MAN-POWER

Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 75, 26 September 1916, Page 7

MAN-POWER

WAR AND NEW ZEALAND

DON'T HOPE FOR STARVATION.

There was a recruiting atmosphere at the Town Hall "when Mr. .Wilford lectured last night. The Mayor (Mr. -J. P. ; Lulje) introduced the speaker with* the suggestion that the best -tribute to his work would be the enlistment of hundreds of young men to help their comrades. Mr. Wilford himself emphasisedthe importance of man-power. He did; not believe the stories of riots ill Germany ; they were for home consumption. A man could live on very- little when he believed he was defending his country; against an aggressor! "IS have never believed that Germany would starve. ■ I believe that she may, have, to adopt a restricted diet." The bread ticket meant organisation and no waste, the conservation of resources. Even if Germany, were starved into submission,"that would not be 'what the Allies wanted. The German people would still believe in their military forces as firmly as before the war: The only way to get a lasting result was by smashing the military machine, by beating the men.. If we went to make peace with our man-power, decimated and armies attenuated, Germany would know. We must have millions in reserve. At the conclusion of the lecture: Mr. Wilford called the attention of all eligible men to a poster : " Which do you prefer —to be trained and not wanted, or , wanted _ind_not^^in«dJ.'.'