We are delighted to see that the St. James's Gazette
of Thursday in a most ably written leader deals strongly, but by no means too strongly, with the monstrous exclusion of a soldier of the Grenadier Guards in uniform, and merely because he was in uniform, from the dress-circle of a London theatre, It is impossible to speak or write too strongly in
regard to such an outrage on the national uniform. If an Englishman is good enough to serve his country, he is good enough to sit in any box or stall in the uniform with which his country provides him. The plea that dress-clothes are com- pulsory is ridiculous, for full uniform is always "dress." In our view, the Secretary of State should instruct counsel to appear at the next Licensing Sessions to put the case before the Licensing Committee of the London County Council, and to oppose the licenses of all theatres which practise this hate- ful and insulting exclusion.
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