NATIONAL SERVICE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOS."]
SIR,—I wonder if you feel justified in expressing an opinion as to the probable course of action of the Conservative Party, if it came into power, with regard to Lord Roberts's patriotic appeal to Englishmen to adopt universal military training. Is it not possible, by a combination of public men belonging to both of the great parties of the State, to raise this policy beyond the deplorable turmoil of party politics and vote- [It is one of the greatest evils of the present state of politics that neither side has time or energy to take up this vital matter. At the same time we are glad to see indications, even if faint, that the more far-seeing politicians on both sides are beginning to realize that the time is coming when the question must be faced.—En. Spectator.]
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