6 NOVEMBER 1915, Page 15

So far from the badge being a hindrance to getting

civil employment, as one of the Labour leaders declared it to he, several holders of the Surrey badge have stated that they could net, without such proof of their willingness to serve their country, have obtained employment. But perhaps the best proof of the value of the badge is the vehement nature of the appeals for a new badge if the old one happens to get lost. The success of the Surrey experiment shows that only ignorance or prejudice can proscribe the badge. We venture to say that any honest opponent of the proposal would be con- verted by a week's practical experience of distributing " w illing " badges. We most sincerely trust that Lord Derby will not give up this part of his Bellew°.