NATIONAL DEFENCE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—In a multitude of counsellors there is confusion- On the 19th inst., speaking at Birmingham, Colonel Seely, Secretary of State for War, said, "The Territorial Force, in the opinion of every thinking soldier, was vital to the safety of the State. Without it we should be in a situation of grave peril." On the 21st inst. Lord Haldane, Lord Chancellor and ex-Secretary of State for War, declares that there would be no peril were the Territorials to disappear, this security being afforded by the Navy. On the same day Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord, declares that it is folly to suppose that the Navy alone could ensure immunity from invasion. What is "the man in the street" to think F—I am, Sir, &c., F.
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