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Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1916, Page 5

The Germans have continually assort* ed, with a great show of contompt, thai they are fighting not only white men, hut 1 "niggers." As false as this statement is, insofar as the term ''nigger" is gen-t-rally accepted, they will now (says ft Pari? correspondent) have ample reason t<> include CHintsc in the list of race# striving against thorn. Not that the 50011 Celestials will come into armed contact with the Kaiser's troops, but ,t'iat the former have come to France to t,-ke ii]) agricultural and other pressing lubor. thug releasing Frenchmen for more pressing active service. It lis posstbl# that Germany will howl over this impoi« tt,lion of ycilow faces, but as China !» too far Mr Count Zeppelin to carry out a reprisal raid, the gentle Teuton wIU ihi'.ve no alternative but to expostulate inwardly. Some Frenchmen are, how ever, asking why German prisoners could not be set to work instead of allowing them to live in luxurious ease. The new!) that bath-rooms are fitted up fot captive Hun officers is .not altogether to the liking of the more hot-htadwl «f / tt#RtPUMlc'i ol&ibnftM. * - v