GOING "ALL-OUT."

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14236, 2 March 1917, Page 8

GOING "ALL-OUT."

BRITAIN'S DETERMINATION FOR v VICTORY.

, .DR. NEWMANS IMPRESSIONS

LLOYD GEORGE THE "MAN OF DESTINY.''

. Dr. ,A. K. .N^ev^ma^^.MP., who has j ust returned "' jif ter a sjx months' . trip to JSngland ,and ITiancel 'told '£n witer'viewjfsr, at Wefli^ton tH4^ie had had a most interesting time VtJa^e. A,' journey to England and ba,ckj'.fie said; should not be lightly undertaken! as a pleasure trip. Already /.there -:■ were restrictions upon women trying to visit England from the ooion^e?,. and if^he submarine danger ' cont.nued ' these 'restrictions may be extended to. men. '^Np. woman, padseng&c js v thp /MebUt^aneaji riaiifeng^rs 6i_ v a' shl|>'.'thje t 'gi*eatfer tfte danger 1 to a 'crew already m .sSrious 'peril.' Maiiy \*(.Uld : be passen.ger&Xhoin..and ;'to' EhgWdare voluntarily .*■ refraining' from travelling. The Gci'n^ah Btibmarine campaign is a real danger.'.'.' > ' ' .' ." „ Dr. Newmalb. said? tliat the British had *%\_iroiithii paat realised fully the coming 'pieri'l, ' and Admiral Jellipoe m LOndo^n Avas arranging to dtefeat it. Adjuiral Sit*' Percy Scott long ago , foretold tlie dangers ' of " the"' under-water boats. "Britain's . preparations were ori 'ayhyge .scale, ahV. the navy was &een and clever. Aeroplanes were .seen, fl^ng every day m Horrio' waters, and -the navy was doing gtfe&t. pxecu'tion without making a fuss about ' it. * ! Germany, , however, by standardising the buildiiiir of submarines, lvad a largo output. The ; commercial "suVi'mari'nes Bremen -and _3eutechlan<J liad undoubtedly b44n put diit of action", aiid this effort of the Germans to inaugurate trade Md •fizzled. • .''

THEJ WESTERN FRONT. : „ Dr. Newmaq.said l}P.)iaic\ loug^boUeved that t^iWe^rnrlrontjwas the. decisive battle^ line. .He liad gev.er ', beliqyed m a widespread; faith 'that; the real centre was iq..the Balkans. He /was mor^vthan ever certain -that* m; tl\c West was the only struggle, of importance. „AJI tho Balkans were now m effect German, aqd the- struggle, m the. Western trgqfc .was greater than ever., .Great .Britain and' Ffflfnoe were.determj'n^d to fight it oiit m tihe.;].W"e»t. l( Gjermany knew' this, and was smuggling to .ftvert .'defeat. •; JNo, onei m, Grertt "Britauj. . wquld, ', dare ,toJ:wfw|ijm. the war would, >*en4. Alleaiyy guesses .were so utterly. ;^ ( roug tn^tiipw" pie had given up All .people thought of m England was how to lai^e. enormous forces, w,hich.!were absolutely necessary. Great Bribaiii'.was going "all lout'njto. winth^ wai'. .■"-Meil 1 fljiid'Wojn'en aliki_» tyeredeterpiined on IriiQtyt heroic -WKrifipqs^tp .win. , "I^othtouf 1 ibtuV:ußi..g e\7ery ; natipfial' resource woiftd _win>.» .Men.'^nd women. at' home ywere .going to "stifck it- outi" s just as : bravely fas the'rbner»-.iu»t.tli%- trenches were doing. * r .-; .." .TOB^^N^ OF -I>^TINY. 1. Mr Lldyd George 1 wari' the lortg-fcsouglit-»For Man! of DestM^' aiid all ' G?«at, Bi i 7 tkin, ' eveVy nian *ah'd : ' evfcry" womAh;, ;}vas behind him. "Whatever hei'sayis, . goes, 'He can say' aiiythiq^ ' 'afyd the' people at •once • respond ;* as 'quickly and as olx. di- { eijtly t}s Mi ariii v, .obeys a gVijeral. .The crowds of lieottie 1 ivlio' used'" to qirse tha*- »datoned>pett{fos£rt^ little Welsh, attorney' are now his wiling, faithful a^niy of ,/unquestmiung backers. Lloyd .CjSecjjgp. oncers anqGr^at ? Britain docs as he borders. ,, I bought, fori^erly (hostile to hjiji after.. . he ( . overthrew the. A-fqjyi^i Govjsfnnient, jaiitl n,one sneered. All .agreed, he was the man they had all waqtedl"; 'Jflie., Lloyd^^^brpe Mii\isitry }\^<d (delighted, the • . people because .he chose "the biggest business men 'in. Great Britain to manage the different diepartmeSits. "Lloyd George, m picking his Ministry, cut adrift old traditions and, pi<-k<Nt_ 'men for their abilities aiid, .. idt no other reason. He was 'the' head ; of a wonderfully able Cabinet— the ablest m Great Britain's history.

THE. NATIONS COURAGE -' "The courage of the. men and women of Groat Britain is noblei .'Fathers, and mothers send their sons to fight, and wives their husbands," with magnificent courage, yet often with breaking hearts ; their courage, is as noble as^ that of tlieir boys m the trenches. When Mr Lloyd George asked for £700,00(5,000 of money, and many feared he would not 'get\it,''Mr Boiiar Law asked ithe. public : >Will you serid. your.-jsons to. tl^e front ian<i save- your cash?''- And the public put up .i-liOQOiOOO.OOO. . ... Dr. :^JBAvman .learnt m "th^City'V .months before , this, .that even. : if the wj^r lasted for) years the i public *would. be able ; toi . -find the cash, and would certainly, put up the last sovereign.- People m Great Britadji ihad plowly butat If^realised-ithe ipejpl j and „ thY, need _?f be/% all out - J'«nd if.the war; lasts they *" will be all . .t^ie repul^ ,wqu!^ be „a jSuija and certain r yjotory< 'i-'-yX .: ' •." , Xl ■ J , Dr. IS/ew-man vipited' the New Zealand "hospitals and the New Zealand S6ldieris v Cluby- and the' New Zetilarid people liy r ing m London were as : true and 1 loyal •ii..' "their help as. those m New Zealand:, tTlioi sites of the Jiospitals ; miglit have < better, but they we_te : admirably (conducted. He asked the boys -at Wal : 'ton-on-Thames »how ■ they liked it<::"Lifie at J Why, iit 's- heaven— clean sheets aq4 five gobd meals 'a day./' tliqy said <( ; TJ^e boys m tlie. front, feeling .Jhe cold of December very keenly* after jj a Wanganui . or Auckland' winter, lookl|l. very fit. All soldiers at the front loatifc, ed the war, but the sick who got well, wero all determined on going back— -"by. finish the job." \X"Tlio moet interesting niorijirig of ■ my life," said the doctor, "wis a visit ,tgt, the front line of trenches m * Frances hold at the time by the Wellington. 'rßifies k THo boys- were surprised io see "ft <man not m- 1 khaki. -^They fired-ioffj^k |fe>v ■ rounds of- tho Stokes mortar ftar; tne, and I aa.w the 'bombs fly high auji •'fall, about the' German' trepchesj and the machine gahs of the Germans 4et' •off -a few rounds. U They ,;•■ told ' me if- Ji •heard the rattle **( the 'machine -gui^s the bullet was past, «nd -there was no dangea- ;becausa tho bullete travtellfecl ifastei' thkn sound. Though my' visit fascinated me -^ still I like Lambton Quay better. After visiting the front I feel I want to take my hat off to every on© of our infantry privates, for every .man who hassjtd<_ne + J usTbiMJiSVe * s a rea l »nian aqd a wtfgchi&roJ'itu, .