War Notes.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 111, 3 October 1914, Page 5

War Notes.

(By Alfred Noyes, in the London Daily .. Mail, -August C.) ' ■' j The Kaiser, in his- repltj- to Belgium, placed it definitely on lecord for" all future ages that the destiny of Germany depends absolutely upon his right to violate guarantees, tear up treaties, ans dishonor his own word. He himself has stated it in language whieh does .nob admit of any other interpretation; and the duty of nations that respect law, honor and righteousness is now quite clear. ; Thus only should it come, if coimriit must; T* Not with a riot of flags or a «ry, ; But with a noble faitih, a conscience; high And pure and proud as heaven whcreiii wo trust, Wo who have fought for peace, hate dared the thrust Of calumny for peace, and watched hor die, Her scutcheons rent from sky to outraged sky By felon hands, and trampled into the dust. We fought for peace, and we have seen the law. Cancelled, not once, nor twiao, l>y felon ihandfi, But shattered again, again, and yet again. Wo fought for peace.' Now, in God's name, we draw Tho «word, not with a riot of flags and bands; But silence, and a mustering of men. / They challenge truth. An Empire makes reply. One faith, one flag, one honor and one might. From sea to sea, from height to warworn height, Tho old world rings out—to conqtler or to d'a And We shall conquer. Though their eagles fly Through Heaven, around this ancient isle unite Powers that were never vanquished Ini the fight, The unconquerable power that cannot lie. - s \ But they who chaUongo Truth, Law, Justice, all The bases on which God and man stand sure Throughout - all ages, fools!—they, thought us torn So far with discord that the blow mightl < fall Unanswered; and, while j.,. ..:ofi<j Towers naukire. This is our answer: Unity and Pcotjil ' We trust not in the multitude of an host. Nations that great'}' build'il, greatly, Stand. In those dark hours, the Solendor of a Hand lias moved behind . tho darkness, till that coast "Vyhere •foatr- Smd faction seemed ixt triuanph most Reveals itself—a bucMcr .iiid n brand, Our rough-hewn uonk, shining o'er rc4 and land. But shaped to nobler end} than riaa' j ' couldi boast. i It is God's answer. Though, for nun.?: a year, This land forgot the faith that madij her great, Now, as her fleets ea*i olf the NortK Sea foam Casting aside all faction and all fear, Thrice-aiimed in all (he majesty "of her fate. Britain remembcri?, and her swordS strikes home.