The Scouts and Their Needs The public will learn with
surprise and regret, from a speech of Lord Baden-Powell's, that the Boy Scout movement is in need of funds, largely owing to its continued expansion. In its combination of discipline and unselfishness with individual initiative the movement provides a training of unique value ; its appeal is international and its tone pacific, yet the Military Correspondent of The Times would rather have the officers of the Army in any future war drawn from the Scouts than from the O.T.C.s. Unselfishness and initiative are " athong the prime needs of the world today, and the Scout and Guide movements are turning out some of the best citizens both of the world and the nation. It is not to be thought of that at a time of rising public prosperity Lord Baden-Powell and his colleagues should have even to consider curtailing their activities. If the Scouts need money they have only to say so. The public will not fail them.
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