On Saturday last General Sir William Robertson visited Bradfield College
and unveiled a War Memorial to the hundred and sixty old boys who have fallen out of a total of twelve hundred serving in the British forces. In his brief but admirable speech three points emerge: his unstinted recognition of the splendid spirit of our Public Schools—" the Public School boy is not to be surpassed —I do not think equalled " ; his tribute to tho invaluable services rendered by the junior Officers' Training Corps, which are now sup- plying yearly about three thousand officers ; and his wise comment on the progress of the war. We were now passing through a time of some stress—not 'Very great stress yet, but we must expect that it would be much greater in future ; and success in war went to those who could show the greatest determination—a remark• which applied not merely to soldiers and sailors but to the people at home from the highest to the lowest. " We had every reason to be thoroughly satisfied with what we had done up to date, seeing the start we had, and we might look.forward to the future with complete confidence, subject to the condition that we did the right thing, and did it in time." We see no reason to read between the lines or to impute dissatisfaction or discontent to what was a reassuring statement coupled with a wise and proper reserve.
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