LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.]
A LEAGUE OF GOOD CITIZENS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEcraTort."3
Sul,—" In the multitude of counsellors there is safety," but there is a certain risk that, as too frequently happens now- adays, the anxiety of the many well-wishers of the proposed League of Good Citizens to see it started on a perfectly safe footing may result in the scheme being "talked out" and coming to nothing. Another danger, also of modern prevalence, to be guarded against is lest, by too meticulous an attention at the outset to the details of organization, so much energy will be used up that there will be very little left for the actual work of the league. What I should like, therefore, to propose Is that you, Sir, as the virtual originator of the movement, should now take the first definite step towards starting it by inviting a few persons of known standing and influence—I would venture to suggest in the first instance the Duke of Northumberland, the Marquis of Salisbury, Field-Marshal Earl Haig (who, it is to be hoped, would come in with hie British Legion of Ex-Service Men behind him), Lord Raglan, Colonel Sohn Ward, M.P., Mr. Rupert Gwynne, M.P., and Major-General Sir Edward Woodward (whose experience as director of Army organization during the Great War would be an invaluable asset), all of them men whose proved integrity and capacity would command the confidence of the nation—to form themselves into a committee with power to add to their number for the purpose of issuing a manifesto, drawing up a plan of campaign, and considering on a broad basis ways and means for carrying out the objects of the league, leaving such matters as amalgamation or alliance with the Middle Classes Union, the British Empire League, &c., or the utilization of the late Volunteer Force to be dealt with as they may arise.
—I am, Sir, &c., G. NEOLET Maass. /73 St. George's Road, S.W. 1.
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