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NEVER in its history has Great forward to offer service only after
Britain had universal con- war may actually have begun. A scription in peacetime; and Mr. war of to-day would instantly, per- Neville Chamberlain, the Prime haps without warning, affect the Minister, has declared that it is whole community, dealing its blows not the intention of his Govern- far and wide, anywhere, among ment to introduce it except in the civilians no less than service men. event of war. That it would be In the present chaotic state of needed and at once applied in that Europe, Britain, like the conscript countries, must be prepared in ad- If it does not, like its neighbours, rely upon compulsory enrollment, then it must make sure that voluntary registration and voluntary training have provided a safe and fully adequate sub- stitute.
BY R.A.- SCOTT-JAMES
grim eventuality,
no one doubts, But till then Britain relies upon voluntary service for preparedness against the worst that may happen.
have
vance.
That is the necessity which Great Britain to-day is facing. To meet
It has been that country's pride it a national register was the first that such will offers of service thing. The register is not, дв never been lacking. They many thought it should have been, sufficed to bring in all the men a compulsory one, but under the that could be trained and put in pressure of public opinion the re- the field during the first two years sults obtained under it are likely to of the World War. But it is not be, as nearly as need be, universal; enough now that men should rush that is to say, the applications for
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