THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
have been laying myself out to talk to the people who are close to the backbone of every country—the craftsmen, the toilers, the small business men, the taxi-men, the shop- keepers—and throughout Germany, Austria, Hungary and Jugoslavia, I have received the same answer.
"We want to be let alone in order to enjoy our work, our homes, our wives and our children. We ask for a fair share of the produce of our land, we want peace in which to live, and a quiet peace for our old age and for our days of death," and when I broached the question of war I found that the pretty universal view was : " We don't want to tight anybody. We don't want to go to war with anybody, we only want to be allowed to live our own lives. But those above us know best about such things, and if they say we must fight, we will do our best for our fatherland and we will fight."
It is only too sadly true that it is politicians and demagogues and money-seekers who are out for wars—the people who arc the heart of every land ask for peace and security and the
brotherhood of men. JOSIAH OLDFIELD. 15 Essex Court, Temple, E.C.
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