NEW ZEALAND'S SAFETY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 206, 28 February 1914, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND'S SAFETY.

To the Kditor. Sir,—Mr. Allen is report*'.! to have said, at last night's entertainment, tli:il tlirouf>}i tin alliance with Japan and an understanding with France had Australia anil Xew Zealand been safe." Really! 1o think of it. New Zealand was. otherwise, not really safe! So Mr. Allen ivonhl have us believe. Whence was the da lifter? Not from Japan or France, for the.ir alliance and understanding protect us. It must, have been General Villa, or liayti, or perhaps from the deportees from South Africa, or a confederacy of all these turbulent spirits looking greedily oil "(foil's Own Country.'' Xo\v, .Mr. Allen is a scholar, and a' diplomat, too, and should have been able to couch his meaning in words less startling than to surest; that this country could In' anything else than perfectly safe under the ltefuriii ("OVermncnt, and of roll r>v Mr. Allen. Happily the danger is past and we are safe now. Now Mr. Allen is not vulgar scaremonger. aii(l yet he certainly does somewhat startle'us with the thought oi the dangers we have escaped, or been protected from. Oh! but I forgot. Last night's was a variety ell--101 liwmnnit, mid so I suppose petroleum anil gunpowder, and beef and navy got a bit mixed up. It is to 1,2 .hoped that New Zealand i* safe to-day; and that It -Mr. Allen's army and na\y i> not able to protect us in future that, somebody's treaty or alliance or even understanding will keep us "safe." In 'he meantime we must "Fear not, but truit 111 Providence"—and .Mr. Allen.-I am etc., ' BHAVE. February 27, 1914.