HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 27 March 1918, Page 5

HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH.

REITRNED CHAPLAIN'S REMARKS.

GERMANS .MUST BE SMASHED.

ScatJiing remarks concerning the manr who will not fight for his country, but prefers to go to gaol, and also those people who say that New Zealand has done enough in the war, were made by the Rev. H. N t . Roberts at a welcome home to him and other returned soldiers at Woolston ; on Saturday nicht, says the Christthureh Press. ' *

"Since I have returned to New Zealand/ Mr Roberts said, "I have seen several letters in the papers in Otago> suggesting that this country has doneenough in connection with the war. It would be one of the most wicked things we could do to refrain from further efL l °*s.> aa<S fi» peopfe who stop at home ■■ w say: "Let^the Americans carry on. 1 The man who wants another to fight foir him is nw g«x& I would not nnprison # man who wouH not fight for his homey Iwduld put bim outside the pale «P the few. I£ hejposstsse^ta house. I woold 1 put st oufw^, tie jurisdiction of the- police; anyon* o&ald take-it. I wpultt not let Xin 1 have; a say fn the government of tjfe- cpuntify; I would not give. Mm. the sdvanta-ge of an^ law court. _ If he came along the street I would oiks' t» pusfe Mot <rif. I would, not make a martjnr of him. That man is t«o good for this world*. He has no right ton mate money; in it. ; H e ha» no right to the protection of any law. I leave mv mother and' SM*er at home toiowing tnat they are safe beeaftse of the -police. That h power. The only thing in.the world is power, and a man J is really living^Vun-disr tjh> pwnnr and protection of the aririy. We have not done enough in f^ew Zealand until every single aWe-bodied: man is either fighting, in France 0r;.., pTpducrixg war stuffs, and every able-bodied woman in this country is working on war work. , ■Then' we haver not done enotrgE—tmtii we liave smashed the Germans."

■ M^:R9^ crts asked- if a maniac were running aroundi the city, would we consider'we had done enough until we had secured' hjm. TRe: German way out to the world, and he was out to clothe same to us as to every country he had" conquererf'. Hfs GFovernmeirt gaVe a bonus to-every sol"dier. ih the army, to breed' children who were brought up as Germans. And yet people said we had done enough. Why, they had':not L ag much" pluck as the Leghorns in Kis back yard. That, Chaplain Rbßerts's remarks mefr with the warm approval" of hfs audience was eyidehcetdby the frequent applause with which they greeted" them.