood is not only thicker than water, but is much more. It is the cement wherefrom the Empire is- sad is meant to last for all time. Tlie> question of compulsory service ought not to fill the 1 Press to such an extent. We have established, after a great effort, a National Government wherein we might put. unlimited confidence, positively, because it is a collection of the ablest men;: negatively, because no other Government could ffifl? its place. We knew the disadvantage of swopping horseswhile crossing a stream, but if the Government did not represent a united Kingdom it represented nothing. If : we

had confidence' in the Government' all" questions relating- to the war must be Teft to them. We could trust Lord Kitchener to say exactly the moment at which, if ever it occurred, lie thought that compulsory service should be enforced'. He believed that if Lord Kitchener found the moment ripe and the need imperative, he would not scruple to- ask the country vo give- him the power requisite for enforcing compulsory service. It is disheartening to see huge strikes proceeding in the- very

great stress and agony of war. Great

strikes at such a time are worse than the loss of a pitched battle in the field. He had heard whispers and in-

nuendoes concerning personal ambi- | tions which were reigning where they ought not and which wore stated to be threatening to disturb tire even balance of the Cabinet. He did not believe them, but if there should be any idea of the kind, the country would never forgive the men who were responsible. There can only be one In- , spiring idea, from the head of. the ! Government to the humblest among us I —that first motitve should bo to crush 'and annihilate tfw> iitfanMHS Cincajy,