iTo THE EDITOR Or MI stIcrArea."1 Sia, — In your article " Men,
Men, Men" you speak with truth of the lack of realization in the provinces of the real seriousness of the situation. May I say that the blame lies not only with a timid Press Bureau, nor even with the unspeakably harmful snubs and rejections and delays met with by willing recruits, but also, perhaps chiefly, with the misleading headlines and placards of our Midland and Northern newspapers ? People who read the despatches know that the Allies are not making "swift progress," that the Germans are not "in full retreat," that the advance to Calais is not "entirely abandoned." But many people, and especi- ally the relatives and friends of possible recruits, read only the headings, and I am constantly told by them with beaming smiles : "The war news is splendid this morning; it will soon be over now," &c., &c. And the boys are persuaded to think they will not be needed. Mr. Blatchford in the Weekly Dispatch rails against " dark-siders," but surely this conceal- ment of facts may bring about the worst results.—I am, Sir,
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