To the Editor of the Nonra-Cuina Datty News."
Sin,—There are one or two express. sions of opinion in the letter signed "GRI." which, considering the writer's general standpoint of ex-attitude and comprehension, require war like this not brought about by the masses but by s few unscrupulous and intriguing persons and certain cliques. The masses are simply swayed by feelings artificially nurtured, and may be made to how] their maledictions in any direction desired by clever leaders."
To make such @ statement is to ignore the history of past great conflict, and to assume that, despite education and progress, the people a whole have entirely lost their individualism, their power of initiative in thought and action. War, apart from its productiveness of bloodshed, waste, misery and distress, is like unto any business undertaking on a large scale in that, on the one hand, it requires ita leaders, and on the other hand, those who work under these leaders; But, before launching into operations, it must be ascertained that there unity between the leaders and the workers, and that they are of one mind regarding the project " before them. England could not hope for one moment to prosecute this war to a successful conclusion without being absolutely confident of that unshaken unity between people and leaders, as on the other hand it would have been impossible for Germany to have main-her aggression but for that millions It la, therefore, uncon-it of cohesion amongst her
vincing to ascribe the incidence of warfare and ite continuance to A few men.
Fighting is the heritage of fix strong, and it is only a race in the disintegrating stage of biological synonymous with getting killed. decay which fears war as being
Tam, ete.,
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