WHY WE MUST FIGHT

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13850, 30 August 1918, Page 7

WHY WE MUST FIGHT

CHAPLAIN GREEN'S REASONS. "This is a trade union war. Tinpeople in England and France know tiiis, and that is why the workers have entered heart and soul into the conllict. I tiey know that their liberties are at stake, and their unionism is threatened by the greatest and most unscrupulous military autocracy the world has ever known." This statement, made hy Senior Chap-lain-Colonel Green, C.M.G., drew loud applause from a large crowd which lie addressed from a stand in Martin-place, Sydney, recently. FLATTERY NO GOOD. "There has heen a great deal said in praise of the Australian soldiers in France recently. Everybody is praising them, from the King of England and the President of France down," said Chaplain Green, "but I want to tell you that they are sick of it. They don't want to be slobbered over so much. Sometimes a young recruit comes across, and proceeds to entertain some of the old campaigners with a recitation in praise of the Australians. You ought to hear them laugh; it does amuse them. And they soon count him out. They know all about themselves, but they also know that on the right aqd the left of them are the brave English, Irish, Scottish, Canadian, Indian, and French, and they don't want it to be thought that they are the only wonderful men in the game. At the same time, they have great confidence in themselves." SUFFERING REFUGEES. Chaplain Green went on to say that there were men in mufti in Australia who would be quite as good fighters as the men in khaki in France. He had seen hundreds of ttiem. They were out of the same mould, but they did not realise what was going on. They did not know what the boys in khaki knew. They had not seen the evidences of the Turkish atrocities. The Chaplain then referred to the peace by negotiation party. "Make no mistake about it," he said. "There can be no p«ace by negotiation. There is nothing to negotiate about. There can be no peace until the Hun is thoroughly beaten. And beaten he will be. He is great on frightfulness, but he has not got a monopoly of it. Although I am a minister of the gospel of peace, I am pleased to say that we have invented a lot of frightfulness ourselves. I believe that the great Almighty God has decreed that the Germans shall get frightfulness to the full." j UNIONISM RIDICULED IN GERMANY.

"In Germany they ridicule your trades unions," said the chaplain. "They ridicule your Eight Hours' Day and your Wages Board, and they say that when they get Australia they will teach the men to work 10 hours a day and bring them into proper discipline. "It is for you to choose whether you will take on this perfect German industrial organisation," concluded the chaplain. "They want you to take it on. But let me warn you not to fool yourselves. Don't allow anybody to pull your leg. It is your business, and if you are wise you will fight until the Hun is well beaten. Then, and not till then, will you be safe to go on developing this fair land in the ways of peace and prosperity." Three cheers were given for the chaplain.