FILLING THE PLACES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 826, 3 October 1916, Page 5

FILLING THE PLACES.

|TO ATTAIN A GREAT OBJECT. | SACRIFICES NECESSARY. J "Although the minds of the people | of New Zealand must be concentra-] ted upon the lists of killed and wounded that have come to us lately, 1 would like them to realise that, however terrible these losses are, there is, after all, an object that has to be attained, and which cannot be j attained without these sacrifices," j said the Minister of Defence (the Hon. J. Allen) yesterday to a representative of the Wellington "EvcnI ing Post." "I am sure that those j concerned will bear-(he burden with j the full assurance that the sacrifice that their sons have made, and that 'they are making, will result in ulli-l 1 mate good, and, we hope and beI lieve, will bring about lasting j peace. "We look for peace and the good ! results which will come on account J of peace, not simply for ourselves ! alone, as New Zealanders. We look for it on account of our Motherland, for all her dependencies, for our Allies wdio are lighting with us at the , present moment, and we also look to the good of (hose who are now our enemies—that those 6 who have led them into this terrible carnage may •I learn the frightful mistake they have ' made. "There is one other ibought that arises from the contemplation of . these lists of killed and wounded. . j Their places have to be filled. The '(loyalty of New Zealand is true and .I real, and has produced, without -compulsion, a full quota of men up | to the present. ! "But the object thai we, and the 'Motherland, and her Allies have to .attain is so supreme that we cannot ' run the risk of failure to supply reinforcements. Therefore, il is our . bounden duly to put ourselves into - the position of supplying the men, I even if that means compulsion."