CURRENT OPINIONS.

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13223, 19 February 1915, Page 7

CURRENT OPINIONS.

'■■■■■«'. ■'; 'i-'.l ■, '.■■-',* ~'.l ''"?*-■-;■■' '■•',' sensible' IN. ajbfl! $' tb| claim WJpbr, £&t.Hfai/.t ;.lh Jkilj*h^ng^^ crals Mr ganari;Gcue^ wei;o. ut nabld;\tV*Kgicl ou . General jj^aj^jt^ r|pjiejti, lnthj .sin, aphorism'^bjcji'-vfiir, beipma hi&j tone":•""Don't count' theljcneaur.- .Bija,t him!" '\vvVV :Ji 'f i, ;,\ : '-. i . 7r "i.v..- . Prince's UnparaJJeled; thfi^tuirmliii^9f /thq/worlttWidb _ex*.plosibmwchad. a mbs't forgoten who, tint tho sparfc, into i •.':. ing :'f f 6m ; Men! 4sHtf nil form .?6|. peace l timfe/ tee '.Jn^l^t^i'i in Vibe} pl6l Which .ijrcsnUtd ■;.%».' FtSaz ! -'Pci(linand,'a . ti thfe galloirty anji.VUvnjpre. ; ::blye.'been;i gnjen various terrhi.of urtprison^it,' ! Oufloiij: Gabrinovitch' who 1 thrcv 'the bomb, eßcape ; :tbe capital raises ; the'intftesfipg; : qiiesti(>n of \*h|ther .they, were agents jirMocateuri or merely turned king'p evidence!; .]■)''.'., ' .•■ \ - • "Princip will therefore survive to see the full results .(f'br ai'Sueh be. ransVre/! gird .the ,#6le,vfar). of hi?, deed.'. H(s.e?periehce.iffjjl surely .bel unparalleled in the history.of-mankind.",', : . >■■» ■ '. >' '•' ThsJiw^Who.WM Bbot. ■

Mr Steed-in /( the new, edition, of his stable) makes'thls notable'statement:

'' The. aftereffects of v'a' ..malady \. con 1 traded by-'the-jate iHeiWPresTjni'ptite in the. early 'nineties' were 'known,' in/ .the wihspring of, 1913, to.haye influenced bis rnental-anilphysical,hea|th;ihatj this being so,'bis death'did not caiise uhtfiiied grief in cofrt'circleß; ; 'an'd , trian t version'o^the.Berajevo ;erim9 musj behead with great;eautipii."i; ; ■'■■'\, And yet.'Eurbpb is'abJawto;aTcnge him!' ~ ; •['']''■?''. v'' ; > v , ;■,.''.: '.'■;';' Nan'sihand the'Boui..of a. Nation.,''; ; ■ At' a big' meeting'., aV NarJEen warmly'isserted'tlic;right'of ibe sniallrnatibnsi to JireiWejr'owii' and jinclp- j pendent -lives, to 'defend] their culture.against attacks.>'• . ;'/..! ,; He strongly;opposed.'! the tendency;, to.warda ! ainklgam'ation : of tKe,nations, and said that in "the etfuggle for 'cxisUnec the result %pv\(\ .be the Mrviv>l,pf :-tbo".fittest ."There if anat-iob,'" hb'said, "'and.a deilfuctibn.of this rfleav' indrder' of'the" worst ■histtiry knows./'.- '■>■•'' .» ! ',';■ .--v. 'HoW.the;%(ttula'-Aieets»t[s.,) ~. {'"Him war/is;tea.cjiing'uß allHo: ; |hipk on,a .Continental/ scale,,'•-■says Hh'e /('Nation "; ''but tljejessqri is)sjowlyJearned. and v to most of-us it ia-' paradox -that 'tiie security Jof ( pur! o#n shores is fat- issue fori ! : the^ T as - eortainly- as .it ! -is at stake between 'Nieiiport and 'Ostend.',/:;'.:, I ',! ~-„•?■'../' ::; i •.'" .. ■"'; ■ ■ : .ipi;'^!.-'ikii!;.'..'.- i .; "We can i themjßj < jf.wc.make.the country'understand the Iremendoiis nature of the^Bsue.'an'diawjiken^ittoa true Wse of the dangers'of •"a"pfoloriged''war,'', says .the.l'.Specta.tori'•'/.>'!.Y?e.shall'not-got the nic'n'if •wo'.'jfivc the inipressjon.tjfat.is now, bbing created—tWti'tnoh'gli the 'country J is glad enough ,to take recruits; it is noti a matter of life'aiid death.".-.-.. . !

!/'. •..Mahy'y.CA , [ l- ' "Tell, our.woiti e»i"'j thaitj,'a 11 thwe, "great battles ha \'r, i: (iay-afjpf' (lay,;; witnessed countless featsof herofem and; brave" fightkg,',' write? Geheral'Sir Horace ; '>S'mitb-Uorrien-to'his"wife' !r - ''• ') ' ■-" f" : '}' ■'■[ ' ' ' Large nufobeV will be given Victoria drosses and _, f.f'ondiict Medalß, i but i maD i vjjnore|b4v'e,earne(l (honi, lor it has been impossible to bririg every ease to notice. .; :.''( : .'■''..;■,.'-,';''. ■ • • : "M'tbc' womeV that;; proud,«s.l am to have such soldiers under.- my command, they should.bevproiiden still') to he)nwr and dear relations,, of sucn men, and : that ihey, can show" their pride by their own behaviour.-■..i..^ *< <'• ■'.'«<■*<■■■.'■ ■v-' "'= <( l!et-them.think : of the'jr husbands and brothers greatest .imagfiitogether, ;and Mhroughf.it)- all,' though v : in constant >-da'pgej, : |pe>foriprog 4 'd#dij ■;■ of which any.counlry.mlght.be proud." ; ; If.,we had not.Oiren,'South'Africa■':', | %i '' What wljuld [ havo ; )bein.t.the position •■wejhad' not-. giv?p- South. Africa {elf the" N?w'-fl|a't«6-man."'"''At 'the worsts an• BouthfAfrj;«al>-Tep'ublle would hmibeen an'accomplished: fact, 1 at'tJie'hest tlje rebellion would''h|[ve'been'ten times as, serious as: it to anid'none'bu't 'British'.trqopfe could : hiveibeen, enp%ed!:to' i deal wfth'it, , J'As it is,' General Bothais able'to)c"ommand f^rc^;: ,^d' ; lJut«ij f , ijolte' #equate!td, meet Wthr Imperial authorities.";- '•'' '• ; . ■ , LjiyaityiPayS'Best. ••: >. "" i'" If Chn&iip. %Wet,i had; octyj beea trae hive been falee,-to any > Bin,''<>'ea,ys•'the' ' 'Saturday E«view.' ; ; • r .v i l ;..^;•■;■■:' '< \ '\f ■' 'Shortly after-lie .Pritorii people! l^t-wofd.. Be'lo™ to., the f rs} (fairimii* Le-yajjy J p»ji of: a'n>tlqn : waich ■'its: shed 'iri Wood 'for • &s ? 6trriggle : gpe& forward,'wo'H»;mbre 'eie«rly: that' fapu/eon 1 our naiamithe •Liberal-id4kiia'-EBrdpe;- M «riWi{riJ/Ai Spender'ini \'l am not-nowkusijophMpord'iu tuan.ien^fpr4,!bß^y^w v moat' l df.o& English • ;Tprj ! ei4re^cn^gMsned>prigres' i .Bivfi3vcot^p^red.jnft > .thei i ßrTjjaian ere) and ( jipt ( doubt' that they"'Bhaie your sentiment's and £ mine"{in V this rMp«t.' J .- ! ._ ■._ • .;..>■ v : ■■'■"-•> When!..; ••■'» ; -j . . ;■. The(War:OfficeJbe^;W«l..Ucto i the proper conduct ;evctj,t of .;shbrea, ( ;.rcceiyedia;reply»uh]chisaid): '<i '-■ ■ 'that' invasion? js* of f ipiroeni ire )aor--raal ipTeeautiißnßjttken»W every j ippwerwtime'qfi;jf»r.,i; m •■•-•'' /^ : 'i'' \'fV- LD'jhe; ; .exeiit;'gf*the eneiny ; : attemptisg

Mtf'ircf«l; bittet shamejto fln'd toMittMr int'lftloiW, v^men l l '«h(l''cliii.cljnBB/of^(S«raiaiMexr _ tfaeWflj.ffliarely ) bonify theywrfl I (it; the, inW?e',of.nb. b«i tbj .pssjiomtiiwispite : <"y'-V [,' t:Mc|jl!^at''d;^eri,ttiH ) fJh(! t <Geraia'n 86oisii8r,1writingjto Wn Siri •: i t W \rds: al|tbn-bajt|iig; ) i6i\tf,it/Blf(l'tiM.' nqt,.'M ; or; iofcUiit vA in ( ''imfafoi atolls,6iit; fi|%'.nb't'frle%eV wlllM)ft!ohrc;tlifi'.ii ore of i.'FcrilinMiil'/- Utiles' tliaj , .*iftj *«lue < !rt«4*.to m\ I poliißiitß> t V.4fy.;> *p.tey\ w | ;, {HutUjiw! It. rV.i< M l M^ ? ""'l' r°- ' i ': ; i <;: h ■•■■!;.. /PTliiv '?>s« '•' with'■' Genial French, ' ; relatiue'tbe,r Gcrm'afa... losses ;• in reeo/i t • fights;- says: . '■.•• : ';" .'\' ' ■■■ mostly? of :Wc>'2or(l l ; 'C6rps-r6ne > of> their, ■ : SiW. v> fDrataftipiJW= ; Ge"rtaiß,ljr:tlievWtap|.t|MfJr showed, a'lack of in dca<lin£-wMch jtho. MM- ;«ifceif.bumW'/briively;"of.-fe 'sol' |iefs'(»uld;ji6t'co^t€rbalanee^ : lt'was/a nolbcaiist;:Lv'\: v :',:"■: V< s^p-isi&Wo£'■ tbcscV dtvotfcd' jnen, r bfi'tocertaindeathTra?ipsfelriiig, ltjwai | .':j ibper/aia'liaiiyiprivatcs;.a>.-Trtlj, w*f ,(<Ws4 oficc-r MjfeMeV was giving tbcnVaw Mb ■■ teSijyjc'igaretk'ioupohß,' ii..wps , : Mce£{ary fVs4ye,Up,'to':get an Iron Crote. 'HeJgOt quite lEbr'c at that; * •'■,'■' "; '''Bniw-EaEyConßcioncei" ;." '. A l ;Kprth.,.Lancashirc eergCantj ( ffii|in'g. fromjhe"frbnt, says: ;/ ;|."'Tho poor refugees come round us'lilio wolves,'kiddies' crying for fo6d,.and we eanVtirefufo them. An empty stomach is a.yery delicate.organisation, which kind '. : •'.'-'Besiijt: pack, light stomach, but in easycoripciencc,''., - Sv : W'By'sl»t We Lost." ■■ Ap jnter'iifetiDg ctihTcrsatibn which a trafellqr patsipg through Germany haJ josl, before the fall'of.Antwerp with a "loyal] German; "• and member of the Bavarian

U'ndtag, is given in "The Times." The ',' loyal German" deplored the violation of Belgian neutrality; '•''•■', ">' ' ."''By that," ho said, "we have lost mittif rtidtersj' wc'hfi vo lost precious time, and'.we'fcmhadnp real profit of it. If WAhad poMonothatwe should not have ba4'-W wUfi England, and }n consequence 16ft 'the' support of Italy, and probably would have been alrea;dy;'finisbed;''' '■ . i. .liirVß&ifpur'B Greeting to tho Troops, 'jffr : A;'. l Balfour, saying farewell to thesForeign' ■ Service' Battalion .of the j r?ighthF;Boyal'Scots on leaving Hadding- j fon'siidW'',- • '•-'. ' ' : ■'• ! ',;;'-.'ic,are, living in a great time. Xevcr has therebeen inlhehistory of the world, to'Say'nithing'of the history of our Krn-j p|re, f 'a'.situatipri.comparable with that Trhiih'"wo,vJiavp.nor.tp : face. ■ Wc have, it, with high] courage andi,u'ijdaunteii 'resolution,.. . | .. • i l il l (;an'assure'yoi)iiyat. ; those who' r likOj myself, are-proventcdby.age from takingi you Wp{k envy, you your j 1 Appier i fat'?,, arid'epngritujatc you .upon I havipgan opportunity, of. doing a'xen'icel given toj •very'.few. of jour 'forefather's." •. ' ; : : To;Sfty«'thei;Stopk:Bxchange. '■ ' ' The arrangenieiit iriade •by the • Gov-enirhe'nt'for-saving the.position" on. th ; e Stock; Ewiiange'is as prhetical asit ; was necessary," says-, the "Westmiuster Gazette.''•• '•; -'• '■■ .;■■' '.• "Account to account loans made - lje-, fore''the;War• areito ;ljc'contiiiiicd'.fpr. a year,* the Treasury undertaking to advance 60'.p(ir;ce)it/ofithe -value.of securities held I against,loans at a'low rate of interest. This'oJeara iip.tlie-bnsiiiwswliic'h was still 1 open vwhen "thf. : Stock '-Bxeliange s|mt its d.oprs, andviMljoiild'enahlethe.Stock Ex-! 'eiia,ng« : t6'.!reis"flme v business-at an'early j Itete.";, :'■•■" .':'•■ ' ; • ■•.- , I

'■ v '''- A-Dissolvent of, Truth. : • ■,:V'.tteriiiaiiv*s spy system," says. Ur l)illoii, ! in. : the "Contemporary' Bevicw," '.' t is'a'ilissofvent t of truth, honour,'and the ' holiest, 'humanities: "'it is'.no exaggeration j .to.'affirm':that 'after the railway -system, j the greatest "advantages .enjoyed by; the (jernwnti«ld- armies have'; coinc from 1 the] intelligence: department. as" served by spies;'''.".■ • >.:■.-■,_■.. . . \ >, "i'Would -u Sooiii Mistnist Lord' I , - Eoberts." ! •'. "I ':■ have 'read'jtbc announcement, of i Prince.Lo'iiis, of"Battcnbcrg's resignation with very'deep regret, I ', writes Lqrd Sclborne.■'■■■•. ";■",.',•':'■•■',. .' ■• ' ,'/'■ "'As everyone ; k'nows' who has worked with;hirayhe•■ is ; a;naval:officer of'.very ! gfeat 'ability,-.who..has, devoted the /whole. of '■ timjtc. to'the ''service of 'England.";' / "Isw'duljfcas rtjstrufit'Lqtd,Roberts as anyone'should [ ha've- been y found to insinuate' suspicjohs against,;him' is nothing; less • than' a' na> tiqnal'kipilja^tidn.'' .. >• ■• •; j" •" -v ' •' ■ "PHpce'.Louis*'has' been.'attacked by the i baseness .'of: clamour,,and we regret profoundly and Tilth-the,sense'of national humiliation i exposed by Lord Selbofno thWitJi'drawak'fltom the' Admiralty ; in these • eircumrtaricca of a>loyal'B.nd i 'giftcd as was'-, his'l heYoic;brptlier wßnlgarja,". says", the]

1 confess diir a'JStpnibbttent'likt the wg&tj®;''^>«cfept«4i J ' the' ',i f'-f sbUrtea f r bin #Jiic>it; was. especially in/yiefr iE>f ; the iin'.irhich -Mr 'Churchill gfavoly ,Veiemp!4ry setVieescte ;tbe?tys-: glad; to 'see' thft Kiiig'haSjihids' Mjk-tf.ifl&ttbM: of the )Otir f FwqteMs > trek .Gem&nr. .': " t Qijr;purchis?sf fr9iti' Qmmjt * hic! ?' &ve /for :/&oto& MijnejV te 'the"Wefctrtinsfyr, GaM|Jte,'' yearibeatt' : alipreviiiuß and thp 'ot' the ' during the topi to 1 German • oipoAers, Our imports ifpm;Qferaanyrin/1913;ff6re worth *oVcr £Bo^ooo,ooo, 'having'risen;to. that figure in' ; five :years >fromjlessthan £58,000,000, ( By # far:the.;gMater. part, of'this .trade I cpnlnited', of j manufactured •'irtleieSjj and i m.th^i ,^^lc t;' ; ci«r,lmp<irtß' from 'Germany iifffed^frjiin!-thoso ■•.'which: we received from''any/other.country," . > }: •>.