A DROP OF ACID.

Taihape Daily Times, 26 October 1918, Page 7

A DROP OF ACID.

A Wairarapa soldier, who is attached to the Australian Forces, writes to his mother as follows: '‘Of course, one must admit that what England has done in this war has been marvellous but it has nearly all been for abroad, and not for herself. It is time she thought of looking after her own subjects. Never give a penny when anyone comes along to you and says: ‘Remomber the poor Belgians.’ We all hate them like poison. When we first went into B'clgium they used to fake olf their pump handles so that we could not get a drink. They are half proGorman, from what we can see of them and have done practically no fighting j since the beginning. They made a bit I of a stand in 1914, but had good forts j to do it in, and not half the hardships Iwe have since seen. Big, strong, 1 healthy Belgians are over in England • now, demanding this and that, as if they owned the place, eating England out and living on the fat of the land, while wo are fighting for them. ’ ’ 1