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9

1915

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exam nat on of consmenea and the adopt on of re-olves war by of our betrer aspua.
tons At the begmnIng of 1915-a fateful

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APPOI N Tl'Illlll1'S

year-It 18 the natIonal rather t.l,an the
lOdiVldual record of things done and pur

poses conceIVed that occup es our mmds
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the world plunged mto tho most crnel
and devasta.ttng war known to the n.nnals
of rnauk nd We see the Br t sh people a
leadmg partie pator n thIs glgant e
flie t Are we as our encm cs asse rt the
lUst g&tors and perpetrators of an appall
ng er me aga nst human tv1
Or are v;e
champIons n the only cause wh ch Just fies
nat on 10 r s nS' a3a.JDl'It nation the de
fen e of CIV 1 sa.t on and human progress 1
The answer 1 es ill tbe self contradIct on
of tl Dse "he aem se IS Th ey st 11
cIa m a!l they have procla med for
~ 6"r8 thiLt the r m ght
5 tl e r
that the r ReIf necla med sDpenoTlty con
fers on them the pr y lege of domrnat ng
races whom tl ey are plea cd to ate as n
fenor and of enact ng a. new moral law
to JustIfy the subst tut on bv vlOlcnee of
Germa.n
RuIter
for
the anCIent
I bert es and natnral developments
tnoge ",hom they st.n e to force under the
Pross an ~ oke Accord nC!: to th ~ argu
ment tbey are the pre-orda ned con
q erors whose m s on I S
aggress on
argument lS the sword WDose
t Ie to lorn n on
eman p a t on £.rom the
(C'als 0 Chr st amtv .At the same t "e
even those ">\ ho 161" sh th s go~pel ass re

neutra.l nat ons tbat the pr esent war was
forced pan Germany bv tho r elentle Iv
SU!7ta ned mac h nat ons
of .D C ghboul' ng
Powers
that Germany
e Sf'..nt ally
peacef 1 n pol cv and purpose that she
ha.s only dra 0 tl e sword n defence of the
D euaeed
Fainer and after a. prolonged
str gglc to sa e Eu ope from the scourge
of war

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.Between th e pos t on nO)J occup ed aDd
or v ng tbe Germans acr o s the n ne
there 5 a. ditie p.uco wh ch lacs not yet
appear to be cal !jed to t. f 11 extent by
some sect oos of ttl Br t sl publ c MoD.
n.nd st 11 more u cn s ti 0 need of thc l our
In Rea.dmg the act v t C5 of the Rec t ng
Comn Ittee th s week vere tu ned wto a
chan nel :vb ch has h therto bee nore or
less dIsregarded by the autho t es \V th
the obJect of stlDl atrng rec ut ng de
t/Lch neots of tl e 4 Il (Roser e) Battal on
and tI e 8th (Se,vee) Batt I on of t l 0
ROI.1 Bel ksh re Reg meut pa adod the
maJn streets of the borough and "cry
smart and sold or 1 ke the
en Jooke I
(lad n kbak tl oy "ere a. ~pIend d advor
t sement for '" hat .A my life and A u y
d sc phn. can do
0 Ullderstand f 0
C&ptaJD Pearson the Hon ~ee etary of
the Recrwt ng Comm ttec t at good con
tlOgents of recru t5 are r equ red for both
th e battal ans named ndced the 4th bJ.
receIved orders to 11 crease ts numbl':t s
u to establishment 1 e fecr It ng m~rch
Readmg th 5 week sho Id serve t vo
useful pnrpose
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come fOI ward an
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as the lecru t ng !';o D~ [1.R t
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are keep ng' U l.J.t(S gUll g at n home
apprcc ato the r 1 a.t! ot sm
forward as they have done ill thlJ.B
nati01la.1 stress.

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