6o2 



REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



THE PICTORIAL POSTCARD ISSUED FOR SAT.E ON BEHAT.F OF THE SWISS NATIONAL 



AVIATION FUND. 



come popular and efficiency should be in his spare time as an efficient signaller, 



attained ; and the first step towards the enguieer, scout, or ambulance man, 



establishment of a really national citizen which would represent an appreciable 



army would have been taken, for the and important addition to his present 



seeds of family service tradition would income. 



have been sown. The total estimated THE TRADE IN ARIMAMENTS. 



cost of this citizen army of 333,000 There can be little question that the 



officers and men would be:^ exposure of the "armour-ring" in Ger- 



Field Training Courses ... iJ" 1,984,97 5 many will have due effect in all coun- 



Labour, Armament, Adminis- tries which support the ever-increasing 



tration 1,200,000 weight of competition in arms. In the 



Pay 1,553,625 Contemporary Review, J. Fischer Wil- 



— Hams makes the sensible suggestion that 



Total ^^4,738,600 the manu/facture of all war material 



Among-st other special inducements should be the sole concern of the State, 



offered to men serving in the Territorials The writer suggests that the present 



Mr. Ireland advises : — The exemption firms should be bought out and private 



of the men from the Insurance Act, the enterprise eliminated, and concludes: — 



benefits of which they would enjoy with- j^o Grovernment would build ships for an- 



out payment ; the giving of an annual other Government. Ambassadors noed not 



V^nn, c of QTw -f^ TO'; tn rnmnensate for compete for "orders." Thus every inberna- 



bonus ot, say, £1 los to compensate tor ^.^^^^^^ ^^^.^ ^^.^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^,^^ ^^^^^^^ .^^^ ^^_ 



loss of holiday; and the provision Ot sponsibility of the equipment of its own arma- 



special travelling facilities. Extra ser- ments. and clever salesmen would no^ longer 



vice and proficiency pay might with ad- deftly force on the younger civilisations 



i , , 1 ^1 ^ ^1 T- -i. • 1 articles which are only thought to be neces- 



vantage be added, so that the ierntorial ^^y:\^s. becau.se^ they have been already bought 



soldier could, if he chose, earn a sum by a neighbour. In fact, the business of the 



