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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15606, 2 June 1916, Page 6

Wo arc very glad to see that t't~< Government of New Zealand, following the examplo of the Government of Australia. intend to take steps to prohibit tho use of the name "Anzac" as a trademark. Tho name will ever have sacred associations in our minds, and it would be deplorable if it were vulgarised for the sake of commercial gain, by using it to denote ft particular kind of tie or a brand of soap. It is a pity some steps of the same kind have not been taken in tho Mother Country. There tho name "Anzac-on-Sea" has been 'figuring in the papers in connexion with a land speculation scheme of a very questionable diameter.

If our excellent correspondent, "Diogenes," lias been, as we venture to think, a little carricd away by his feelings and his obvious command of a picturesque vocabulary, there is \no question that he lias doneSgocd service in drawing attention to a very important subject. We may also agree that he probably would not have been so successful in rousing the public interest had he been more restrained in his stylo. Whether journalism uniformly keyed up to the same 6hrill pitch would be desirable or even effective in the long run is a point 011 which we may agree to differ. Wo concur in the main with most of the views "or which our correspondent contends, and wo axe with him' heart and soul in his appeal to the fathers and mothers of the Dominion to • foster, by every means in their power, the health of their children. On this subject we may have more to say on another occasion. We have little* faith in legislation as a means of carrying out social reform, but we certainly think that in addition to taxing picture shows for revenue purposes, Parliament might prohibit children under say twelve years of age from being admitted at night, and children under school age from being allowed into these places during the day. Any mother who takes a baby in arms into a picture show at night really ought to bo prosecuted for criminal neglect of the child's welfare.

We do not profess to know how picture theatre proprietors manage their business, and therefore we do not know why it is that when a really interesting and instructive "show" like that of "Britain Prepared," at His Majesty's Theatre, comes along, higher prices are usually charged. We have no hesitation, however, in. departing from our usual rulo not to give cheap advertisements in this column, and advise those of our readers who have not already seen these films of the work of the Army and Navy to take an opportunity of doing so. They ought really to be exhibited at popular prices in every town in the Dominion. And we cannot help thinking that if the managers of those places of amusement gave exhibi-

tior.s of this high class a little more frequently, they would disarm a great deal of the spirit of criticism which is making itself apparent- among the more thoughtful people in the community.

The action of a British flotilla in bombarding petrol stores at Nauplia-— if the report to that effect is correct —means that tie naval authorities are still convinced that German submarines have bases of supply on the Greek coasts. In his recent letter to Lord Burnham, Prince Nicholas of Greece strongly denied that there was any ground for iiie suspicions of the Allies. To begin with, he said, the German I*, boats do not need bases so close to the radius of their activity. Even if they did, they have the Bulgarian coast and the coastline of Asia Minor, not to mention the Sea of Marmora. Further, so he argued, it would be dangerous to the Germans to have Greek supply bases, for there is a standing reward of £2000 offered by the British Legation, for information as to the whereabouts of any such base, and £2000 is a big sum which every Greek fisherman and sailor would be eager to earn. Prince Nicholas added that in any case the maritime Greek has a special adiniration and sympathy for the greatest maritime Power of tho world.

The Prince then rec&lled a previous incident that took place near Nauplia. A detachment of marines landed from one of the ships of the Allies and destroyed a petroleum depot. This, he alleged, was "denatured" petroleum fit only for the destruction of locusts, and kept for the use of the agricultural station of Tiryns fcrr that purpose. Finally, Prince Nicholas declared that tho Greek Government was itself carefully attending to the prevention ot the establishment of oil depots for naval purposes, and alleged that the Naval attache of one of the Allied Powers said to a Greek high official: "No day passes but supplies me with further evidence convincing me that we were wrong to suppose that the German submarines get their supplies on the Greek coasts." If the Naval Attacnes ever thought any such thing, the Allied ships would not have continued their piecautions. The Greek juyal hcmse has not given Britain much cause to trust its protestations of goodwill, and our JSavy may certainly • be, trusted to know its business.