London, Oct, 27.
A. rousing send-off was given to-day to. Lieutenant-General Lord' Baden-Powell on. his @eparture on a nine months' tour of the world.
As Chief Scout he will attend a Jamboree in Australia December.—Reuter. oe far worse off to-day than we were twenty years ago. I am quite sure that it is not true to suggest that our youth is any more lacking courage or patriotism than his predecessor of twenty years ago.
"Last Saturday," continued the War Secretary, "I was walking dows: Regent Street and met a large number of policemen shepherding a comparatively limited number of boys and girls in black shirts followed by an ambulance wagon and a number of Union Jacks. It looks, therefore, as if some people find 7 attraction in marching in military formation and wearing some kind of uniform. I wish I could persuade them that there is no uniform the world ike the King's uniform and that there is no room in this country for any army except the King's Army.
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