I still wish the War Office had had the imagination
to send a kilted battalion to the Saar. There is too much deadly earnestness in that agitated territory at the moment, and the kilts would have been a salutary distraction, as they always are—to say nothing of bagpipes. The creation of this temporary League force—the first of its kind, so far as I remember—raises again the question of a League flag or some other emblem serving the same purpose. A League flag ought always to have been flying over the Governing Commission's buildings in the Saar and the League High Commissioner's house at Danzig, as well as on the League's headquarters at Geneva. But it does not, because there is no such thing. Dr. Nansen, I believe, devised a makeshift flag for his foodships when he was carrying out relief work for the League, but no official flag has ever been adopted. Such symbols are not of capital importance, but they are by no means without their value.
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