NEW YEAR GREETINGS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1916, Page 6

NEW YEAR GREETINGS.

TO AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright London, December 31. From Mr. Foster, Acting-Prime Minister of Canada: The Dominion greets Australia and New Zealand and recognises their loyal and splendid spirit. It pays an admiring tribute to the unsurpassed valor of their sons on sea and land, mourns their heroic dead, and joint in their unalterable purpose to persist until victory crowns the Empire's arms. From Lord Plunket: If there are any pessimists in New Zealand, I wish that they could hear what our boys say when they daily drop in for a korero at the offices of the New Zealand War Contingent Association. They are cheerful and modest, with hardly a grumble, and delays and disappointment have not shaken their perfect confidence. So it is with the whole British forces by land and sea. General Sir lan Hamilton says to the New Zealanders: Our enemies declare that nothing is now left of New Zealand's perilous achievement save the graves of the New Zealand dead and a multitude of New Zealand wounded, and they will never believe it a part of imperishable honor. The services rendered the Allied cause by our attack against Constantinople cannot yet be gauged, but it is certain that they are far-reach-ing and vital. From Lord Denham-. My best wishes to Australia and New Zealand for the year to come. We at Home share in the pride they feel at the splendid deeds of the heroic troops at Anzac. and it is especially gratifyng to note ' the loyal services ungrudgingly rendered to the Empire, not only by the soldiers and sailors, but by the governments and people. From Admiral Pakenham: The New Year witnesses a closer communication of the Mother Country and the Dominions, the result of their joint effort in the cause of freedom. The honor of Australian and New Zealand soldiers is written in undying history, but I am convinced that opportunity alone is wanted to enable their brothers serving in the fleet to rival even these great achievements. THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE. INSPffiIKG WORDS TO THE TROOPS. Paris, January 1. President Poincare, in a message to the French troops, says:—"Everywhere France is showing cold and deliberate determination to hold on and conquer the problem, and does not admit of any half-way solution. Any peace offering ambiguous compromises and a bastard combination will only bring breath, deceitful appearances, dishonor, ruin and enslavement. Who, then, through impatience and weariness would thus sell Germany the. past and future of France? True", the war is long and arduous and sanguinary, but how many sufferings will be spared 113 in the future by the sufferings of the present? No Frenchman committed the crime of desiring the war. Now with our faithful Allies we must carry on to the annihilation of German militarism and the complete reconstruction of France. Any faltering would be ingratitude to our dead and treason to posterity."

THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN. MESSAGE FROM SIR lAN HAMILTON London, January 1. A message from General Sir lan Hamilton says:—"The time has not yet come when the Gallipoli expedition can be gauged as to its military and moral value. We are as yet too close to it, but the day will come when it will be seen in its true perspective. When the historan reviews the expedition he will discover it produced a great and lasting impressioin for good upon the course of the war." _ Sir lan Hamilton, speaking with emotion, added: "Men, I believe, and you believe, that if we had munitions and men we would have won through to Constantinople."

THE WOMEN OF TV* EMPIRE. MESSAGE FROM QUEEN ALEXANDRIA. London, January, 1. Queen Alexandria's New Year's ' message is as follows: —"At the beginning of another year, when we are still in the midst of a terrible war, and wives and mothers are mourning the loss of dear ones and many homes are desolate, -I desire to send a message of hope and comfort to all women of the Empire, praying to God to inspire them with fresh •strength and courage to bear the heavy burdens He has seen fit to lay on them." BRITAIN TO FRANCE. • KING GEORGE'S MESSAGE. London, January 1. The King lias sent the following message to President Poincare:—"At the commencement of the New Year I desire to convey my warmest wishes for your welfare, and to express the earnest hope that you will enjoy the healths and strength necessary to enable you to fulfil your exalted duties. Our two countries are united in common with our Allies for the prosecution of a great cause. It is a source of unfailing satisfaction to me that two peoples are Jx>und by ties which the heroism and sacrifice of our giilant soldiers and sail ors have rendered indissoluble. I beg you to accept on behalf of myself and •the Empire the most cordial greetings to the great nation over which you preside, and an expression of our deep admiration of the splendid qualities of the land and sea forces of France, which ,in this war have been of such inestimable value, and offer a sure guarantee of ultimate victory."

FRANCE AND RUSSIA. EXCHANGE OF GOOD WISHES. Paris, Jan. 2. The Czar has sent the most cordial New Year's wishes to Russia's true friend and valiant ally, and greetings Jo the French Army. He expressed his unshakable confidence in the triumph of the common cause and hoped their combined efforts would soon be crowned with success. M. Pfitncare replied that the Army was proud.to co-operate with the valiant Russian Army for the defence of right in Europm and was resolved to j fight on together with their faithful [allies untiyjJßftJ! victor*

SENT BY THE GOVERNOR. MESSAGES FROM THE DOMINION TO ALLIED NATIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association, Wellington, Dec. 31. His Excellency the Governor, on behalf of the Dominion of New Zealand, has telegraphed the following New Year messages:— To the President of the French Ec-* public:—New Zealand sends greetings to tile sons of France who are fighting so heroically, 'both in their native land and also alongside our own New Zealand troops in other spheres, and devoutly prays that victory will crown the cause of the Allies in the not far distant future." To his Majesty the King of the Belgians:—"The Dominion of New Zealand desires respectfully to express to your Majesty the earnest hope that the New Year will be the herald of great Allied victories, and that at no far distant date the gallant King of Belgium will be freed from the aggression of the invading foe." To his Majesty the King of Italy.— "New Zealand desires to place on record her profound admiration for the armies of Italy, and at the same to respectfully express to your Majesty her earnest hope for a speedy and successful termination of the present struggle in which the Italian troops are so manfully maintaining the traditions of their forefathers." To his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan:—"New Zealand sends her New Year greetings to the people of Japan, and at the same time respectfully tenders to your Imperial Majesty an expression of her higli appreciation of the services of the Japanese navy in the cause of the Allies." - To his Majesty King Peter of Serbia:—"On behalf of this Dominion, I desire to respectfully tender to your Majesty an expression of the admiration of New Zealand for the indomitable bravery and steadfast determination of the Serbian nation, and at , the same time to convey the earnest hope that the New Year just dawning will witness the overthrow of the common fo?." To 1 j"j Majesty King Nicholas of Montenegro:—"New Zealand, through me, desires to respectfully forward New Year greetings to your Majesty's armies who are fighting so nobly in the common cause." The absence of a message to the Czar of Russia is explained by the fact that the Russian New Year does not start until January 14,