THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 253, 28 November 1914, Page 8

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

CAPTURE GERMAN TRAPS'.''. : "i. German manufactui'ers are naturally on tfye," look-out ' fpr :agents in neutral countries who will receive German goods and pass them off as their own, and whenever good ground I 'exists for believing that this is being done the Board of Trade should be communicated with in order that the matter may be tho- | roughly investigated. There is more than „ "neutral" factory to-day whose "output'' is entirely beyond ihe means '*"at- ■ its 'disposal.—"Evening News''_ (London). r A FUNDAMENTAL .MISTAJSjE. . Yet.the troops,.m.ust be sadly conscious, of some fundamental mistake in tli(J plans of then' General 1 Staff. 'lnstead of the 'swift ; v march - upon -Paris with a. complete .defeatj of .the British and French armies, in a single great and decisive encounter, they I 'find themselves committed to. the defensive in an exhausting warfare of sieges. And we know from their own unofficial reports that this warfare is telling upon their nerves and physique—''Daily Mail.'' RELYING ON TREATIES AiONE. - We agree with Mr Roosevelt's comment that the first lesson to be .drawn from the war is the uselessness of relying on treaties alone. So long as a Power with the defective morality' of Germany is at large the only covenants it will respect are those that are,,defended; by superior force. The Americans are only less concerned than ourselves in seeing that the Prussian system of international brigandage is broken up for ever.—"Daily Mail." -.■■;■' GENUINE PATRIOTISM. To keep a soldier warm and in good health is to prevent loss' from the fighting line, and is the same thing as adding a new recruit. To keep one extra man employed is genuine patriotism.-: It is hardly too,-much to say that those people in Great Britain with incomes greater than their needs who do not voluntarily tax themselves are deserters from the country's army. This is .no-time.-for luxury. This is no time for wanton spending. By fighting poverty at home we are fighting the most dangerous ally of Germany "Daily News." .-..,