Patea & Waverley Press FRIDAY,JUNE 20,1919. UHREPMNTANT CHPMANY.

Patea Mail, Volume XLIII, 20 June 1919, Page 2

Patea & Waverley Press FRIDAY,JUNE 20,1919. UHREPMNTANT CHPMANY.

'XYoXfI who believes ike (ier-:-r;i lo 1)0 rep-mi ant for the ■/ rimes c-/.;i. lit |."d ill < lormany Y. name (lurinj.v the past i"<.iii" and a half years cannot do '-filer than read. 1 lie article on (lormany by iiishop fVoddmvr in the Csrnhiii Afier reading- the arilci' 1 ii wii! bo seen how unwise 'I v.'-.): - :'-:! he for any of ibe'■ I lie:-; io 11'- ai 1 It-' !: iin as an ordinary foe in '::-: i)iv. enl i!iiTf)>.*i;t;■:ii Y-aws remarks, which are those '..;.' one who ha.-, l:een with 1 ho i>ri-•i-ii fiovs io ihe Khn'.t 1 . are lo :h .• following; effeoi. lie says : "it is ridiculous io (alk of flic ijhiuolaiidc rs as • displaying 'indescribable deieciiiiii' or of their iit'iii;; 'uiirr!y"broken by defeat'. Tii.'.,-,' are noihiiiii,' of Hie soil. > hoy a.re not rcpenia.nl for the jui.-.i, it 11 !io Liji'li Ihey re<>ret tii" failure. They -are i:oi (lis:alidad .villi ilie present, execp! as a lemparary auimyanco. A:id they are md pessimistic aboal the i'ulure. hot any lean who imagines olher-ui.-o converse freeiy wiih the (derma ns. and lie will soon he eon-w-ried. >,"o! much can. be yalkered from chance emiversaiion in public p'aces. The (lermans are karniipr Iliad it is unsafe to rely upon I lie lingual ignorance, even, ol Ihe [.u'itisli soldier, (hie trucu•!..p.l young- (lerman, who was ani':,\\d hy Ihe pi'esence oil some Ai ..■ i-j; i>. iio (ravel .free on the t.-oh;;.o;; tramsj commented, to a friend dl-imraghigiy upon, their pors me l appeai'ance. A Xew /A alamo r who was standing hy iili;, mi ihe t ram p'ai form tmder■■tumi him, and showed hi., rosenisioui ')}' ejeciin;; from the car ihe critic, who fell upon, his head and was iakeii io the lmspiia.l to ruiiiiuaJc upon upon his indiscrelicii. 'flic judynienl oil the A.L'AI. '.•.■io i.iid me oi' ihe o-ccurre ucv \-a -: i-imrar io ihe cch hi alcd \'erdici recorded by a Wcisli jury an ihe death of M r.s. Winifred j 'rice : ' We iind, saiwc iier !' Xoiie Ihe less the ylooniy eyes of die people in ihe trams, eyes that are sica.dy in their way, display .neither consciousness of die .feat Pi or t i ue frh udiiness. ih'om whal i have seen, i do noi believe fiiai iiie jieople a.i'e repentant for the wrongs they liave done to rYanc- ami !'c!»'ii:m. Aeiihei 4 do ;h<-v show Piiodi (•o:r-:ci;!U.-.lics.s of dc:val. helgiiim and .l:'rauce are ~[j!i ];rosi iale on the ii'i'i-'iial, aii::ouj;ii ihe lieel of a hruia! and i-e;aorse!ess invader has be\ n rej.iovt d. .hi. some strange fashion n is lil-e) a - e, akeiiine; from a bad dream to yo into (.icrmany i.Vom i lie var ;:one. Comjiais-vi with iiie injuries they have dioie lo othe'rs the (iermans are lioliiin;.;, ao.'i hecaiiso tliey are sui'ferinx for tie 1 prist nor desirous to amend in I lie future, if may be impossible in praeiice to aitcr this slaie of affairs, but it will be unutterably lame and unjust if Germany is allowed to profit by 1 lie injurs s ii h:: ; wanlmdy and deliberately done to French industries by away wifii the I'o-sds." We hope and Irusl that for the sake ol: civilisation and as a warning \o ])osieriiy that (!oriiia.uy will be made ft) realise the ciii.i-iiiiiy oil Ihe crimes she has ci.i.'.mliied before she is treated a ; a noi i ;i ill to associate w iih oilier nations'who prize justice, freedo.a and honour before all e i; >e. __