The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-08-18
From Both Sides

n | the close OF the second year each bel1iger
4 n ent in the Great War has issued statement.
in regard to the fortunes which may be in store
for them during the months that are to come
Lloyd George, the British secretary for war ir
a speech in the House of Commons, July %, pre-.
dicted victory in few months In part he said
Numbers and all other resources are on our side
There only fear, that years of training and
thought on the part of a great military Power might
be something that would be insuperable. Our men
have demonstrated that it is so, and that Brit
sh resourcefulness and intelligence, in the fields
of commerce in the past when they were able to
snatch victory out of what appeared to be complete
commercial disaster are going to snatch victory again
in few months from what appeared to be at one
moment something invincibe. There is no doubt at
all that the lesson of this battle is that we have
simply to press with all resources and with the
material at command and the victory will be ours
Two days later Lord Derby, Under-seCretar,
for War; said:
Great Britain is firing of the war On the
contrary the country has not been helpful and
united The way may be long short Any
venturing to prophecy the length of the war is fool
ish. l convinced that ultimate victory will he
ours without question. Our volunteer armies have
proved equal to the best conscript armies.
On the other hand letter from the Kaiser
dated at the west front, and addressed to the Ger
man people, exhOrts them to stand firm and I'm
wavering, no matter how the tide of battle flows
In part this letter says:
The battle is raging, huge beyond all previous i'm.
aglnation RejuVenated, perfectly equipped with all
they want, RUSSIA armies have again broken against
our bulwarks in the East This has eased the aitu.
alton for Italy France has experienced a regenera-
ton in this war of which she hardly believes herself
capable She has dragged her dilatory English ally
into joining the offensive the Somme, and what
ever inward worth the BFtFt army has it has
The iron hurricane RACES against brave soldiers
at the Somme Negroes and white men come upon
us in wave after wave, in fresh storms wild
and sulen Everything is at stake The icecoId
haberdashers on the Thames yearn for our hottest
things. The health and life of women and chill.
dren are menaced. Even neutrals must bear hunger
Only the depths of the are now open to us
Should we be victorious there is a threatening of
"war after the war" when the best energies and
power of the nation expressed by its Joy in arms
shall be taxed to its uttermOst to meet raw force
hatred and calumny.
What, German people, is your duty in this hourf
The army wants no exhOrtations. 1t will fight until
final victory. But the people at hOme-this is their
duty: to suffer in silence to bear their
with dignity.
Any man who hangs his her head or suffers
desPondency to enter his soul guilty treason
Every word of complaint encouragement is a CRIME
against our fathers sons, and brothers. Let
us show the greatness of the German nation In this
hour the best blood of the nation, mature men and
budding youths, are presenting their breasts to the
iron hail of the English Russian and African horde
Everything is at stake.