KIPLING'S STIRRING SPEECH.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13718, 23 June 1915, Page 3

KIPLING'S STIRRING SPEECH.

WHY WE MUST STRIVE FOB VICTORY. A WAR'TO~THE DEATH. (Received June 23, 9.30 a.m ) LONDON, June 22. Mr Kipling at a recruiting meeting «* Southpprt drew a- vivid picture of Bwtam'a fate ,£ s he fails to achieve victory. He divided the world into two flections-one human beings and the other Germans. Whatever horrors were dealt out to Belgium and Poland, Brita J?. 8 fate would be . tenfold worse. There was a special reason m theGerman mind why we should morally and mentally be shamed, and dishonored beyond any other people. If Germany wa s victorious every refinement of outrage within the compass of German imagination would be inflicted. Ihe alternative to victory is robbery, rape of our women, and starvation as a prelude to slavery. The present conflict is a war to the death against the Power of Darkness, with whom peace except on our own terms would be more horrible than any war. ' Germany had already suffered three million casualties and could suffer another three million for the dominion of the world. "It seems to me," added Mr Kipling, "the Germans must either win or bleed to death almost where her lines run to-day; therefore we and our Allies must continue to pass our children through the fire until the Moloch has •perished.