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But from the letters which passed between General Crozier and

the Chief of the Police it appears that General Tudor wanted to help Sir Hamar Greenwood by saving him from what he called " bother," and also to avoid doing anything " that looked panicky." General Crozier, for his part, could not tolerate the idea that breaches against discipline should seem to be condoned and smoothed over, even for a few days. " I am all out," he wrote, " to have the discipline unquestionable. . . . I still consider that theft on the part of policemen in the course of their duties is unpardonable." Feeling that he was not being supported in that respect, he resigned. This is the true soldier spirit, whether or not General Crozier's resignation was unduly precipitate owing to misunderstandings.

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