THE WANGANUI "BRAYES."

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11390, 17 May 1915, Page 5

THE WANGANUI "BRAYES."

TO THE EIiITOR. Sir.—Will you rilk.-w rue io rai.se o. protest aga-in?t tbc> conduct of the • ! brave boys in "\V.nig.mui who wantonly destroyed the property of Gsrranu residents. nud otherwise tried to injure tbcro. Where is tbo British justice and fair play on which vt> pride ourselves? Our cause in this war is sufficiently j'>sr to ensblo us to fight liko men, not, like builds ond cowards: Surely it is bad enough lor our on*> vnifvs to sink to the borribl'" depths of inianiy to which tho> h:ivo .*»ur.U ivii.houi any oi our pvople copying t.bcii ox- ;! ii i p I - ■. If it is nm'jc'.r.v. I would say thru. ril Genn:iii c in Now Zonhiinl s'liriu !<1 1..-. iriLi'iTU'il; out cif>n'; ill-t rent (iv i<>n< i l !*'.-'. !!;-oo!i-. Snrh r-oi'dr.'.-t make---;i lii;.. -.tilisde.> r.iMifi «.nr Ftulwrs !H!tt "iiKt.*>"ll- ».oy< }»»• iiv.v Ii- i; »i< ri'—il !*v, it; ii-ii ,

to the death; but tench them to fight fairly. Tho Wanganui episode makes ouo think that the Crovernmenr, ought immediately to call for tenders lor an immense lunatic asylum to be erected in Wanganui. lam sure that nil right-thinking readers agree in hoping that there will, he no more senseless displays of this sort in New Zealand. Strike hard, but let the guilty suffer ; let there be no hitting below tho belt. I do hope., far, that your pen, which has .so often espoused the cause of justice, will once again bo wielded in the same en use—even though ix, be justice to an eneuiv.—l. am. etc.. J. T. MACLEODSMITH. May 17. 1915.