THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4946, 21 September 1914, Page 5

THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT.

SECOND EDITION.

ROAD HOGS OF EUROPE. ATTITUDE OF GERMANY. CRUSHING LITTLE NATIONS. Electric Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Received this day at 9.15 a.m.) London, This Day. Much interest was taken in Mr Lloyd George’s first war speech. Addressing the London Welshmen, he said the war was repugnant to no man more than to himself, but none were more convinced that Britain could not have avoided fit without njaltiorial dishonour. Prussia, with cynical contempt, had declared that no nation need carry out treaty obligations unless it suits it. Treaties are the currency of international statesmanship. The German doctrine that scraps of paper are binding only when it suits her interests is the straight road to barbarism. If Germany won the whole machinery of civilisation would break down. France offered Belgium a fine army corps against the attack but this was refused, Belgium declaring that she would rely on German’s promise. Belgium’s only crime was in trusting the word of the Prussian King, but the Kaiser had made it certain that no king will repeat his crime. If we disregarded the cry of the two little nations, Belgium and Servia, onr shame would ring down the everlasting ages. The Kaiser had declared that he was the Dietv’s vice-regent and wielding his sword. When such lunacy was manifested by the head of a State and became the policy of a great Empire it was time to put that person away. The Prussian junkers were the roadhogs of Europe ordering the little States out of the wav. but Britain would tear the bully-out of hi= seat. If a burglar broke into Potsdam and shot tho Kaifser and tho servants, ruined the art treasures, would the Kaiser want to don the uniform before shooting the burglar? The Czar said to Austria. “You lay hands on the little fellow. Servia, and T’ll tear you and your ranshackle Empire limb by limb.” “He’s doing it,” declared Mr Lloyd George. God create! man in his own image, but Germany recreated him in the mage of a Diesel engine—accurate, oowerful. soulless. There had been nothing lit:, the Kaiser’s patronage of his God since the days of Mahomet. Treaties tangled Germany’s feet and he said he would cut them with the sword. Hie little nations hampered his advance. &n<t* he said he would trample them in the mire. A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. DREADNOUGHT DAMAGED. Rome. This Day. Advices from Vienna state that the Dreadnought Viribus Unitus had a miraculous escape in a pursuit in the Adriatic. One side of the ship was demolished. WILFULLY SHELLED. (Received this day at 9.40 a.m.) Termonde, This Day. The Germans wilfully slielkxl'ihe old Town Hall. HOW TO FINISH THE WAR. MILLION BRITISHERS WANTED. London. This Day. Air Winston Churchill sent a mes&age to the Acton Park recruiting meeting that nothing less than a million British, soldiers in the line together would finish the war as it must be finished. COMPLETELY CUT OFF GERMAN EXTREAfE LEFT Rome. This Day. A Petrograd message states that Die Russians completely cut off General Denkvl’s army forming the extreme left from Przemysl to Cracow, preventing a junction with General Hnffenburg. General Renkyl is making a. desperate attempt to reach CYa<*o\v. The Russians are a<lra-no-ing from Sandomiers to cut off the retreat.