AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER ON COMPULSORY SERVICE.
ITC TRH EDITOR Or THE 4' SPROTATOR.”1 .Stn,—" Anzac," in last Saturday's issue asks t " What news can I take to Australia P " On his own figures, two per cent. of the total population in Australia have enlisted, whereas in Great Britain three million volunteers out of a population of forty- five millions works out at about 6.66 per cent., or more than three times as many, so there must be more groups hanging round the street-corners in Australia than in Great Britain. We are lost in admiration at the way the daughter nations have rallied round the Old Country, but when we have letters like the one written by " Anzao" I feel bound to protest. We shall have compulsory service when Lord Kitchener says it is necessary, and I hope "Anzac" will take back the news that, on his own showing, another two hundred thousand recruits are due from Australia.—I am, Sir, Sea, A. 0. ROBERTS. 8 Eaton Road, Ilkley.
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