GREAT BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 87, 8 September 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN

J ' LASTING PEACE.

WHAT GERMANY MIGHT HAVE DONE.

BUT ALLIES WILL STAND INDIS

SOLUBLE.

Received S, 1.15 ajn. London, September 7.

The newspapers consider that wivn the time comes for settlement, the Allied declaration will assure lasting yeace.

The Daily Telegraph says it was fully anticipated that Germany, in the course •t the war, would attempt to break up the Anglo-French-Russian alliance, and add*: "In the event of Austria collapsing, as seems lilcely, in titter ruin, Gernany may generously olTer Russia some •f Austria-!!ungary's non-Germanic provinces; or, on the other hand, if the tida of battle moves decisively in her favor oa the French soil, she may offer France lenient terms in order to concentrate against Britain." The Russian declaration calls the world to witness that the Allies will

ctand throughout as indissoluble com' ndea.

IORD ROSEBERY HANDLES THE FACTS.

OUB VERY NATIONAL EXLSTENCE AT STAKE.

«BDT WE ARE GOING TO WIN."

London, September 9.

lord Rosebery, at a recruiting meeting at Broxham, said tie present was perhaps a mors solemn moment than any in the history of the world. The war was due to a spark amidst the great powder magazine which the nations of Europe had been building up for twenty years. If some great «r----ganiser had planned this war the curse? of humanity would pursue him to the end. If we had allowed Germany to I violate the Belgian treaty how long ghould we have endured seeing the oppression and slaughter of that small but gallant people in defence of territory which we had guarantee? We should bare gone, but too late, and only had remorse for our first hesitation. Tail was a war of nation?, not of armies, ani the British nation would not be able to gtand alocc', for she was fighting for th-; sanctity of public law in Europe. If OUT armies were conquered we should be destroyed for ever. ".Make no mistake," ■aid Lord Rosebery, "this war will not be ended by cession of territory or a money indemnity. It is a fight to a

finish. If we go under now we 30 under for ever. I don't suggest for a moment that Britain is going under, but if aha ia not to do so every man capable of defending the country is bound to step into tbe breach. 1i we are reduced to an inferior Power, living at the goodwill of our superior lord, with our Empire eut up and divided among plunderers, I would rather that all t!ie British people as they now exist we re to pass into exile and death, leaving this island vacant for eoibc superior race." lord Rosebcry concluded: '"But we are going to win, because the people are united as never before, and because the oversea dominions vie with each other in

generous emulation, which shall giie us inpport supplies, money and oca."

DEARTH OF NEWS.

THE TIMES COMPLAINS.

Times and Sydney San Services. Received 7, 5.15 p.m. London, September 7.

The Times, in a leader on "The Press ia War," says: "II it is important that the people of England should receive a steady flood of information, it ia infinitely more important that the Dominions, on -whom so much depends, should promptly be told all that is permissible. The facts about tlie foolish censorship over Press telegrams to the Dominions are almost incredible. We are convinced that Cabinet is unaware of them. On 1; glaring example may be quoted. It was overwhelmingly imperative that the Dominions should be told immediately ani fully why the Empire had gone to war. The censors and cable offices held up for four days the reports of tile momentous speeches by Ifr Asquith and Sir Edward Grey, and they censored them before despatch." Commenting on the general dearth of news, Tlie Times says that in a month the people had bad only one statement of any value. They had received infinitely more from Petrograd than from the British War Office.

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BRITISH CASUALTIES. THE LIST TO SEPTEMBER 1.

Received 7, 8.25 p.m. London, Sept. C (evening)

The Press Bureau states that the vast majority of the wounded at Netley Hospital will mako good recoveries, and rejoin their regiments. A list of casualties completed to September 1 showed. Killed, 9 officers and 33 of other ranks; wounded, 27 officers and 120 of other ranks; missing, 4'J ofiicers and -fooS of other ranks.

BRITISH TRAWLERS SUNK,

A BELATED REPORT.

Received 8, 12.30 a.m. Stockholm, September 7. Eriksen, a Norwegian engineer aboard a British trawler, reports that when fishing with others to the north-west of the Dogger Bank on August 2.3, a German battleship opened fire, sinking two trawlers. The crews were rescued. Eleven other trawlers were captured and conveyed to Hamburg.

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