19 SEPTEMBER 1914, Page 2

The result of the better news from the front has

been a very considerable slackening in recruiting. That is greatly to be deplored. We sincerely trust that all who can influence public opinion and the flow of recruits—and the readers of the Spectator hold a foremost place here—will continue to leave no stone unturned to complete the muster of the million men for whom the Prime Minister and Lord Kitchener have asked. Above all things, they must not listen to the plea that the Government have got more men than they can possibly deal with, &c., &c. We would most strongly urge them to remember that Lord Kitchener is a better judge on that point than the quidnuncs of the club or the military experts of a first-class smoking compartment.