WAR NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1916, Page 6

WAR NOTES.

THE DAILY SACRIFICE. The Archbishop of York, speaking at Middlesborough: ''l hope that when flic time comes to think of peace, tho Christian forces of 'this country will see that we prove to 'the world onto again the honor of our .word, and that we have no interest in this war except the public rights of Europe. But the time for, peace will come when those who have broken the peace and tho public law of Europe are compelled to ask for it, and not till itlien. Peace is our desire; was and is our necessity. We believe that this war is necessary for tho protection of the future better that prospect for the sake of relief, even from the almost intolerable pressure of sacrifice and sorrow. Is there any ground for depression? Anxiety there must be deep searching; constant determination there must be—■ihe grimmer because the danger is so great—but I see no ground for depression. We think of Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, and are sensible enough to be able to confess with the Prime Minister that it has been a great disappointment, but if iii one sense it lias been a failure—almost a tragic failure—there is another sense in which it is a great success, for it has proved the strength of the tie that binds this country to our brothers, the Australians and New Zealandcrs. There are signs that the enemy is beginning to feel the pressure of the relentless hand of time. Therefore, I see no reason for depression. I pee only the more reason to bold on in bope. We must be on the watch against the illusion of industrial prosperity. There is plenty of money being made in ilhe country, but let us never forget what is giving us this money—not wealth, hut waste. Tho field of sacrifice is not the North Sea only, or the west front, or the trenches in Gallipoli. It is in our daily life at home, and I do not think that the spirit of tho nation will have ihe strength and endurance it needs until tho spirit of sacrifice lias penetrated every home. Any' man who is making more money because of ihe war owes it as a debt to the State in the time of its trial."

THE END OF THE WAR. Mr. J. L. Garvin, at His Majesty's Theatre: ''This war is Armageddon, not only because the armiog of the nations are gathered together, hut because the question is whether after the war the evil shall continue or the good glial prevail. The walls of the great fabric of Germany's power still look grim and stout, but (lie foundations are giving way. Slowly hut surely, the German strength is being ground down. The Germans—and above all, the German Government—know well that in three or six months the tide must turn. They want to take advantage of their situation when they were at the top of the tide and do not want to wait for the inevitable ebb. That is why we must be prepared for proposals for a false settlement and a treacherous peace. A peace without victory or honor, a settlement without safety, a peace that will throw away every advantage just when wo have our best chance, would expose us to disaster in the future. Is a peace of ithat kind good enough for Britain? As a certain person quotes Scripture for his own ends, so even the Hun can talk humanity. It will not !je surprising if, after all the carnival of carnage, the Kaiser himself were to appear in his final character as a trustee of civilisation and the best friend of mothers. If this country is betrayed or hired into any weak peace the period after the war "will be but the prelude to our certain destruction. -We shall be by our burdens and darkened by .1 cloud" of anxiety. Now that we are half-way .through the struggle we must fight it clean through. What we have to achieve is not total overthrow in Europe and the world of the German race, but the doctrine of war made to pay must be killed or scorched. By bitter experience a change of heart will come even in Germany, and the Gorman nation will echo the cry of, 'Never again!' When the Grand Alliance has restored peace it will have to guarantee peace." We must .earnestly seek to create a new foundation for'the public law of Europe and the world."