Mr. Redmond, just returned from a visit to the front,
addressed a large reoruiting meeting at the Queen's Hall on Tuesday night. Ho is always eloquent, but there was a note of buoyant exhilaration in his speech which was quite fascinating. He, like everybody else, seems to have been inspired by the serene and invincible air of the front. After declaring that the great impression which be had brought back from the front was the absolute.00nfidence of our troops —" there are no pessimists at the front"—he stated that there was a universal sense of resentment against those people in this country who are spreading the feeling of pessimism. It was said to him over and over again: " Why is not the ' All is Lost' brigade sent to the front P" The second great impression which he received was of the character of the organization. "Nothing more amazing than the spectacle of the organization of the Englieb Army can be conceived." Mr. Redmond ended a speech which will win him respectful congratulations from many men who have hitherto differed from him very strongly with an excellent defence of the Staff from the monstrous charges brought against them by Lord St. Davids, and a spirited picture of King Albert as ho saw him among his soldiers. Taken as a whole, the speech was one of the best appeals for recruits that we have read.
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