THE WORLD'S TRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 164, 17 August 1914, Page 4

THE WORLD'S TRESS.

ALTERNATIVES FOB GERMANY. The <iwi.ii! destruction of life and property that has been entered upon must not. go for nothing. Too much suffering has already been endured for the war to be allowed to end before something has been accomplished that will put it out of the power of Germany !o provoke :i repetition of it. One of two things must result from this eonUici. .Either Germany will come out with the whole of Europe under her despotic feet, or she will have to definitely renounce her dream of hegemony and allow the mad competition of armaments that has threatened the world with bankruptcy to cease.—".Dailv Telegraph." THE INSURGENT TEUTON BLOOD.

it will be realised, therefore, that, at every crisis, any, at every turn, Germany deftly and ruthlessly intervened to prevent the prevention of war. Not once, but a dozen times, she checkmated Britain's diplomatic moves to maintain and to re-establish peace. Britain saw her policy frustrated, and clearly recognised the cause. Hut she kept her temper under firm control, thinking perhaps tit the eleventh ho;:r she might still influence the iri'tirgent forces of the Teuton's blood lust and passionate ambition.- —'' Age. " . TILE NATIONALIST VOLUNTEERS. Unfortunately, however, the long delay for which the Government is responsible has resulted in very grave developments, including the formation of the Nationalist Volunteers, for whom Mr Redmond is appealing for arms, and lhere is serious fear that the worst may happen it: Ireland 1.-ef'eie anything in the nature of a. truce can be concluded. —"Evening -News" (Loudon).