THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 178, 2 September 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

AN IMPEEISHABLE INSPIRATION. All that was mortal of Joseph Chamberlain has been buried with simple and homely dignity in his own city. There remains, an eternal memory, an imperishable inspiration, the spirit that nerved the man and , dictated his policy. The tributes paid to his character in Parliament were worthy of all that is best in political life. Even in. the fierce clash of critical conflict, a, long conflict in which the dead statesman took so passionate a part, the*contending forces were able to la} r aside . polemics for a space in order to salute with apt eloquence the spirit that has ; passed. —"Express." ''■ ■ BRITAIN'S FIGHT TOR EUROPE. Britain did not fight Napoleon with the idea of crushing France. ' She fought for a liberated, balanced, Europe. For precisely the,same object she is now fighting Germany. It is lib' ' part of her desire to crush Germany. Her sole purpose is to prevent the Hohenzollern rjipjiarch re-enacting the, , Napoleonic dr|p||p and to preserv'e;' " Europe in a stmte of international liberty and etruijk3e. The justicej,O.fjh*ojs policy requires no demonstration. In 1815 she had the applause of Germany,, and she was execrated by most Frenchmen. In .1914 Germany detests, . bru&l S'.r France blesses, her. —"Age."