LOOK GUT FOR A SURPRISE!

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7912, 28 July 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

LOOK GUT FOR A SURPRISE!

iT ch the middle east-keep steady-the day is ours U, HORATIO BOTTOMLEY, Editor of “John Bull.”

ygg «lii'ii tl»' sun it shining ™| /j.,! Inis lit till' front ore fight i&reratsMss ■ tJikf-r- mul writers. Anyone "Y V;tint the British Empire * i"; ■ liiiiitism 111 fire, that the f" hiiil never hofore been “up ■ .e thing-, that this little island ■'* t "|„. 7, litre and soul of the ” r ; family Of 'States the world lias hsnrn—ii -'l I*> 4 its “ nt and grip. „ makers and grumblers); double -h on any man or *|io knowing the truth, does Suptii tin spirit of the crisis! I ‘ ‘hr truth. Olid I say quite enndut there is nothing to grouse ' for action against the : forth** 'tri' test food'-ra turning? • veS . Do it now, Devonport!" . -m«i inv injunction weeks VV it is not done yet. And I -reek ay I nni amazed at the I w iv* iii the .Ministry of hood, Lmstr'l with i'll the talk while so 'Cdoii'-. But • am i»ot going to 1 v time on recrimination. Really, ' t'v,.r\ fdifving to line! the Prime ill. . x-Prime Minister inat each other. We ®iho ii tt, hkmie. All the Old I an <l hdf the New, are responsih * „ 0 wjti.)n in which we now \m could have had t.liis to day under its mil V'i.cni> "I wheat —great granarLLjJt at tin' moment be loaded mgafortahle stolen of foodstuffs—political dolts who put Party JinutNii and risked our Ein’«iort'iws rather than abate a jot Lj r ,ceiioMi' - foolery, had really j tin' nation whose money they l-rgotten their antagon,iapr«i>!Titin for the groat strug(kprall kra v. it was coming. Under u In;]it "I gn at emergencies, (l i„, 1,,1'i |.ow«r through the years pacing preparation are now conw tin t ncaiiy s purpose <»n<l Jrn well «?.o.ui. Yet these men, M;• je>ty’s (1 ovrriiment, <o l N nt on scoring partisan vicijn«l 'treiigtliening their hold on (tbt they acre delijierately blind truth and. what is more, kept U* from the eyes of tho British PTHK PACK OK DANGER. ItiMiav v»e are face to face with st. hi enough and perilous mto 'till* all strile at home, and dbjii in ..a.m iiuo iii.MgmtKanco at-. >'! tv. riuiiiiaiiuii. In tho 4 pulitie-i-a i»eti .iyeu' us By his IMumil to u.ce tile I acts; let us hthrdoen not betray us now by aiilfer'Ti'«• t-u the future. 4iin mi 1 am thinking of lMerit.* that lusty iniant can <ter ii ')i. It is our immediate lUut i- *r mind. 1 am not purirfy >tri.ck with that sort of patkiui- !i pretends to light for our HtCiii'iifeii and sings hymns to Btary alter this. We are in this |to uu* Ul It lives, to protect I Korn . 11l Ml K children. Pos- [ lull t c.c e tuppence what liapla 11)17. It will he jiust history. f£ can-. We ARE 1917, and Ur is rioting to its close. \Y r o oij to Kiep steady, tighten our ,iaJ Im* worthy of ourselves, and I tic year i- near its end we shall ten through, in spite of all the lai-takes oi the tools and d'uds mug Mre. t. It i/ the British j, tot tie politicians, who must Ide thing- in hand. Wo can do ■s* die light is now home just da'it i, in France and Belgium, Wiiainl in Mesopotamia. It is ■1 w«- evriy man, woman and “•to ait* failed ujHiii to defeat T-boat. Don’t let us waste time Uwwjj tho wicked German. He kwl incarnate that is eertitiin. iblood-1 1 . ting devil, and in hi.s Kmi- lor In* j> des|H‘rate lie is I at nothing. to'VII.I. STARVE FIRST? f That i- the position. Lot U 3 1 I h»* -i;!.marine is sinking our V :i »'l sending other valuable J* 0 ii"; bottom ol the sejn in tiiou -amis of tons every K' tti-. men of Whitehall hide 5 n ~ a dangerous iw well -as a k* proceeding. If we had had ''iji'ii not liloodless politicians r *harv lor Neutrals; and soft !- K - '"r Germany in tin* early ' k, ir blockade would have Mbr II in. But we were dec;r 'um- tbe world’s cause—- ” '■'l (m i in.uiv was given time ; , refused to allow Hi * JP‘P*’'i Die throat of the Hun 41111,1 Die t able-, it] Hill lIS. And *[ a,r •■iignged in a starving •ac 'tri,:::di* Ir.ls resolved itself rJ , t! at is, il ue at home *' ' I' l ' w what I «\lm .saying. >*d as, , vl Se'-inii to obtain 3tl - 11 • I* we are anxious " , "' 1 - riled -- Germ my has , I ’"u - i anxietv. She knows 2 ,n, i»t •■‘try until Die harvest. “-n. '. on sea and on land is PI" ■' <l."p.T«tiun. EuIIkI '■ l"'l‘l "I 1 -I l'u« y'» ,N il'- Miii'ii" Kiist. tii" ‘ n i hr,,' |„sl , lr „ 'I- II Hin.l. u1.,,1■' ■ in IWet ,t l.v ,! - r ■ • -1,- i- T,„t.vi'Y i III," of 111 I li'i'klll lie ll.ii._r or 1,/!' I' :! -1"' " n, l li«' fiirp- , 1 7“' vvonl.l 111 I,.list bo ~ M " " lii'.-- til,. C-bont is 11 '"MI -ti n, liv. protlr, '-s. ,•’7 hi it,■■ I'lii'niv', liiilitiii" It"" 1 /! I' virtorv «n Inn,l, l„. £'7 'Ul'miss on till' son. , -' ,l V v. , it it IV,'. till- nroill,' , him to will. onll , . "' I 7. I V sbi]> ll,' .inks - l *'V' !>l<*™’l*K 5 ''"i’ l ' 11 mill'll 1"..' food for lr '■') *'ll 1 1',' 1100,1 to out .is tr ,1, 1 • ''oiint.Tnot tlio 1»... Will i-ontiiiiio ; tlio Hun I t -Inrvo us out. Amt ho fc,"""' I.' l ~ to niirsi’lvos. But hJ f"''l-lious ill nnr midst, lb., "V.TiinH'iit hr,,s con- , ' r "'li nnd ftiikst to in,\lr wiu v M 1 It, ' ' US. we -must 1)(* Tint is why. rnv “Do it Now. C. .j* 1 - written. “Now” might

July Four mouths lost— Jmd how much food wasted I GERMANY’S PARLOUS STATE. , orH ' of.klm most famous of athletes ",IVS tells lit* men that iu a contest ol stiongth they cannot expect to win "Ithont lining willing to “punish” themselves. When a man is in a race and teels ready to drop, let liirn lie hut,, that the other fellow is feeling a i pood deal noi so. W ell, we are facing d fficulties, but Germany is in them. She is short ol metal; «ho is unable to meet our great gun-fire with equal strength of artillery. She is short of -food to the point of starvation. There .are no bread riots in this country-and there need be none. Germany is in a ferment over lood—in her big cities trouble is constant; there is rioting and firing on the people. Docile as the Hun has proved himself, slow to realise tin* miserable failure of Prttssianism, quick to believe tbe lies manufactured for his deception, he is now learning tho truth. Defeat is bad enough, but defeat on ail empty stomach i : , unbearable. And the inornie of Germany is deeply whalv *>*• *be boiling down of the unlia(pi]>v dead is less .i sign ol efficiency than of deficiency. The desecration of the remaiii.s of men who have bled -and died lor the Fatherland is another act of desperation. Contrast Germany’s internal position to-day with our own, and understand there is not Hie smallest ground for panic or alarm. Reason, I repeat, for the utmost citre and ocononiy, pressing necessitv to save everywhere in foodstuffs. But no occasion fur nervc.i. Keep steady! And look on tlio best side; realise the wonderful resources at our command; measure at its true value the vast material assistance tlna»t America can give us—in food-ships, in money, in munitions, in men if need be. Then look at the West —ami to the East. The battle is stern, the losses are big—the West is exacting its divad toll. But we -arc winning, llioso who talked and wrote so unfairly and so foolishly about the wonderful Mindeirhurg and his masterly tactics—who dared to suggest tluit while we were advancing the German was winning; that, indeed, the British Army was tlio mere tool and dupe of the Prussian—must now for ever hold their peace. Haig’s fresh and renewed successes are the Answer of the guns to the helittlors of British pnowess, the tre.dueers of Tommy’s l -pluck. COMING GREAT EVENTS. With all nece sry caution T would hint at another success which mu«v even put into the shade tbe. immediate, military value of the smashing, if toilful, triumph in the West. Keep vour eyes on the Middle East. There we maiy have a Went and splendid surprise at any moment. It may come before these words ol mine are read by you; it may be <fle!n»ved a little while, lint its advent should alter the whole course of the war. Nations, are stronger than rulers; Peonies prevail over kings and thrones. The soul of a country, be it steeped in culture or only rudely pure, is nibove the dictates of personal ambitions, is greater than the designs of politicians. Things are happening—compli'hment, which unless something unexpected interposes, will strike fresh terror into Germany, and offer a new ami relentless menace to the “llimfenburg Line.” News from tho Middle East is meagre these days—almost jus small and harems that which is allowed to escape from the cordon-drawn silences of Germany. But no news may be taken as good news. Do not think that tile grass is allowed to grow under the 7(*et of our sSoldiei/» -around Salonika V e went there in oissociation with our Allies. Jt is not always possible to measure tlio value of military decisions b ; y immediate results. Enough is now known to make it certain that Greece would have been drawn along the pa/ths-of treachery if Tino had been permitted to obey the dictates <xf his false heart. Sonic day the truth will be told. And tlio world .will be a.sliamed at the hesitation and delays in dealing with that Royal traitor—due to tho pro-German influences which have dogged the fortunes of the Allies, enfeebled their decision, and % sacrificed their interests. But now, Ido believe, Tino—the sycophant of Potsdam—is powerless for barm; his German wife useless a.s the willing and scheming tool of her brother the Kaiser. THREE MONTHS MORE. Pending events will prove or disprove niv information and my belief—in a little while it will be known whether tlx* startling news which 1 predict is to quicken the hour of victory and nwilke straigliter and surer the path to our final triumph. But of this 1 -am sure—that the warm sun of success is shining down on the Allies. To-daiy, when apparent}’ so much is dark and depressing, is the time for confidence as .strong and assured a.s the need for determination is great and paramount. We who cannot light with the ordinary weapons Kill war can join in the struggle and help towards its rapid end. Three months more wild the decision will have been made- the great verdict will have been given. Germany cannot hold l out —we ‘cm. Germany is in want and desperation. Her soldiers, are lighting in iiuvs'cd array; they are being sacrificed with merciless disregard lor human lile. Our losses are heavy—mournfully heavy-but tiler are slight compared with tbe awful toll of German dead. Never before have 1 felt so keenly tin- responsibility of those whose duty it is to guide and to 'hearten the national mind and spirit Let Ministers conceal nothing, misrepresent nothing. They need not fear telling the truth. But in informing the pimple of OUR position, they must tell all they know about, tlio condition of the enemy—all tluit is happening; in Austria, in Bulgaria, in Greece Secret sessions are an abomination. They tell to the men who have ceased to represent the nation wlmt tie* nation should know; they merely satisfy tin* curiosity of politicians, many of whom are suspect, while denying to those wflio are bearing the heat and the burden of the day the news that would' either stiffen resolve or hearten hopes. A great Empire i' not maintained by craven souls. We a a People are worthy of our inheritance, and worthy of the victor,}’ which ik - within our grasp. '