PRESIDENT POINCARE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 3 January 1916, Page 5

PRESIDENT POINCARE

MESSAGE TO- THE FRENCH TROOPS.

• PABIS) President/Poincarey in. a message; ,to the French troops, says France is showing qold and deliberate r determination to- hold on ; and: confliter. 'l'he problem does not admit of a halfway solution.. •.... Any. peace ..offering biguous compromises and, bastard ooxtt- , binations would only bring the ' breath I of a deceitful appearance and dishonour, | ruin', and enslavement. Who' , ..then through.. impatience '.or weariness ;would . . thus sell- to Germany the past and ltfutiiji'e of France ? It is tine, that tb,e -War •will-.be v long, arduous^. .antl • sanguinary* ; but 'how manv sufferings will be spaied . us in the future 'by. our sufferings of the present? No Frenchman, committed .the, , crime of desiring the -war,, and, our .faithfull Allies we -must' carry at ;on ito the annihilation .of German militarism, and the complete reconstruction. of France. Any- faltering would; be ingratitude to our dead and treason, to posterity." ,• - * CZAR'S MESSAGE TO FRANCE, (Rec. Jan.' 3, 8.55 a.m) ,- . , ' PARIS,, Ja-n. .2. - . The, Czar dends most >. Nfew Year wishes to Russia's true friend. And valiant ally, and- greetings- to the -French army. H© <• expressed unshakable confidence in the 'tricimph of the common, cause. , The Czar by f hoping , ■ that the combined efforts will koott be - crowned with success. ~. . . , ' : M. Poincar# replied tTi&ttthe^army:was proud to co-operate "with the valiant | sian Army for the defence", of'light .in. -[ Europe, and -was" resolved- to. fight', ■ I gether with their faithful Allies ; until' ' ! final victory. , . [ MESSAGES TO AUSTRADA^A, "IiONDOOSr,, Defe. 31;" ' Tlie following New' Year messages 'to the Australians and New Zealanders Sue ' PU tfxom C< kr 'George Fdster/actirig-Prital>' Minister of Canada: ''The*Dominion'' greets Australia and New - Zealand, ana. •recognises their loyal and ffpitit. It pays anVadmiring tribute to - the ton- ■ • surpassed l . valourtheir : sea v; andland, atid' mourns thai* 'heroic. de&di It joins in th'eir unalterable putpose- to persist until victory crowns the Empire s , ■ arms." • ! . ' • 1/ord Plunt'et says: "If there Taxe>any . pessimists in.' New Zealand I ;Wisih taiey > . oould h'ear "what, our boys ,feay -as /-®hey ; daily drop in. for a korero At • thfe Olhcea ~ ■ of the New 1 Zealand War.-Contingent■ Ak- ' socdation. They are cheerful 'and modest,' _ with hardly a grumble. - Delays. &nd^.di3;. .. appointments : have not .shaken their .•per- ; feet confidence, and so it is with, the , whole of the British forces 'by land and i ■ General Sir lan Hamilton; in.'W-toes- v sage to the Ne>v Zealanders, Bayf: ; Our enemies declare-that nothing is noW'tetb of 'New Zealand's perilous whitypterg , save the graves of New,*.Zealand. s d®*~ , - and a multitude of New Zealand ,:yroil3ia- .. ed. I will never betyeve it. Apa*t f^, om the imperishable Jionour-, the services i rendeted to the Allied,'cause by,-.-our ,ftt- . tack against Constantinople caiUiOt ycy ]>3 gauged, 'but I am tn©y far reaching and vital./V - •> , ■ From i Lord - Denrnan-, ex-Governor- ■ , General of (the J»y honour. The Australian and - New_Zoa- • land for. the'*year.to come.,- We at Home . share the. pride tliay -feel"idsthe.,splendiddeeds . of their heroic troops at. Ansae.- , It is Specially .gratifying to notew the loyal services, uhgrhdgingly - r. ■the Empirty .not tonly . :by their> soldiers • and sailors,.- but by th'eir Governments . and peoples." *. ).! ■ *A. i ; "- - Frootn Admiral Paltenham: The .New , Year will 1 witness closer communication, 'between t'hei Mother Country and_ .the Dominions /.as. the result. of-theuv jomt ;, effort in -'the caUSe •of freedom -ana honour. * Tfo© . j^ustralia. nancl, Noy, ; land soldiers Jiavei written undying history, b.ut I am convinced that opportunitv alone is wanted to enable their ./ brothers servihg in. tie rival even these- great achievements. ■- . ...» v. . ,• r- ,/ . M