BRITAIN'S BULWARKS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11757, 22 July 1916, Page 7

BRITAIN'S BULWARKS.

—■ ■ » NORWEGIAN STATESMAN'S OPINION. PARIS, May 13. M. Castberg, President of the Norwegian Odclsting, who has been visiting the British front in France and Belgium, said in an interview published in the 4 '.Matin " that his journey had made a vivid impression on him. He was struck by the sincere and boundless admiration of the British troops for the soldiers of France, and also by the admiration of the women of France for the dignity and high sense of duty, displayed alike in the firing line and in the repairing shops, where French and British soldiers and workmen work side by side. " Everyone in the British Army," said M. Castberg, '"'is confident of victory, and all are sure that the war will be carried on until a successful and satisfactory result for the Allies has been obtained. I found the same convictions prevailing in England, in the hospitals and among the staffs in munition factories and navy yards. The will to conquer is so absolute in England that even those who arc hostile to the principle of conscription declare it to he indispensable for a victorious issue., of the waj\ *' 1 have been astonished at the immense financial and economic resources prepared by England. They prove her determination to light on to the end, until a peace can be concluded on a basis of respect for treaties, the defeat of Prussian militarism and the right for small as well as great nations to live independently."