The Daily News. FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1916. CANADA'S HELP.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1916, Page 4

The Daily News. FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1916. CANADA'S HELP.

Although it is known that Canada has sent to the front many thousands of her brave sons, it is rarely that any interest is exhibited in the great work that our Sister Dominion is doing for the Empire and the Allies in connection with the war. It is only just, therefore, that due credit should be given to Canada for the thorough way in which her resources have been organised—especially her individual mobilisation—with the object of rendering the utmost assistance in her power. When the war broke out there appears to have been but one thought in Canada, and that was as to how they could best help a cause which was theirs no less than Lr.gland's. No time was lost in mobilising' the men of that Dominion for war, and in the second battle of Y.pres it was the Canadian troops which saved the situation, and lent invaluable aid jn stopping the German rush on Calais. The value of their help on that occasion can be more accurately judged to-day than when it was so nobly given, and the Canadians justly earned a title to 'have their deeds inscribed on the record of the most brilliant military exploits in history. The subsequent heroism of the Aasacs had ft tendency to. dim the

lustre of the Canadians' deeds of glory, hut the same high courage and determination to win is still being evinced by these intrepid .sons of the Empire, whose numbers in the lighting line have been steadily increased, and the How of reinforcements nil) doubtless be kept up until the end of the war. Hut Canada has done move than send the flower of her brave manhood to the front. She has helped and is helping in al! t'hree of the prime necessities for carrying on the war—men, money and munitions. The war has been the means of making Canada become an industrial nation of far greater consequence than before. In the manufacture of munitions she made rapid and gigantic strides, for up to November, lillo, the ,war orders placed in Canada by Britain, France, Russia and Belgium reached the remarkable value of nearly eighty millions sterling. In addition to this impetus in munition manufacture, which includes a vast number of commodities other than, strictly speaking, war material, there has been unprecedented expansion of agricultural production, with the result that it was estimated some two hundred million bushels of wheat would be available for export, as against 94,000,00? in 1914. Moreover, Canada is now determined to do her own refining of base metals and thin prevent our enemies receiving supplies from the Empire. This policy will materially assist in making the British Empire self-contained, and have due effect after the war. when the enemy will be' made to feel the pressure of the Allies' combined trade war. For the present we should not lose sight of the fact that from all parts'of Canada recruits are forthcoming.. Thirteen thousand men have joined the army from Vancouver alone, some of whom walked thousands of miles to enlist, and even the naturalised Japanese-Canadians are being accepted for enlistment. Canada has done, and is doing, splendidly in men, money and munitions, and at the same time preparing to he of inestimable service to the Empire -when the war is over, assisted, doubtless, by thousands of British sons who are now in the fighting line, but who will be looking for greater scope for their energies than can be secured in the!" native land. New Zealand and Australia may also expect to get their share of new warrior citizens, so that the Empire as a whole will enter upon an extended prosperity by reason of being almost completely aelfeontained. ;