CHAPTER II 



THE CHANGES NEEDED 



Second Proposition. — To provide employment for 

 all, the following changes are necessary in Great 

 Britain : 



I. Universal military service, by which the 

 defence of the nation will be at the same time 

 provided for. 



In every country defence against external foes 

 is, and must be, undertaken by the Government 

 of that country. As long as general human 

 nature continues to be pretty much as it now 

 is, the improvement of any one population does 

 not render it immune from attack by other 

 populations, unless it is itself so strongly organ- 

 ised for defence as to be unassailable with real 

 hope of success. Almost all European govern- 

 ments endeavour to carry out this object by 

 training the mass of the male population to the 

 use of arms, and by organising a certain pro- 

 portion for immediate action. The Government 

 of Great Britain is, and always has been, an 

 exception : not attempting, since the days of 

 the Tudors, to train to the use of arms more 

 than a small portion of the people, compelling 



