To the Editor of the "Norru-Cuina Dany NEWS"
Sm,—Those who have read Mr. Lloyd George's article in the July number of ihe "Strand Magazine," "Why War?" will no doubt recall what he had to say as to the defensive strength of trenches constructed en the models of the Great War, that it would take a formidable ¿rmy of several divisions equipped with adequate artillery ¿nd aeroplanes to break through such entrenchments.
The long resistance offered by the Chinese forces entrenched in Chapei twenty years later, they wheel their unseeing way around the wards of a Veteran's Hospital, coughing, retching, slobbering, gasping—their minds, bodies and souls all shot to hell?
Attitudes toward "romantic adventure" have become more far-sighted.
Ay, when the next war comes, when the flag-waving and the martial spirit and the bright brave uniforms once again begin their frenzied propaganda, when that time comes I'll be there waiehing—trom the side-lines, And when the pretty, patriotic girls pin those eloquent white feathers on my coat, I'll smile and remember these words by Siegfried Sassoon:
"Does it matter?—losing your legs? For people will always be kind, And you need not show that you mind When he others come in after hunt-To gobble their muffins and eggs.
Does it matter?—losing your sight? There such splendid work for the And people will always be kind, As you sit on the terrace remembering And turning your face to the light, before they finally had to retire bears out this view. It is, therefore, not to say too much that the Japanese army will have the same difficult task ahead of teach time in forcing a way through a new line of Chinese trenches, provided these are constructed on the same wr even improved plan.
Tu his article referred to above, Mr, Lloyd George tells of the feverish re-arming that is going on in Europe, and he examines the various possibilities that might bring about a flare-up, and comes to the conclusion that there is no immediate danger of a European war, in fact Mr. Lloyd George is optimistic as to the prospects of peace for another decade.
But he sounds a warning note that seems prophetic, that "the Far East constitutes the most imminent dang-el of starting of hostilities that might involve everyone and so upset the calculations on which he has based the hopes of peace.
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Sh Nov. 7.
Do they matter?—those dreams from the pit?
You can drink and forget and be glad, And people won't say that youre]
MEE
For they'll know that you've tought for your country.
And no one will worry a bit
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