5 SEPTEMBER 1914, Page 2

We shall not boast about the way in which recruits

are coming in—first, because the numbers are not really very large ; secondly, because boasting stops recruiting, and it is essential to get new soldiers rapidly ; and thirdly, because it is a very poor compliment to gallant men to beland them merely because they have done their duty. We feel certain that they would much rather we turned our attention to explaining the true situation to men who have not yet done their duty. That with very few exceptions it is only a question of making them understand, we fully and gladly admit.