NOT SO MUCH GROUSING

Nelson Evening Mail, 27 May 1916, Page 1

NOT SO MUCH GROUSING

MR JEROME'S SENSIBLE ADVICE.

Suppose (writes ,:Mr. Jerome .K. ' Jerome, in Lloyd's Weeklyi News) the ! news reached us day by day arid week by week that the Germans wero chiefly ! occupied in quarrelling among thenii selves; that half the German press was ! busy proclaiming aloud that everything iff Germany was rotten; that her Tulera were traitors; and all her officials incompetent asses. Suppose we gathered, from the German papers that the General Staff was ibeing Iveld up' to ridicule throughout Germany as an effete and l useless collection of nincompoops. It started out to conquer France in three months, and then,' turning east, defeat Russia before she had time to bringup her resources. The whole plan had miscarried. There could be no hope'for victory till every 'unit of the General •Staff 'had been scrapped, and certain popular journalists and notorietymdngers appointed in their stead. Suppose , we heard that Hindenburg's statue. in Berlin, instead of being decorated with golden nails, -was 'being covered chiefly with mud. . Why was he not already at Riga and St. Petersburg? Suppose the 'German papers were filled with virulent attacks- on Mackensen. Why had he failed to settle the ; Turkish business? Why was Russia at ' *Erzeroum and Ispahan? Was. this, the way to make "'Germany supreme /from Berlin to Baghdad?" The Serbian army reforming. ' Greece wavering. Bon-' mania making ready to, join the Allies. All this the consequence of Jfacikenson s miserable ' miscalculations. v Down with Field-Marshal Maekensen! Suppose-we read in. the German papers furious 1 #t-: tacks upon the German Foreign Offic#? Its contemptiblo diplomacy ; Italy, driver* into the enemy's arms; America an* tagonised. Suppose ,we heard' -of Ger,-' man politicians denouncing each r day the German Board of Admiralty. '• Where ■ was "that much-talkM.-o* folocfejade w . Encland? Why -were German submarines , allowed •to be caught 'by English nets Why had 1 not the German navy dugWuit. , the English fleet and sunk s it? Suppose ■ we ■ read of public meetings called to express .the anger aoid contempt of the German people at the shamefill lnndeciuacv of the German Air Fleet Seryice. Why had not London been destroyed,?Wlhy this absurd sentianentalism-that , refrained from wiping England out ft the sea?

"VEILED. BINTS."

Suppose that halfvthe German papers v were filled at their own statesmen,, insinuating that thev were only'clinging.to the, places, for the sake of their. salaries. Suppose- , in popular -German, papers we ed hints that'the true| reason, for German failure, at Verdun might be looked for in the fact that the German Crown Prince's grandmother was an Englishwoman. Suppose, in. short, it v was 5 evident to all the world thatGer : , many W as a- seething .mass of -discontent, of angry recrimination, antf , di- ,■ . vided councils. - ' ',,,''-. Wouldn't it buck,us nip. Should'•«£ not sav to ©m-selves-whatever might-be happening ab the fighting fronfc"Er mind. We have only to hold on 2d our enemy will go to pieces by the mere process .of; internal .' He has not the will to conquer. He is , not nan enough to shut his mouth ;and Sit Ss teettf wheni things are going Wig He is a nervous; ' hystericalHe does not understand-war. Splits no patient. He has .no. pcrtyer' 3 sitence The Germans are. up'longe* n united % people. listen ;td, ?them'. . ?creamh£ SAng, themselves. We have only to stantf lirm S3 rsW will' destroy themselves;- by • their own disunity// would-' •Cannot We imagine how it woum D the determination of. ©V 6 *? ■ . onTofSS-many's enemies; how ifwoufcl dishearten Germany s lAllies. - ';•-,*' If Germany needs bucking up she has only toW our disloyal newspapers. Tl2v told her a' year ago, ***•*""* . when ox.r young men were thronging the S&£JT~& 0 " Morn!- ' f SHe Shirking our share* n n /tS"burdii That, having pronged o^ttf, tion - • i. i „. .«f «q lam convinced'/ It is not true of ns. i a { the vast majority hVs&ricl&,* to it* very marrow afdj ut fault-finding; of *°» __ statem , ft n or, ' abuse o* every ,T o fhi S hest; of nil soldier-who is doing -to* » » ty thcß6 traitorous int»B u « dlM J^ n t ; triumphs «^ nd f SHawJwelfare. ' at the cost of the «g™ d amonQ r. t he There is « # ea i n rT Man—with ■«" , Ariekiny section Jot . SSerV Until been licking his pay hotter to fling filtn Wpd to it was Llovd £e«n,e sho \ lW , come for; K* ""fo direct attention to th*m«eW , them- to «"ecp" ? mvn Yesterday it - by WffiJK To-dav ft is was Mr Hugnes. . wu .... ward Carson It is * doesn't;" cWe f-makers come along lne nr Souths. We ETtho Man withj * the misclue -makeis tuU 8 a See and rv confid-™.