THE EMPIRE AND THE WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11826, 2 December 1901, Page 7

THE EMPIRE AND THE WAR.

TO THE EDITOR. j . Sir.—Your leading article in to-day issue will command the sympathy and hearty appreciation of every true colonist. There is a, squeamish sentimental ism in many of the Liberal politicians and parsons in the 01<j Country which blinds them to the trend oi tho great events through which we are passing. Wo have to be thankful that the great bulk of t*he people at Home and in the colonies see much more clearly tho necessity and the justness of this South African war being carried to a finish than such carpet knights as Campbell-Bannerman, Vernon Harcourt, and Wilfrid Lawson. What you say is true enough. Were Kent or Lancashire to be invaded such speeches as these men have made would not be tolerated for a moment. Then why are they when Natal, Cape Colony, and Beehuanaland are being devastated by an unscrupulous foe? Is England the only part of tho Empire over which the Union Jack floats? or is it the only part the politicians of the Manchester school think it right or necessary to defend? I am sure I am voicing the thought of hundreds who have seen your article to-day, wfien I say you have my warmest thanks.— I aril, ctc., S. L. P. RIMMEF.. November 29, 1901.