We desire to emphasise very strongly Lord Rosebery's admirable letter
addressed to Thursday's Times. Lord Rosebeg, though he fully realises that the Navy must always be our first line of defence, and that nothing can ever com- pensate us for neglect of the Navy, points out the vast importance of a powerful land force, and aslai whether we are satisfied with the Territorial Army. Unless we are greatly mistaken, his meaning is to ask his countrymen whether the time has not come when they should adopt a system of universal military training which, while it would confer great moral and physical benefits upon the youth of the nation, would also give us security against invasion for the future, and so indirectly augment our naval force. Is it too much to hope that Lord Rosebery may be the first of our leading statesmen publicly to endorse the policy of the National Service League P We are convinced that at this moment all that is wanted to obtain the nation's sanction for that policy is a leader who has the ear of the people.
