BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13178, 6 October 1914, Page 3

BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

or w tlirfylr ginifßclief Fund, We httve pleasure iu opening ifHst for J tlie J purpbtfe In the columiis of "Tbfl tforjli QtagQjjnies,)', »; WeYommend t^e'Fundffo^the'follo^ ing'ieaßOUflt'- T , f\ ' tiff'' i uv ' ' <! A fi j (1) /Thnt r having tnkon-iip arms >to fight the common foe, tho Belgian nation is sacrificing its finest man* hood, and lias laid its,flourishing provinces of the booted heel of , i the callous invader j ,tbe peoples homes have beenj viola'ted, and many of their towns have been wrecked. " J ''

(2) If, instead of offering armod resistance, they had accepted German bribos, enemy, would have earned Out its plan of campaign 7without hindrance, have invaded France, and established strong strategic positions during the early stageß of thenar, u ;^ (3) The stubborn of' Belgium has, prevented' this—has, in iact, bent Hie edgo vt of the German Hwoni; and considerably addo'd to tho Allies' prospfet* of,ultimate < Thiß&pWaveirtbe Al lies and must considerably. *'l l h Js< }\ , (4) civilisation perh'apsjlo | /n' she is fighting of first beat.o Alio \lrunuheMy* real ised that, even with tlrrbest iortune of war, she cftulll not Icoqp the armies, of Germany.: out, of her fair land. By ; unsheathing' Belgium again became the cockpit of Europe.- -■■; < - '•-■- ---\- - (5) It is thercforo tho first duty, and it should be the pleasure, of people in the.oversoas dominions, living in peace and far from the awful (field, . of conflict, to do"'nil that'., lies, in tlieir'powerß to recoup the Belgians i'ortho supremo sacrifices they, havo made,..- \.';:v.:!: v:: '"?< : ~?-y-:

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