THE WORLD'S PRESS

Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 13, 20 February 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS

THE BEtoBDEEED ME LLOYD •'• • ll i" GEOBGE. ~ .; . ..;.?f r ; ! . :i .;„! •■_; U The fact. that. Mr .. , kri6"vs which side he is on. Even in t .. r his land' campaign He 'liegaii'by* disclaiming 'all'desire to attack those «x- >• eelVnt people, the. landlords,, whom, he. .. . has'been, cursing and reviling ti ever , 'since! ; To"attach tie same importance ■to his utterances afc"to tfcose'of a more ' stable politician, wo«>ld, therefore, be ■•< absurd, and the French Press is .wise in ... 'discounting his' latest f'Rvehirig News" (Londdii). '"'' ''• " ' " PROFESSIONAL SOLDIEBS. In short, modern war is nearer to civil life, and requires the Equalities - " ' which make for citizenship' That is an argument against the professipnal army and against the* long service atniy. IfT 5 is' generally admitted, for instance, that the French conscript learns all he can of the military art'iii "far less than'two - : years, so that in his third,year he will gain nothing, Btrtr r ibse some* of that civic Quality whifch has a real mi'litary . r| va'ue. In. the same way the Territorial - • tid* an; a£y,ant;age oyer ihe .foreignepn r . , t script in the fact that there is no> breach in his life between the" civil "and'the ' | militai?y">Bctivity.^-' <Baily News' and v ■Leader .&i/ : . uU J'.-*'.'" ••'■.• f • * "BATTLEFIELD ' \ ':'.: The introduction of the film on the battlefield in-sany: ease to, have a remarkable effect upon the .behaviour of the troops. Soldiers will feel as thei e'Jreof the ■>'■• world for there .will soon be a k*«>ma.. thjeatre \n t '.almost. Jev;ery A ~ svillage, and if a soldier feels tempted ;tp,ruri away the thought .that'he* may '* be seen bolting across... the screen at Some' in the coursfr,of. ?§rw'etjks must surely exercise a great re■idmidpig effect.. On the. "other: hand tight, aatl.wUl be fullv and: