* * * * I hope the passion for the
restoration of our liberties will not break the bounds of reason. There 'are signs of a revolt against the idea of continuing the system of identity cards after the war. I should have thought an identity card was a real cOnvenience which ought to be made permanent on its merits. It is a most useful object to produce when calling for letters addressed to a poste restante, or to satisfy a strange bank where you are wanting to cashO cheque, or when you have left your season-ticket at home, or for a dozen other emergencies that may crop up at any moment. Whether penalties should be imposed for failure to produce an identity card, or what officials, if any, should be entitled to demand its production, are a different matter. Rut I see no sense in treating the card as a badge of slavery.
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