Te Kopara 23
[3] Te Kopara, Number 23, Gisborne, September, 1915.
‘Iti te Kopara, kai takirikiri ana i runga i te Kahikatea.’
Although the Bellbird is small, he plucks at the Kahikatea. [cf Nga Pepeha 908]
NEWS OF THE WAR.
The news we have received of the fighting between Russian and Germany and Austria is very encouraging. From August up to the present Russia has taken 40,000 German and Austrian prisoners. The strength of Germany is decreasing and that of Russia growing. Germany is considering what it should do after this because it is becoming weaker. There are two things it can do now: first, it can dig trenches to live in through the winter and when winter is past it can resume its intense offensives; secondly, another thing it can do is retreat to the West. There are these two options but both are difficult.
