THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 259, 5 December 1914, Page 8

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

GERMANY'S-STRENGTH. . :T|lif?re is- £videiic%4hat^Great" Britain does not yet (OcHber"lo)'fully realise the gravity of'the situation. But surely, 'e^ei?itUj!^osfe^^l^ li l^#;s?H l ll realise the immense forces of the enemy" when it is remembereci that for three weeks ' Germany has been holding her own* against •allied*' forces- in- France, while at the .same time she has. been fighting f in Belgium, has Rus-" sian with several cdrpsV' stiffened Austrian forces in ~* Galieia; 7 No jotfrer -Power in the world could have done all this,.:, and a, Power that can do it will certainly not be beaten easily.—" Express.''' _ BELGIUM'S RECORD. It is a record every line of which redounds to the everlasting credit of the -Belgian King and people. ; • There could have been no illusions as. to the price Belgium would have to pay for her valiant 3tand. It has .been paid in full. Belgium at this \inomerit is the supreme victim as well as the supreme." hero of the war. But her spirit is unconquerable, and nothing., in the "Grey •'-:■ Paper is more moving "than her rejec;--- j, tion of Germany's efforts after the 1 cap>:j - : ture of Liege to effect an Understanding ; at the cost of honour.—"Daily Mail."

TURKEY'S MAD PLUNGE* ■<, . Turkey seems to be staking everything upon a gambler's throw; with the odds heavily against her; '"lf it; be true that sheyhas now handed jthe» British, French, and Russian ambassadors their passports from Constantinople, there is at least a prospect that "she may never again'be in a position to receive European embassies in the- capital called the Queefi of the Bosphorjis.rrr' f Australasian. " >-, ; . s..

SPIES IN ENGLAND. .. ~-; ; i .>,: It is, of course, true. that, most of the Germans who lived in England before the war'were as harmles's 1 as they \ seemed, - but among : them -were many ■* men. and womenvwhose .-presence here' ." was an insistent.menace*, J3miie of them ._: the GoVeraniehifr admits" are still "at r large, and it is the duty of" every one *. who notices any suspicious- ebnduet on the parJK-of an alien enemy to ' com- •: municate at once with the police. This ? does not mean that there should be % needless and harassing suspicion of .', every German or Austrian.-—'' Daily .News." ""■ v ' ; - OUR * 'CONTEMPTIBLE LITTLE ARMY." , Our '' contemptible, little Army V has now become a force the influence of- • which "is showing itself more and more." Instead of making a carpet of themselves for Germany to walk our troops "are working■■through by the force of their masses, and they <lo not stop either." , Our ,military power, a thing to sniff at a few weeks ago, is perceived now to be>capable of indefinite expansion and -endxiranee.— <<Manchester Guardian.;' >-~\ ■-...■ WAR OF LIBERATION. For Russia in an altogether exceptional decree this is a war, of liberation from German influence. It,means for many years to come the emancipation of the Russian spirit, of Russian "society, and of Russian policy ..from the dominion of Vienna and Berlin. The" greatness' and splendour of the effort which" our Ally has put forth, and to which we, who are mainly concerned with the western theatre of the war, owe already an incalculable debt of gratitude an tb admiration j signify that Russia will heneeforthj regulate her political and economic affairs in her own wav.—'' Daily Mail."' ■:•....-.