It would be stdoidal folly to imperil all the results
achieved by our gallant men during the past four years by releasing the soldiers a few Weeks Or mmiths the soon. The soldiers them- selves, we are sure, recognize this. But many of them, rightly or wrongly, feel that the demobilization has not been managed fairly, and that those men who have fought throughout the war are receiving less consideration than men who, perhaps through no fault of their own, have never crossed the Channel. It is important that these complaints should be faced, and that confidence in the various Departments which manage the business should he restored. It is, above all, neneesery for the Government to determine on their future military policy. When we all know how large an Army we are going to maintain for the next few years, and what the pay and conditions of ser- vice will be, the problem of demobilization will be simplified. But our military policy, in turn, depends on the terms of Peace. The Allied Governments, in postponing for so long the formula- tion of Peace preliminaries, have not reckoned with the natural impatience of their peoples.
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