To sum up, we very much hope that the University
will without delay adopt training in arms, and especially the kind of training that fits a man to be an officer, as part of its curriculum. If it does, it will have set a magnificent example to other seats of learning. It must not, however, be supposed for a moment that this good work, however much ex- tended, will be, or could possibly be, a substitute for universal military training and service on the Swiss lines. All these "excellent substitutes for butter" which are not the real article are open to the fatal objection that they let the well- to-do escape and put the burden solely on the poor man. We say without fear of contradiction that the National Service League and its supporters will never consent to any scheme open to this objection.
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