HOPES HUMANITY.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 14026, 18 January 1918, Page 1

HOPES HUMANITY.

I CENTRED IN ALLIED CAUSE. I GREETINGS TO OUR ALLIES. | ~-.'• LONDON, December,.3. : . The Prime Minister, MfLloycl George, . 1 'in' New Year messages to the President : •' ; 'of the TJnited States and.'tlib Prime Min-'v , is'te'rs of Japan, Italy; Servia, Sbimiania, • ■ Portugal,/ Belgium, Greece, and France, ' emphasises that: tn'e.Jiopes of humanity centre in the triumph of the allied cause. ! Mutual friendship and'respect are dolug more.and more to cement the al- ' lianee which' is"the guardian of the justice, mid the liberty of the world. l\v Lloyd thanks the individual armies and navies for their fdrti- . t'ude lust year, aiid for their to continue the. struggle until the world'has been rid of to domination * of ; :i"'military ai;tocriii'y*\vliosc discredit : anil, defeat' are essential' in lasting ; , : 'lfeyxpressies"full confidence in victory ■• which 'will give freedom during the new : year. The Prime Minister tells Mr"Wil-i soil;—"We arV relying on the. great' ; adilitirm of stfengili of tlic young Ann:- j 'ricfin ilvmy;" ■''■'] f'' ' ' ' j\ t ' To';S;ghbr 'Orlaiido .'(ltaly) Mr LIO3II i : ficbrge'tvpfcjscs'mliiiij'a'tioiiforthesue-' /os'sfut Italian resistance, and confidenrtrttiat''ltaly will ere' long strike, ano'fher mighty blow for the liberation ■ . ; ofltaly."' : '":- :,; .';'■'' ■,''.''!'! The, Prime Minister, in a message to : the%t.ipii,; appeals ti nil,to do their utniostiii 'tlii'se'later'trying days for. to , ' cause-for 'which the democracies of tlic ' 'World'are now leagued together. Re-.,-' falling'. tl/e v 'privations''a ml'sncriiic.es of ] "the' ; armies,' he 'says 1 that no saiiriliee ; .those' at home afe. called on to make.' 1 fan'faintly approach what iflhotirfv do- ; " -jiiniffled '. 6t 'tiii/tnenin the trenches.' ';'•!, ..He emphasisfs.tliat' noiie is "too' old.. ! aiui" saving 'nrc'Vspecially important.' It' lis'tlfe i (.duty,;ifi;air l ,to save What they,, Kean,-and lend what they, can, to. the^ Even man, woman,;'and. V child .ought to make it a point jofihon:,; ,0111 toJiicicase his holdiug'of national L war bonds. ( s