We congratulate Mr. Haldane most heartily upon the courage with
which he has stood firm over his decision to withdraw the Scots Greys from Edinburgh for the present. Having decided that it was in the interests of the Army as a whole that the regiment should no longer be quartered at Pier's Hill Barracks, Mr. Haldane deserves the thanks of all Britons, and of Scotsmen quite as much as Englishmen, for having had the courage to withstand local pressure. We confess to no little surprise that statesmen of the experience and ability of Lord Rosehery and Sir Herbert Maxwell should have joined the Lord Provost of Edinburgh in attempting to put pressure upon Mr. Haldane, and in trying to make him do for purely local reasons what be has asserted he is bound, as a Cabinet Minister in charge of the British Army, not to do. We agree with Lord Rosebery that if we cut Scotland out of our military history we should cut out some of the most precious pages in the volume. But the glories of Scotland in our military annals came, not because Scotland higgled over the question whether this or that regiment should remain in Scotland, but because her soldiers have never failed to obey the call of duty.
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