The Oamaru Mail. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915. YOUNG NEW ZEALAND AROUSED.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12536, 6 May 1915, Page 4

The Oamaru Mail. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915. YOUNG NEW ZEALAND AROUSED.

■■ T'his war is not to be won by singing "Rule- Britannia"' and "The British Grenadiers." It is going to rage until one side or the other, is 'exhausted, .or until 'thfe Allies can put sufficient men in the field to prore. to Germany that they can force their way well into Germany's sacred demains. The overwhelming number of invincibles that Britain's dependencies are able to contribute must be within sight to produce a moral, effect upon the arrogant, conceited enemy. Australia and Canada are going -to send men to the utmost of their resources, and so will Now Zealand. Germany took good care that South' Africa was not able, to send its quota by stirring up a rebellion, and raids which required the. services of the "Union's forces. But, if the Homo authorities can supply the weapons and ammunition, the British colonies will send meu till they can send them no longer to make the Allies' victory complete, for they are bound to triumph in the end. Although on the whole the war news- is encouraging, if shows • that Germany is powerful and resourceful, and unscrupulous to any degree that may be necessary for the achievement of its ends. It will be tedious, disastrous work to even keep her back from Calais, to -say nothing of driving her out of her lairs in Northern France and Belgium. A time may come- when countries which are now neutral will proclaim that German brutality has gone far enough and command a halt- for the, sake of humanity, not to secure territorial advantages. But hope deferred maketh the heartsick. Britain cannot afford to waitany longer for fortuitous circumstances, hut must depend upon her own strong arm to do her share in subduing the enemy. That her arm is strong is evidenced by the. indomitable conduct- of the Australians and New Zealanders in Turkey. Tile smooth-faced boy behind the ■ counter or from the counting house, or factory, or farm, has developed a fighting facility which transcends all our imaginings. He is no milk-sop. If there is a scrap, he wants to be in it, regardless of life or limb. He would rather die a hero than live a cowaid. Hence the news that a number of the Australians and New Zealanders have fared badly while seining certain strategic points in Turkey has aroused the manly instincts of young New Zealand, so that there is a- marked revival in enlistment. Pine specimens of the breed -are coming in from the country to swelk x the ranks. The Home authorities ask for more men, it seems, and she does not ask in vain. Another 15,000 is, if possible, to be sent away during the next few months. The more there'are. the sooner the malicious, the fiendish, butchery, will cease. shall prove to Germany and the' world that adversity strengthens the ties 'which bind the British Empire to- ; gether—that, for the sake of the. security of each part of it,—there must and will be tiniversal loyalty to the King.