THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 198, 25 September 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

■ ~, ■ m ■ ■ ■ —» GALLANTRY OP THE BELGIANS. The Belgians have -'fought with -superb gallantry, while the-German troopshave disgraced themselves by unpardonable atrocities. The little village -of" Vise was burnt by them in their exasperation at the -Bfclgiato jrcsistaneev »2thqs shared the fate of Bazeilles,-witerav in 1870, "among the smoking ruins- hm the corpses of the women and tcn<lerJittle ones." The failure to capture Liege with a rush may shatter the whole German plan of campaign.— "Daily Mail." ON THE BUSSIAN FRONTIER. If it is t*ue that the German Staff" lias informed the Berlin P.rcss that Germany hat* sustained heavy looses on the Russian frontier it is probable that the announcement was ina'de in order to» stimulate the Germans-people to put forward additional and extraordinary effprts in defence of the FatherlandAccording to the disposition recorded by the military correspondent of/'The Times,'! Germany hastily six army corps on her Russian while >diehas twenty army poijis oil her FrancoBelgian frontier. If her" western invading army fails in the great battle whichis now impending the-military situation for Germany will ba. critical. —"Daily Telegraph." WAR'S TERRIFIC VORTEX. And it is not only the interests of the people of every land which are imperilled. "If war comes, those who make < it will be caught in ith terrific vortex. The great dynasties will not emerge from the disaster as they went into itTsar and Kaiser and "Kniheror may between them -make the -Vtorui, but i . power greater than any-of them Avill ride it. They may pkuige Europe intoanarchy and tleslroy Ihe splniuid achievements of uur 'civilisation; but 11>ey themselves will' 1 * share in the common ruin. SocialisindirGernmny only njvaits .such a moment as this to overthrow the despotism, of militarism.—--"Daily New*,." HQW GERMANY KAS STOPPERED. They are without their finest auxiliary cruisers, the''d'acli ' ships of the North German v fleet, and -many others that > could be refitted as unprotected cruiseis.. The British and FrencVi "Fleets will beas two to one against them; hence toattempt to smash the would seem to be to court ji t destru - lion- Keeping the German Fleet alive would force the BrifVslPto hold itself intact in the North Sea 5 'and prolong ». fetate of uneasiness in i&ugland, particularly while troops, ar.e. .moved to the Continent. —"Evening ...Post" (New York).