THE WORLD'S PRESS.
THE DIFFERENCE. We arc now at war with Germany beYau.se the German leaders have been unable or unwilling to perceive lhal the American mind is not cast in the mould or the rigid German logic which holds that once there is necessity, there is no difference between the necessity which ransacks American mails and the necessity which deslrovs innocent American lives.—"N.Y. Evening Post.*' STATESMAN OR CAMPAIGNER. Making full allowance lor the exigencies of political campaigning, and the proverbial versatility of politicians, it remains, as yet, inconceivable to us that Mr Hughes, the political candidate seeking election, should ujlerly abandon and betray the policy which made Mr Hughes the statesman an heroic tigwre in the estimation of civilised mankind.—"Melbourne Age.*' Ifefekt NO COMPROMISE. A little complacency, a little acquiescence, a little intrigue, might easily have kept American shipping safe from the torpedo and the shell. The growing lawlessness of Germany was the outcome of a growing realisation that she had to deal vitfi a man anil a nation seriously resolved to uphold freedom, even at the last cost.—Sydney "Sun.*'
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1018, 17 May 1917, Page 6
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181THE WORLD'S PRESS. Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1018, 17 May 1917, Page 6
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