LONG WAR PREDICTED.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 180, 4 September 1914, Page 8

LONG WAR PREDICTED.

"FRANCE WILL NEVER YIELD." FAMOUS STATESMAN'S OPINION.

-LONDON, September 2. '.'The Times," in a leader, says:— - -The war is going to be loiig. Should the Allies keep their enemies •at bay, the German Army will still •take a great amount , of dislodging from France. Should the Germans .make good their advance towards Paris, we and our Allies -will doggedly enter upon the task of wear- , ing them down. France knows full well that if she yields, she will be crushed, never to rise again, but she will never yield." ■ ' Optimism prevails in military circles In Paris. * A British officer states that for every foot of ground the British lost, the Germans paid in hundreds of lives. A division proved itself equal to a German army corps. ' LONDON, September 3. M. Clemenceau, writing in "L'Homme Libre,' 1 says that all the fighting ,up to the present, has been intended to Aarass the invaders and defend every inch of the ground. Much time and suffering will be needed before Germany is caught in the iron vice of ' France, -England, and Russia. In the words pf a Japanese general, the final victory wilt be for him who is able to suffer a quarter of an hour longer than his adversary. The enemy's offensive is doubtless very formidable, but he will find everywhere unrelenting defence, which will be ready to the offensive in turn. The Allies have at their disposal a very mobile force, which may choose the hour for delivering a blow. IN THE COMMONWEALTH. GERMAN STEAMER DETAINED. "ALL CLEAR" AT JAVA. MELBOURNE, September 3. i#The German steamer Hessen has arrived, and been detained. Those on

board were unaware that war had broken out. FREMANTLE, September 3. Owing to the number of German (British?) vessels that have taken reftige in Java, the authorities thought it possible that German cruisers were in the vicinity, but steamers are now leaving the west coast for Singapore, indicating that Java waters are clear of the enemy's cruisers.