AUSTRALIA'S PART IN THE WAR

Evening Star, Issue 16783, 11 July 1918, Page 8

AUSTRALIA'S PART IN THE WAR

TTOW ISSUES .ABE CO:?rFT7SEI>. u\POns RUD NAME UNBESERTKD [By Babcoo.] SYDNEY, July 4 T i'ntp to you last there haa been inutle" d p ia recrrntmp here, and tht f ct is 1 i n; s"i«d on b\ ihe cro-Lers and Kb mi niiiu ""- tn the old waj Ha> ul i nd I have to + h<mk ion for il lew usr me <o m\ it) nhai I thought of tho b Hit n in our side ot the water, Jot tieK idnut that vre have here aLo in inets ( Unking finh (I hate th t na t\ ' vt appreriate iti fltne« < ') \nd peihips rtn tho superloi Xew Ze i liiki < vho i iJo me crois bbt time I r t hi i bit ii encounsod ti tilk tl o w ii th ui 1 1 romo of the things tho\ ii id nd 5 t inl when tHv "nero bore T u trmilm ibout all popular controvei "iei th it cm,aeration on one sid« liner hj no l b\ i\igßention on the <-> the Il thpn '!■> ill shi'l hue hecime < d TtH f \ i.i i 1 sane tnongh nd w m,h to I m k aquait, tacts «qutn>h It! tho f ict ph ii ci pbtn f nh il le suitiuent to connnce Ibo p> l hj i n i \ I it it hi-, not got t' e-" ' v ' n u e mentime if coivt i t ' '■iFtr * • i ii oe deiftnul and t c t k* i 1 li tho loud ihoutoi ' t p j, it ]ropT s irdis l d pli\ n jf i •> ii rt e; ous <>m f i tn i in t el i i th" n it f nil ir n * it , the pf( r lit tl u.c T" J lil'd \R AITYD *> i i' i i ii* fp'h ion *ni* tl i« i jiti i« Tlit e*i"its ml u 11 es th it tl i 0 ti ii ' i t m Uihi i i t i ■)' resolu i l i i t u tinn u (i L i ( \ ' i t tl 0 fato oi the ' n « i r id ' patri i isn I o >• I i[ e t ernpled m tht n ! \ ' 't -1 iw i ' i It s i to thro d i ll bti 1 e 1 - p- ii il t,i i i ii n i i >■ i Ji ~ i " ir 0 di't i r» 1 l nt » ' u o i r i p < i i tlkn i " in re tm -i i in trhil" eta i "i < i ' t nn « rip t ' - ' t H util it"i ' 1 t t t i < n it t c -t m us ir i in 1 tn i i ii a ii ho t i i e i i i ]n c n t-i i n i t v m Jifon I ho i K i l. ( i + 1 I Hid tht 1 1 o rr il, Tl t n nn *pd m i'i ui 1 \ i on po" n,' u ; < t!i d t In tht } n t ii \ it tnoiitih ' niLi tcu ' itt ] _t f-ihl e o tor "i |M "tipniiti and r ition il

decadence, is really a remarkably healthy sign. If it shows* nothing oiso, it ahowa, it any rate, that the public has learned to think for Itself in these matters, aiVd j to form its own conclusions in the teeth j of a very whirlwind on contrary advocacy WVR M\KT-S MM- ATiMOSPHFRE But when it comos to the war—to a matter tbit ancits tho tommanity as a "whole and its unitb. a-> individuals m a ■way that no other disturbance has ever I iffected thorn, the circumstances are entirely altered. Personally, I take tho view 1 t'wt h>«c "* «tohd howciei biaie, Low j m tc-i'iit i pernio rnn\ he it is not jl rmh p eHi ki iiat reople to } e q itt normil ',uitt -m ip the a cUt of i t-jn.li n umit[«i' i* 1 limit *? the gieateit i i a>- t } ->t i a.- ti c tort rid *' » earth On j tho r i hj i iri Ml thin is too \mt too te" iMt t i r npi'h ded on the otl tr ib )1 n s> too int i t» in the lnudtnt* i us iFt iin*. th tit put ul-< T 1 o mind I i t iiiii ii i !hj vlk 'e ind the mind '< t t 1 « i h\ ' 0 in <' t> inmuutj haio Inn 5 1\ ll ieirifc shock of" it out <f tin in it l j we Ititie ii naicoh t i »i 't th Jn i the Indtn it bos hi i I in n. oi ' i» hj i i Jf the cruflti ' t l (i ul lif ne<-- of U ' t ' n vi 1 bv it? injiis t i nt!_, n 'ci d 'a > W\ ORvrOR 1 t ' i ~1 r 1 is iot it tin d It r- ' i i ' mo i'ii n m 1 ** i t i t in nt i m i i i n\ i t m ii' il t ! mil ttl i hrln m l i ii \ in tl n\t li v u > \ n< ' tii O i % n i i ' i i t i Ik. ii 1 I 1 l V ll 1 ll Ll JI * ' it tin im 1 ii v \ll r ) i i - I ti iii ti hj i ii ' * hi l - indi nt i i \i j iii m .. i i i ' i. i u i t iii i 111 I it iii t i i 1 n in n I i i ■t i ] ii i 1 i i 1

pari in the disturbances, publicity hae been given to the iowa, and bo tho im portanoe of. tho doings of tho Domain has been exaggerated, idBIEKEHB NOT REPRESENTATIVE. One ahrieker there not long ago, excited, no uoubt, by the heaung ho was getting, refeired to the men of tho AI F as eiibobadu> murderers" Obuously that sort of stuff is representative of nothing move impottant than the frenzied braui Btorm ot the ut'erci ot it, but -when it falls on the ears of a man who has come home maimed from the trenches, or ia repeated to the mother whose sou vriil never come home again, it hurts, and there is very natural resentment. And so one wrong feeds on another, till eventually theie 16 pioJuctd a state of affairs tl at is j neitbei v hokbome uoi oven right sldo up | ihe too' who \eikd from the Domain stump v.'.>is a Labor man, and Labor inevitably must share the contempt and ingei "prodiuod bi bis iooli«hne*s But Labor t& a whole dot-, not call oi tlnnl ot our "oldiurt . six bob adn murdeioxs, -nd Libor doem t deseue the ontumelv ■ln out,ht nf nit bv the bleating of tl is ,paiti I'lrgiit 1 snnlirl} the re Mutton on I atior 1 conference aro not the true reflection of the Labor mind, any mur? than some piece of wiin> 1 tioi puL thruugn for pud jiitinr 1\ < majoii \ m l.ilir mci 1 *s a t 11 ti h"1 tin Wrdon of tht Nfutf ihe inn \ ho cjipi to a ion e 'Hi., i <l igutt n ' l«ti im in « ' i<-t li i„ u u IS u le dt u 1 hj fi |'i nth < Pin t u tt u igu iii t n l n ir en j f 1! til <.- i 'if! l t vvi hj im *oii itt <• n i 1 jn >t i-* tir in 'it 11 i , i Ii i th on cici o T ) II It 111 )11 \ it T I Ot ill 4 in i i t ho in |r 1111 oI i , hj i ' lif n d n 1 mi| n\ n th in ui i ( i t \t t T 111 is i\l < !•• Li t 11 i i< iti t I ii t i'\ i P doi Ii i tin t I 1 d < t'uu i t n» i'i i lii nil ill i i i n 111 i_ hi t i i inn n i nii{ J lin MM ' '?<>! iii i Hi i ii i ii 1 ! Ul 1 11 I. , i tint i <ii ti i I *- ' ... iii i i i ii i u (I Ii l t i I \ il <l i i I t i i i ! I ' i i t i iii i ii i i ' I ' tl 1 I 11 ! I 11 1

you; so is England j bo ifl Franco; no is Germany; so is everybody—nearly fiek to death ol it. But there aro still plenty of ub ready to follow the light whoa wo eea the light plain. I have tried to show thM» in all the dust of the •wrangling that is going on it ia harder to sea that light than it might otherwise b*. But when something real happens we wake up. When the big Gorman push was on recruiting totals leapt up j when the push was stayed they died down agaita You may say that is a short-sighted policy. But ifr | isn't a policy at all | it ia just the natural "human reflection of natural human emotions. THE GEEAT TESTING. We were put to a very cruel test in the' first Conscription referendum j wo were put to an entirely foolish and unnecessary teat in the second one. Wo turned down compulsion both times. Perhaps in that we were weak. We know that Conscription, justly administered, is the fairest way; but most of us realised the terrible significance of the vote we were called upon to oast, and the majority of ub — well, you know what wo did. To some extent, as I think I have told you before, wo were swayed by a certain deoidedly j political atmosphere that, hung about the i whole campaign. Some of us miutrusted the leaders; many of us mistrusted ourpulves. Yon people over there didn't have to search your hearts in the way we did. The. yoke was put upon you, and you bore it cheerfully, like the good sports you are. Perhaps we would havo done the same; perhaps if you had besn in our ahoos you would have done as we did—who sho',l soy? And now that wo have mentioned leaders—well, wo are watching from afar the |ii'.i;;'.-oss of our little Billy Hughes in London ; we are rending his fine word? find admiring his adroitness and skill But we aro riot thinking of him as we thought of him that other time, when ho set the iiia; city ablciie by hla eloquence, whoso e.-t„„-.s stirred us even here; that time when (here \vnn no much promise, when we ■eypeei'od grcal deeds as well as great wurds: that, time before he emtio back to ii.-- and crumpled nn and did nothing. \"o. it- is different now. Whim the cable tells ns of ;lie Slirmi!atii;£j .force and the Oomm.ilhi;.; v.-,- smile, just a litt'e sadi< . ■