THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 883, 8 December 1916, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

1 S :THE COAL STRIKE. J Men who strike against their coun- _ try at this time, when they have . | ample means for peacefully removal ing every just cause of complaint, .'are the country's enemies, whatever .their professions, and they must be s treated as such. Those who strike .without cause of complaint are even 1 ; more culpable. The duty of the e Federal and State Governments is to itake immediately every step necesj sary to maintain the coal supply, and ' ito make it impossible for any foe • within our midst to threaten it again ' ! with impunity.—"Age."' ' ARE THE AIR RAIDS WORTH WHILE? f| The question is whether the Great n i General Staff can afford to spend a ,j I German soldier to kill or maim a British non-combatant. That spirit iof cool reason and adaptation of means to end which stands behind J Frightfulness must soon come to see 1 that the amount of Frightfulness i> visited upon the survivors of the British dead is not perceptibly - heavier than the amount of Fright- - fulness inflicted upon the widows ! and orphans of the Zeppelin crews I whose charred bodies lie in British |soil. —"Evening Post" (New York). II VALUE OF SOMME OFFENSIVE. The real value of the Somme offensive, however, is that it has demol--1 ished the legend of German invinci--1 bility. The enemy pretended that (the Russian victories in the east were k gained solely over the Austrians, and thus for a time deceived simpler> minded neutrals. But now events are proving even to the wilfully s blind that as the bite of the French - and the new British armies grows 1 more deadly the Germans are losing t their lire and energy.—"Daily Mail."