Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1914. MEN, MORE MEN, AND STILL MORE MEN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 19 December 1914, Page 4

Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1914. MEN, MORE MEN, AND STILL MORE MEN.

WE have it from Dr. Mac-Namara, Secretary to the Admiralty, that the recent naval bombardment was worth two newarmy corps to Britain. It is undoubtedly true. here. as well as elsewhere, that many people are not realising the stupendous issues at stake in this gigantic struggle. '-The Times.'" in endeavouring to bring the position home to British people, uttered some memorable words. Our countrymen, it- said, are waging a desperate and deadly conflict, and the hearts and prayers of every man, woman, and child in these islands should be with them at this perilous juncture. The British soldiers in Belgium and Northern France, backed by British warships and by Indian troops, are to-day fighting for our hearths and homes just as surely as though the war had reached our shores. The struggle against invasion, is not deferred until the energy perchance make some, last reckless and despairing effort, It is being fought to-day, and at this hour, and the gallant men who are, laying down their lives so that Britain (and the. Dominions overseas) may remain free and inviolate are battling for the purest and noblest cause for which British blood was ever shed. Later it gees on to ask : And has our young and vigorous manhood responded sufficiently to the call of King and Empire? Sir John French asks for men, and needs them urgently. Lord Kitchener asks for more men. The call has extended to these shores, to this city, and this countryside. Numbers have eagerly responded; but still more, men are needed, and needed urgently, if the Germans be not fought where they are, they will have to be fought here : There is no necessity to stress what this means.