THE FINAL VICTORY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16202, 12 April 1916, Page 6

THE FINAL VICTORY.

Sir Joseph Warp touched on many truths in welcoming the men and nurses who returned by the Maheno. The public is always glad to hear its leading citizens thus speak on its behalf, for the solemn truths made manifest through this " titanic war " do not become dull by repetition or obscured by use. Every man and every woman who have devoted themselves to the service of their country—and how our nurses devote themselves the story of the Marquette tells us! —have not only earned and deserved our deepest gratitude, but have builded for the future of humanity better than they! thought in their highest dreams. | The final victory of which Sir Joseph spoke is coming to us because in New Zealand, as in overy British land, in France, and in every allied nation, men are ready to give their lives for liberty and women to sacrifice their best on the altar of country. It will not come without suffering and sacrifice, but it will come because so many are ready to suffer and to. sacrifice until the end. This mutual sacrifice, as is truly said, will bind together our British states in a lasting brotherhood. It will do more. It will bind together, by the sacred memories, the Allied nations whose best blood is being freely shed for the good of our common humanity,.