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That Soviet Russia should, in the light of Hitler's contempt for solemn obligations, place its faith in a Non-Aggression Pact with Germany is something that passes understanding, unless and it is a distinct possibility -the Russian leaders intend to use Germany as Germany has used Japan.
The importance of the poli tical upheaval about Lu take Loo place in Tokyo cannot be fully stressed. The fight there is certain to be a fight between the extremists, as represented by the militarists, and the con- servatives, as represented by j the civil branch.
On the outcome of this crisis may depend British security in Pacific waters.
The conservatives will almost certainly seek British friendship, and seek an early termination of the conflict with China. They have reason to fear the large concentrations of Russian troops now being brought forward to the Mongolian frontier.
The militarists, on the other hand, have a sublime faith in the omnipotence of Japan's arms, and will continue to obstruct junything incompatible with their aims for a "New Order" in East Asin.
Their position, however, has been enormously weakened by Germany's defection from the Anti-Comintern Pact, which
they supported and which they desired to see turned into a full military alliance.
Whatever else happens, China's position vis-a-vis Japau has been immeasurably streng- thened as a result of the latest political developments. There is. no gainsaying the fact that Japan is now definitely on the defensive.
are "news" to-day; but in 1861 the Territoriala were called volunteers and were for home service only, and the Militia were a kind of Army reserve, recruited by voluntary enlist- ment. To-day the Militia are regular oldiers raised by com- pulsory enlistment.
1 am glad the young men called the Colours for compulsory ser→ vice
officially called Militia. There is something; in a name, and
re
I don't like the word conscript. It
Old
From Soldier
by Robert Blatchford
who joined the Army in 1871. In this article he tells militiamen of to-day what he remembers of the Army of his day, and what ideas he has about the discipline and treatment of the new Army of a modern Democracy.
not and the language was Now the men from India, nearly beer
Most of the men chaste; but we were well contented; had ten or twenty pounds and some the men were splendid. Conditions
an unpopular word ir these all had money. islands.
wide."
of
and
our
pulsory service into the fabric of nur democracy.
Before the war promotion from the ranks was of a negligible quantity; during the war it was tried and, 1 believe, proved satisfactory. And, as bearing on military, training as wel as promotion, it must be remembered that the great bulk of uur Army in m: that civilian Army: the war was a
inany company officers we pro- moted from the ranks, and that the
general commanding the Anzac forces was a civilian general and generally regarded as one ablest generals in the war.
of
WAS the
the may
it does not follow from these facts that every private soldier in the Army or Militia carries a mar- shal's balon in his knapsack, but iL does follow that an intelligent pri- of the sergeants two or three bun in the Army to-day are, I believe,
vate soldier may make ts good un I am not going to argue about dred. That money had to be spent materially and morally much better.
officer as any young public school compulsory service. It has, for the and when I, a wondering boy
We were young. We grabbed man from Sandhurst. But this is Arst time, been adopted here in twenty, joined the hilarious und
needs very careful time of price, and our people, with beery throng, the regiment was, as alon: on our dry bread and synthetic subject that
hard If our beds were
Theoretically, promotion thought. their Inborn practical good sense, the old hands expressed it, going ten.
were harder. bodies
There
-is- from the ranks are
quite obviously have accepted it,
things more vital than apple tarts desirable; the difficulty is in and tender pillows.
There For
practical application. instance, sound health, self-reliance, comrade
be technical stiles to climb. Every night the guard-room was shin
the collective spirit. A No They recognise the fact that a packed with prisoners and every day regiment has a collective sout. demcerncy which resents compulsory defaulters to the number of a full man who has never drilled with service has in its hands the alterna- company did pack-drill on the gravel regiment or marched with a column live of voluntary enlistment. If the square. We had a sergeant major can imagine the collective spirit of country is to be defended some form and two drill sergeants sent to us trained troops. To him the idea of of military service is imperative, from the Guards and the stripes flew corporate mind and soul is
"Ike thinkable; orms, of non-commissioned And that is that.
leaves in wintry weather." Promo- understand. In our modern world, where the tion was rapid. entire population of several great
There are two military problems nations are organised,
of Army life in my time I shall on which I can only speak with diffl- urmed and
little. The Army treated us dence: trained for a policy of robbery under say
I mean the problem of pro- we inust have Army, rough. We didn't mind. We were motion from the ranks and the pro- too much blem of Atting some scheme of com- Much as we hate and despise war not babies. There was and desire pence, we must have on Army. It we are to remain a free people, we must arm; we must.
arms,
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Well, then, since we must have an Army, what kind of an Army shall we have and how does the existing Army compare with the armies of the past and how may it be shaped so as best to satisfy the sentiment and needs of modern democracy?
These are practical questions, and will appeal to our practical people. Is our Army as democratic as a rea- sonable democracy could expect, or is it still marred by certain Out- moded traditions of the past?
In the first place, I'm a back num- ber. I joined the Army In 1871 and left in 1878. There is a gap of 1 years; but I have one advantage. I served with men who had fought in the Crimea and Indian Mutiny and so had experience of the old Jong-service" Army as well as of, the Cardwellian six years men.
1
man
Indeed, I met in Cardiff # who had fought under Nelson at Copenhagen in 1801 and had drawn o pension for 12 years. He was then just the age I am now, turned 88.
But against that advantage must be put the facts that I am a partial witness, for I was lucky in my ser- vice and I liked the service and the men; and that my regiment was in my time hardly a normal exumple of a British regiment of the Line,
It Wis an old John Company raised in the time of corps, was Queen Anne and had never returned to England until 1871. When it did; return it was under strength and took in some three hundred recruits, mostly cockneys, as the gardenersi say: "In variety."
but any
soldier
GRIN AND BEAR
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By Lichty
"Gee whiz, Pop, we already said grace for this fash when it was roast beef yesterday!"
Un-
will
As for the raising and training of compulsory armies in a democracy, I con envisage certain technical snags in the way. Had we to deal only with Infantry regiments the task would be fairly easy; but the training of mechanised troops leaves an outsider guessing.
A recruit could be made into a serviceable infantry soldier In six months and kept fit by a month's drill in each year; but when we are dealing with bombing planes ond tanks and machine guns and Dren guns and searchlights and anti-air- craft Buns We are dealing with things we need to know something practical about, and I know nothing about them.
My own idea, when I was in the Army, was the compulsory training of all young men as they reached the age of 18. I recognised that the object would be to keep them away from their work and their homes for the shortest period that would give emciency.
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I was thinking of Infantry and, being a soldier and having been in the Volunteers, I believed that 1. very short time with the Colours would sumee if the training were practical and sensible. And think I may claim in support of that opinion that millions of British 601- diers who fought in the Great War had no longer or fuller preparation. But with very complex bodies of mechanised troops one must rely upon expert advice and careful ex periment. The only advice I care to risk is the advice to all good demo- crats to watch jealously
the
as
or
that
young men are not held needlessly long and the necessary but unpolat- able work of recruiting and train- ing the New Army is not hampered by military
official red tape. The Democracy wants as good and
big its Army R It
can raise; but it does not want any of the milltary swagger which I should describens goose-steppery. It we are to hava a citizen Ariny, let us have on Army, not a circus Our Idea of a soldier is not a Kaiser William, but an Oliver Cromwell.