MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 August 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

FOUR YEARS OF WAR. | COMMEMORAXORY SERVICES. j MESSAGES FROM COLONIAL PREMIERS. j August S, 7.50 jt.m. I/ondon, August 4. Sendees icommemoiaiory of the entry of Britain into the war were held' throne-out Britain. Special services! were held &t all the churches. The King, iQneen, and Royalties and memhers of the House ©I lords and House •of Commons wem .present &t an impressive service at St. Mnigaret's, Westminster. TJib f oltowinn messages were, issued to flie people «n the ere of entry of a new year <oI war:— J"rom Mr. Massey fNJZ.J—We have lad many disappointments, hut also much to he thankful for. We can con- j fideirtly say we are stronger to-day than j at any time in our history. There is now 3to reason for pessimism, hut every! reason for confidence. i General Botha (South Africa).— j With four ycare of war behind us, it is clearly proved thai peace without victory will be disastrous. L«t us press forward with unfailing courage, and we will be rewarded by the success essential to tire world's peace. Sir Rohert Borden (Canada)— This task is not accomplished, hut the pledge made must not be broken. Our tradi- i tion, founded on undying history, and, the glorious achievements of a thousand years, cannot be broken. We are bound alike to those fallen and those yet unborn to hold our heritage.. Mr. Massey, presiding at a Y.SICA. service at Aldwych Theatre, said that Germany aimed at kulturism. The world would make Berlin a kind of New Jerusalem. The enemy had failed. The tide had turned, and an Allied victory was now assured.—(Press Assoc.