BRITAIN

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 145998, 3 December 1917, Page 7

BRITAIN

THE OVERSEAS. CLUB. CHRISTMAS -MESSAGES. FROM BRITISH LEADERS. (Received Dec. 3, 9.30 -aim.) •'LONDON, Dec. 2. The Christmas number of the Overseas Club organ contains the following messages:— Lord Derby says: “The fourth winter finds the army unimpaired In strength and moral,’ while signs are evident that the reverse is the case with our enemies. AYc arc confident that -this is the last winter before peace.” Sir William Robertson says: “I am convinced that the issue largely depends on staying power. Therefore-I am con-fidentThaVvictory'will'bo ours.” Lord Milner writes: “The Mother Country and her children are one today in the common hour of danger. Who will venture to say that the bond forged in the fires of. peril and sacrifice can ever be broken?” General Birdwood says; “We have not yet 'reached the point when the greatest demand will be made on our fortitude and resources. It is natural that, after - three years’ devastation and war, some should cry ‘Let us call it a draw.’ There cannot be a-draw with a nation Who has -banished chivalry from its banner and 'honour from its creed.”