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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16408, 9 December 1916, Page 8 (Supplement)

TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR A YOUNG SOLDIER. Fikst, do as you'ra ordered; the fightingman's school Obedience commands as its primary rule. And, second, remember, in taking your place Good soldiers would rather meet death than disgrace. Third, keep up your pecker, whatever you do— The hopes of a nation are centred on you. Fourth, keep with the columndon't straggle behind. Or soon you will be "out of sight, out of mind." Of wastage your cartridge supply won't admit. So, fifthly, when aiming, endeavour to hit! Sixth, don't rush out carelessly—wait till you're led ; To keep life and limb you must first keep your head. The seventh commandment at meal-times obey—Don't growl at the food-you arc " roughing" to-day! Eighth, mercy to wounded you always must show: The whole world abhors a barbarian foe. Be clean in your habits, as far as you can— We wish you, in Berlin, to look "spick and span! And, tenthlv, when battle affords a respite, Give thought to your loved ones at home, lad, and—write! MAN AND MOTTO. General Joffbe, the Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, retreated swiftly for two weeks, abandoning everything from the Belgian frontier clean down to Paristhen, at the Maine, he suddenly assumed the offensive, and the invincible Germans did the retreating. General Joffre, in this feature of his campaign, lived up to his motto—this being a pun on his name" J'offre— je prends.'' which might be translated : " I seem to give, but I really take." General Joffre, in that long, swift, discouraging retreat from Belgium to the Marne, seemed to give the victory to the Germans. At the Manie he halted ; the Germans thought he halted from exI haustion, and confidently they came on. But so terribly were they attacked that, all along their line, they had to fall back. " J'offre— mais je prends," chuckled the victorious general. THE LATE SIR HIRAM MAXIM ON AIR RAIDS. The late Sir Hiram Maxim was a firm believer in the efficiency of our highlyimproved aeroplane as a protection against Zeppelins. "My opinion," he said, " is that £500,000 invested in aeroplanes would keep £2,000,000 worth of Zeppelins away from London. It is only a question of having enough aeroplanes in order tr ensure a much greater degree of security. It seems to me a small premium to pay. Ihe aeroplane, remember, has only to remain in the air a relatively short tinic, but the Zeppelin has to remain for a great many hours. It- is therefore possible to make aero-planes that will be faster than the Zeppelins, and consequently more formidable in attack. Our airmen need no incentive to do their duty, but I think we should give a prize of £10,000 to every airman who brings down a Zeppelin." THE TRUe KAISER. Whkv the Kaiser wants to pose as a lover of peace, he tells his people and (he world : "I never wanted this war." But there are times when the Old Adam is too much for him. Such » moment occurred when lie penned his recent letter of condolence to the widow of General von Moltke. who was his Chief of the General Staff when the war broke out. In that letter, the Kaiser talks of " this Avar, the brilliant preparation of which was the object of his (General von Moltkc's untiring activity." There the truth slips out. The war was prepared by German v. It did not just happen ; still less was it orpught about by the wiles of Sir Edward Grey, as the latest calculated mendacity of ti • German Chancellor would have us beiieve. AMERICANISMS. If Bulgaria attempts to back on the fence, she may find barbed wire.— Wall Street Journal. , Germany can now shoot in almost anv direction and feel sure she will not hit a friend.—Newark News. Can't German scientists invent a sub stitute for Austria ?—Brooklyn Eagle Germany has distributed 430,000 iro i crosses and some millions of wooden ones.—Wall Street Journal.