THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 257, 3 December 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

A LONG AND BITTEE BUSINESS Thanks to the heroic resistance of the* Belgians, the fighting capacity of theBritish force, and to the stubborn courage'of the French, the German legions,, -which, before the end of September,, were expected to hold French territory from the Belgian frontier to the 'Mediterranean, are now in imnrinfent ' peril of being hurled back to the : Rhine. But even if the best happen, and the line of battle be remoyed from French toGerman territory, it will be a long and bitterness business to defeat, once and for all, a nation trained to war and armed with every modern scientific device.—"Express." STOCK OF SILVER BtjLLET^, ; . f There; is plenty of; flag-waving and even -enthusiasm for thewwarr r but prudent people prefer to keep at home all the money they can Jay hands on rather than trust it ,tQ or, put it anywhere-where the.Government can note it. The general effect .of the .Government's recommendation of the loan is to create an impression''-of serious financial weakness. Glfearly ; Germany's stock of the silvers;bullets of which Mr Lloyd. George spok,e,.; is. limited, and she is badly equipped tq. withstand the financial strain of war.—"Daily News." UNCOMPLIMENTARY TO Th'e Kaiser lias returned to the:Hvest6i'h front, if the "Echo de : Paris" is correctly informed", and the Allies in this quarter may congratulate themselves upon the presence of tliis new auxiliary. For his Majesty's personal interference in delicate military-opera-tions is not precisely ease the work of the German General Staff. With his despotic temperament, and his iirm belief in • his r own ittfaiiifefftty, he has never been tolerant of counsellors Whose opinion differs from his'and of strategv he knows little or nothing.— Daily Mail." . ; A LAMENTABLE FACT.

We find no cause for complaint that distinguished Germans should side with their country in this hour of peril, but it is something more than lamentable that they should be eager to. associate themselves with the blatant .vulgarity of their country's newspapers and the ruthless savagery for wiicti the fcaiser is responsible. It is becoming -more and more evident that civilisation,. we know it, cannot continue to, exist until not only the Hohenzollerns, but the German people, are overwhelmingly defeated —until they are beaten so low that they can only rise again in .a, new and saner guise.—"Daily News." A SNEAKING WAR.

The war which Germany is making by sea is a sneaking war, witli' callous, indiscriminate murder as its ami.' A miscalculation has occurred* however. It was forgotten that such deeds would deprive neutral nations of colourable grounds for resenting whatever extreme measures England might !be driven to in reply. By adopting a, policy of world piracy, Germany has made it possible to .starve and strangle her quicker, for the narrow straits of Dover are 'likely to be closed as well as the North Sea. The Kaiser's frenzied effoi-is' to get Calais are dictated by a desire to make, the Channel highway also a . death-trap for all-comers.—"Australasian.