30 MARCH 1918, Page 13

"ANGARY."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—In his letter " Student " has omitted the most apposite of all references to angary—that in the Sermon on the Mount (St. Matt. v. 41). In the very same breath in which our Saviour used words about non-resistance, which Pacificists (confusing personal injury with public wrong) misapply to excuse their refusal to fight for others, either in parson, or by " aiding and abetting," He, referring to this very usage, definitely excluded any such inference, by laying Christians under a double obligation to serve their State and its armies. " Whosoever shall compel thee to go ryyapatzet) a mile, go with him twain."—I am, Sir, &c., F. M. Y.