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CABLE RUBBISH.

To the Editor. Sir, —If ay I, without presumption, thank you for your very sensible leading article in Tuesday's issue. We all need 10 think soberly and steadily of tlic i'.'.ir, and of our own brave fellows at iiio front. The cables that have come over the wires lately abeiit the "Anzacs" are absolutely nauseating. In part, tliey are, no doubt, the result of a dearth of real news. In part, jiso, they are supposed to stimulate recruiting. I remember that in a lesser degree it was very much the same at the time of the Boer War. It is part of the ridiculous optimism which certain English newspapers have fostered since the war began. The idea is that if the war 19 treated lightly the spirits of the people will be encouraged. Ia this particular instance, it is supposed that men will be encouraged t,> enlist by the prospect of having a good time. What fatuous nonsense! If I v.ere eligible it would not be by being told U at I was going to be the object of admiration to English and French ladies, that I was going to have a sort of glorious picnic, that would induce me to join the colors, but it would be from the knowledge that I was needed and badly needed; that there was a hard struggle in front of me; and that so far from everything being practically over, ti;e most critical stage of the war was yet to come. There are the real ividueemrnts. When will our rulers leain to trust the people, and dare to make real demands on them? Cables sueli as those published recently nre enough to choke off men worthy of being called men. If a man had lots of time on his Hands he might think it worth while to take a trip across the world in order to have a good time with the girls, but what man would make great sacrifices and give up time and money and friends under the stimulus of these silly deluding messages? AVe do want people to understand what a big thing, what a serious thing, this war is, and how great is the need for real men today. Wo are well assured that our men are neither braggarts nor fops, and your protest and defence was welltimed and much needed. Again thanking you, —I am, etc., A. H. COLVILE.

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Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1916, Page 3

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403

CABLE RUBBISH. Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1916, Page 3

CABLE RUBBISH. Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1916, Page 3

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