NO SIGNAL TRIUMPH.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 593, 4 January 1916, Page 7

NO SIGNAL TRIUMPH.

THE DAWN OF 1916. QUIET CONFIDENCE AND UNFLINCHING RESOLVE. "Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services. (Received January 4. S a.m.) LONDON, January 3. "The, Times," in a leader, says:— The dawn of 191G finds us still deep in the tremendous conflict. Despite our tremendous financial burdens and the dauntless bravery of our troops, no signal triumph has yet attended our arms, and we are unable to claim victory, except on the seas and in the German colonies. Despite a year of anxiety, depression, and disappointment, the Empire is as doggedly bent on victory as at the beginning, and is confident that it will ultimately be achieved. The race, true to itself and its traditions, is settling down to work, and the most striking proof is the acceptance of the principle of national service. England is aroused, and the Empire also. Germany hoped to shatter the Empire, but has done more to knit it together than we could have accomplished in a generation of peace. Never can the blood spent by Australasians at Anzac and by the Canadians at Ypres be forgotten. The Dominions will face 1916 in the same spirit as ourselves —a spirit of quiet confidence and unflinching resolve.