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Taranaki Daily News, 16 June 1923, Page 16

Lord Kitchener has been generally credited with the statement, made at the outset of war that the conflict wouid last at least three years, but the opinion that no such estimate was made by the late Com-. mander-in-Chief was expressed by Sir Thomas Mackenzie, in a lecture in Auckland (states the Pest’s Auckland correspondent). Sir Thomas said that early in the war he called on Lord Kitchener, and assured him of the confidence the Dominion had in his leadership, and at the same time expressed the hope that he would not ease up on his task until the German was completely defeated. Lard Kitchener’s re plv, said Sir Thomas, was that no one could tell whether the war would last six months or three years, but that he would not leave the German until the latter was on h»s knees. It was clear from this, added Sir Thomas, that Lord Kitchener had not made any estimate as to the duration of the war, such as was generally attributed to liir