GERMANY'S NAVAL VICTORY.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1919, Page 4

GERMANY'S NAVAL VICTORY.

DISTRIBUTING "HA334" LIT&RA.IUfiB. '"

'A letter wu received by iba Tarttoaki Education Board at its meeting jtttttday from the British. Empire Union (New Zealand Branch) enclosing e> oopy of, a circular leaded "A German Naval Victory" which it was nought \A i»ve distributed amongst the chiidren of tho I schools in the district, apparently with a viow to perpetuating in the minds of tho children the remembrance of the atrocities committed on the Mas by Germany during the war. Mr Trimble said he was of opinion that the Board should not countenance tho distribution of *uch literature. He admitted that Germany had done many dreadful things during the war which no one Would condone; but in ttw next war, whenever it come, pTobabry more : dreadful things would be done. He did not agree with the idea of keeping up the spirit of hatred against Germans. If a permanent peace was to be established all nations must join in it. One nation cannot be boycotted altogether, :md the sooner the idea that everything German waa bad, was banis-i.-i tho better for everybody He said the present feeling against Germany was no* different from that towards Prance at the end of the Napoleonic wars. Franco was then boycotted, and it had a very bad effect on the general course of .intercourse'between the nations. The same effect would he produced if German v was treated as nn outsider for any lonstii of time. Tlie war was now virtually over, and the duty upon everybody was to heal up the wounds as quickly as possible. TTe was not paliating the things done bv Onnanv, which were very drendful, hut if the'v could not be forgotten, nn attempt should at least he mr-dc to fnryive. and that could not be dnne l, v Iceepinsr up the spirit of hatred Gnrm.mr. Other members "We-iscd nniniom mainly in accord with Mr TrirnM. »n<l the Hoard declined to liaro the cirmilar* distributed.