OUR WAR EFFORT

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 159, 6 July 1940, Page 8

OUR WAR EFFORT

Mif-t Xew Zealandcr- view n-j: h inijiat ii-iii-e an«l miser the eont inut-d appeals « »f t!ii' (luvcrnnieut for an "aU"i ' puli. v. The attitude of -the Mini-tcr i,- in r-iiarp contrast ith thai <>f our British Government. Mr. Churchill s oiler—blood and toil, tears and sweat, a bitter heritage, indeed—was accepted with quiet dignitv, but we ha\.> "• no fiich appeal. We fully realise the gravity of the situation overseas, but are conscious only of a growing uneasiness at the trend of events. And what have we now? Unhappily, we read in our papers of lu**?es of woo], deliberate delay of foodstuffs, and State mines on strike. The people mar well be pardoned the;r fear that the enemy is already within our midst. Shall wo. forget the fate of France? There i* grave need of a grim determination and stern discipline that win prevail until the end. Old John Bull neWs his children now, as never before, so let us uork and pray for deliverance in this hour of peril. The grief and travail of the Homeland are ours also, and we would adopt as our motto these words— 1 ELCK YEOX.