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some people be a certain humour \n this 

 vision ot a Liberal Government, one of whose 

 members is supposed to be anxious to tax 

 vested interests in land out of existence, 

 going out of its way to prevent even 

 temporary interference with the luxuries 

 of the few during the manaHivres. The 

 real fault lies with the citizens of this 

 country and their verv complete lack of 

 appreciation that they owe dujties to the 

 nation, even if these duties occasionally 

 are inconvenient or unpleasant. It is, of 

 course, much pleasanter to enjoy privileges 

 and to insist upon rights than to carry out 

 duties, but it is questionable whether any 

 nation can hope to retain her position in the 

 world whose citizens do not even realise 

 that they have duties. In i)rimitive com- 

 munities duties are apparent and privileges 

 only rewards. We have left that far behind 

 and take our privileges first, generally 

 expecting additional rewards should we per- 

 form any duties. In this country we have 

 no conscription, which is a privilege not 

 enjoyed by any other European [)eople, but 

 so far from valuing this distinction, and 

 being |)repared to do our best as civilians 

 for the defence of our country, we write to 

 the authorities to complain beforehand of 

 possible inconvenience, and lieing \-oters, 

 successfully impede the military training of 

 our army of national defence. Surely the 

 health of a pheasant or the nerves of a race- 

 horse should not pre\ent the citizens of a 

 country from doing their duty. As the 

 Canadian Minister of Militia truly said, " I 

 consider the loyalists who are loyal onlv 

 with their lips a more serious peril than the 

 actualb disloyal." 



A hundred vears asji) the 

 The Centenary steamship Co/lit^/ steamed 



Steamship. ''"^^■■■' f''^" Clyde to the 

 wonder of all beholders. 



To-day, in celebrating the centenary of the 

 steamship, we seem to be on the eve of 

 another innovation which promises to enil 

 the reign of steam for ships. The internal 

 combustion ])ropulsion engine is arriving, 

 and has so manv advantages over steam 

 that there can be no lasting competition. 

 It is announced that Germany is to build a 

 motor cruiser of 5,500 tons displacement, 

 which will have a cruising radius of 1 2,000 

 miles. And already we have, in the sub- 

 marine, the best sea-going vessels in the 

 British Navv. These submarines, with their 

 motor-engines, can keep the high seas for 

 months at a time, and point the way which 

 must be followed by other war-craft. Steam 

 has done much for sea-traffic, and yet it 

 must give wav to oil — ami, in its turn, oil 

 will be sup[)lanted by something of which 

 mankind has not yet known, or not realised, 

 the possibilities. 



The tlevelopment of the 

 The Ferrets submarine and the various 

 the Sea. ^yi^g craft leads us seri- 



ously to question whether 

 the future warfare at sea will not depend 

 rather upon these new factors than upon 

 the gigantic line-of-battle vessel. The possi- 

 bilities of the submarine are not \"et fully 

 realised, but in the recent na\al manamvres 

 it was shown how a submarine could enter 

 a defended harbour and work havoc to the 

 shipping riding at anchor in supposed safety. 

 There is no question that these ferrets of the 

 sea are of greater advantage to an attacking 

 navy than to one forced to remain on the 

 defensive. There will no longer be need 

 for long and • tedious blockades, since the 

 sea ferrets can enter harbours and drive out 

 the sheltering warships to cond>at m the 

 open, just as a rabbit is driven (>ur of its 

 hole to fall to the waiting guns. How 

 things have changed since Nelson's time — 



