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does not call into being amongst the Turk. Despite the furore with which 

 masses of the population any realisation the writings of this most clever theorist 

 of national duty when confronted by were received, it was always apparent 

 potential national danger. It is easy to those who had closely studied the 

 for Lord Roberts, never averse to the smaller Powers, and who knew the 

 public limelight, to endeavour to destroy developing nations, that it was absurd to 

 the Territorial system. The fact remains say that financial considerations or 

 that while he was supreme at the War financial results could ever have any 

 Office we were much less able to real part in preventing or in making 

 resist an invasion than we are to-day. war. It was a very comfortable theory 

 The Territorial system has elements of for those nations which have grown 

 success which has given proofs of the rich, and whose ideals 'and initiative 

 possibility of real efficiency, but there have been sapped by over much pro- 

 must be an end to half measures with sperity. But the virile growing peoples, 

 regard to it. If we are to give the Terri- even if they read Mr. Norman Angell's 

 torial system a fair trial we must not do book, must inevitably throw it away in 

 as we are doing to-day by "encourag- disgust as mere midsummer madness, 

 ing" the loyal and patriotic desire of because the theory took no account of 

 many who are of the best amongst our those races who in the pursuit of 

 young manhood by saddling him with national and racial ideals reck nothing 

 heavy financial responsibility should he of financial disaster, just as their rank 

 join the Territorials. If we cannot and file think nothing of sacrificing 

 afford to pay for the full estimated themselves on the field of battle. Nor- 

 Territorial establishment let us frankly man Angell's theory was one to enable 

 decide how many we can afford, and let the citizens of this country to sleep 

 those members be adequately financed, quietly, and to lull into false security 

 The war has proved that a smaller force the citizens of all great countries. That 

 of properly trained and efficient troops is undoubtedly the reason why he met 

 is more than a match for hordes of with so much success. But the great 

 undisciplined and untrained men. It delusion of Norman Angell, which led 

 would be well if in this country there to the writing of " The Great Illusion," 

 were a fuller realisation amongst the has been dispelled for ever by the 

 masses of the fact mentioned recently Balkan League. In this connection it 

 by Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood that is of value to quote the words of ^Ir. 

 " the sufferings of soldiers in a campaign Winston Churchill (Oct. 30th), which 

 are trifling compared with those of the give very adequately the reality as 

 people in the districts occupied by the opposed to theory : — 



^ ' Here was a war which had broken out in spite of 



The Balkan W^ar has ^U that mlers and diplomatists could do to prevent it, 



, - , V, 1^ ^ ^^^ '° which the Praes had had no part, a war which 



Norman Angell's OeStrOyeQ tnC nail- the whole force of the money power had been subtly 



Fallacies. 'halrprl fViPoriPc; anrl and steadfastly directed to prevent, which had come upon 



ucir».cu. i.i.ic»-/in_o, cixivj. yg jj^j through the ignorance or credulity of the people; 



manV fallacies of Mr. ^^^' ^° ^^ contrary, through their knowledge of their 



'' history and their destiny, and from their intense realisa- 



Norman Angell, far more completely tion of their wrongs and their duties as they conceived 



• 1 ■ , ■, 1 , J ,1 X j.x^ them, a war which from all these causes had burst upon 



than it has destroyed the power Ot the them with all the force of a spontaneous explosion, and 



