BACK FROM THE WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 September 1916, Page 8

BACK FROM THE WAR.

NEW /.JjALAM) AUS'IST'S RJiiTRX. SAi'l'i-'.iJ lIOiIAtT. MfiOlM 1 : .iONKS. \„u,u\i>i. lii:- soldiers wliu ivliinif.l by (he Arnwa is a), artist ttell known ill Anckl ,:nl. namely. Sapper M lore-lones, M..(!i'"-.|oi',!s. a! Din- Lii.it' a schoohnasL.r : .| M:.tjiu!:ita, out wl u > niisied c.r'y in (|i,. war. i'.nlli Liolhers wt re »i *-3ii 1■ i j„,ji. i.ul (!:<■ tupl is ni.w ai ihc dispatch 1 ase in S-.nu.hHol. Mr. ami Mr.i. ,\|,„,re Join s came here year.; a;;'o ' when H,oir family vvi-i.- all children, so lliat these ;;oldicrs arc |.ra. licaliy oativcs ..I ~nd as tar as their (raining is run UTlled. Mr. iionii c Moore Jones, in coiiversa ti„ii with a representative of lln> "Aia k--1;,... .:.•■>.{ he was in K;i.u'l;i;ui u ;.. ;. . :■ iilil, anil like Illili V ~!' , : . .•;• volunleei'l'll For ill- ■\.,' '.'. , : .-.. .; • jmned (he New Zealand Kim'ineeis anil was aUacicd to the Army i li-:.'ii: !is;i itei ■ as arlisi ai' it mule ruoing trailing ':.l Salisbury c.nnp. "H >lh my brother and in vs.'!.','" lit' .said, "«'. re ai (Jaliipoli. Im! I* w; s S\j< tmi.'iii- in t;. tting off with nothing more serious than scratches from shrapin I. I went lirsl In Kgvpl, and I ran assi.re yon i ai digging trenches in tlh' s nd was nu joke. I was iifti'i'V.iirils dispatched on the hcnrhpui rt (•;■:■. stall' hi (Jenera I Birdwood as nhserCation ailisL. Mv sketched wore used i ><■ field .ices, and aiso forwarded to Karl 'Kitchener For lii.s -informal ion, As you a e nu ilouijl aware, an exhibition of mv sketches was held in Loiiduii. and hi« Ma I'-siy the King commanded my 'ittendau c "with Ibem at IJik ki.ngham i'ahico. '! hat. nf ciin.r. was iinl mi much a i oiiijiliiiit-iil lo in.' a.- to New Zeal md. His Majesty tdiouvd liit- deepest interest in the colon, ies Willi regard to ti,.' fkelchr.-, nn.le al Anzne. Mr. M e Jones has the following jellcr {Vorn General Sir lan Hamilton, G. 0.5., D.. 5.0. : "There is on? spot, in the world, only one, consecrated iy the. j-c.iir in tiie ireilicls of heroes—to the plav in action of all the forres and pa;; sion.-s personified by the Olympian s'ods and goddesses. On to this unirpie staßf! half Europe, half Asia, entered in April last a new race of heroes, horn and bred of the South tu C'nvv. Ueiv is the \r\\ place. Over the scavi under the sides, .hi to (he beaches and cliffs mi faithfully set down here came the Australians and New Zealanders to try their metal in the inosl. famniis aieas of the voi'lii old world. To all one people sketches of the scenes amidsl which the inv Iliad ran its predestined eoursG should nuke strong appeal. Info Ihem they may read the glamour of the story. Aided by them they may almost hear the footfalls of approaching tragedy, and mark how. deeds of deathless fame may I.)', broughl to wrack and ruin bv those dark forces—the m-knowi: j>oris behind the scenes. A new Europe and Asia are being beaten out from the anvil of war. The map is in the re-making. ISnl 'whatever the uniforms worn by flesh and blood watch and waul upon the Hellespont, one thing is mi re—henceforth the five nations shire its spiritual possessions with the shade of Achilles and Agamemnon, of Paris and Hector the bold. Refore the war who had ever heard of Anzae; hereafter who will forget it'.'"