OUR PRIME MINISTER’S ELOQUENCE.

Taihape Daily Times, 27 September 1918, Page 5

OUR PRIME MINISTER’S ELOQUENCE.

The eloquence and Imperial spirit of Mr. Massey appear to have had remarkable effects upon a meeting which he addressed, hy invitation, in the largest Congregational Church at Montreal, on “Lessons of the War.” Reporting the address, one of the papers of the city says, according to a private cable received in Wellington; “So strong was the message of confident optimism by the Prime Minister of New Zealand that all traditions of Sunday church etiquette were cast to the winds, and the speech was repeatedly greeted with unrepressed applause, -while, when he closed with a vehement message of confidence that the war was now so promising that there was no possibility of any conclusion but an absolute victdry and a clearing of the international board so thoroughly that no German kultur could ever again curse the peace of the world, the congregation broke into prolonged applause, which would probably have developed into cheers. This was prevented by the organist playing the National Anthem, which was sung with emphatic fervour.”