[To THE EDITOR OP TEA "BMW:MI."] think it would be
a great public service if your article "Men, Men, Men," in last week's Spectator, together with Mr. H. G. Wells's letter to the Times of the same date, could be printed as a pamphlet and scattered broadcast throughout the country. It has been stated by very high Governmental authority that "Germany is fully extended," with the implica- tion that time is wholly on our side. No idea could be more mistaken or mischievous. If we think this in connexion with the five hundred thousand, one million, or even two million men that we are preparing, it is worse than untrue, for the contrary is very much truer, and Germany is making greater preparations. Even should we succeed now upon such a basis, what will the future hold for us ? We shall be but coldly received in the Council Chamber unless our efforts, our Army, and our sacrifices are commensurate with those of our friends and with the interests we have at stake.
Able-bodied, middle-aged men have still to fight with door- keepers at the War Office for a hearing, and when at length they see an official or an officer, meet with nothing but die- couragement. And yet every male citizen from sixteen to sixty should be by way of being in some sort of enrolment, with a view to definite duty. All possible manufacturing energies should be devoted to the preparation of war materiel. People who ought to be in the firing line, or at least in the second, are bubbling of "capturing German trade" and waiting for the Stock Exchange to open. Let us, for God's and the country's sake, first make sure to catch our hare before discussing the particular sauce in which we will cook him. This is not panic; it is prudence.—I am, Sir, 8to.,
C. CORNER.
Royal Societies Club, St. James's Street, S. W.
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