BRITISH ANTI-NATIONALISM.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12647, 10 November 1906, Page 9

BRITISH ANTI-NATIONAL-ISM.

CRITICISM BY LORD MILNER.

United Pre.-*-?. A'socii.ti-sn—By Electric Telegraph—-.ipy right. LONDON, November 8. I.©rd Milner, in a letter to the Sphinx Club, scathingly denounces the Anti-National.st Party, nhieh proac.ies tiie duty ©;' di-fcncclct-siu** and the w.irKedcccsi. of military training.

In view of Mr Keir Ilardje'e #ppo&:uori to -Mr HukluucK jirop. s— L.-at aU yvur.g n:«.>n e,.ould uiw.«.';£.> military dull anU ioani to bear uinis, and tcach::iy boys how to t-hoat, .» l;-tt<T in • J'iic liii.iw' on the at. itiulo of tiu- German Sixv-ulists towards t ■]<< sair.t , quoei.ion is v. til voithy ii notice. Mr tluidit- tl'.-n. lino.c the |>ro--s>.tsal as aTi at;tm>;>t i> j^>;:iil:iti-«.> uiuVfitial ;::iii'.ary si*rv:<■■'. »*':^i;«'."fe hi.. the Labour ir.ovt'iin'iil ill rverv i<.-mi r. Ls against it. aivl <!<•(■!,ir s tha. •v.o in Gr: i;it Ur:t;un wdi join wii.li t• <i il(Mi)<H.'rat it , .-; abr. ad in i>iil. l-ii;4 :<>!' ,'! <k tliroiivnu'ir. a:!-;i <-v<.t lirow c.ft h.war ctv.l." .Mr A. K':a,;:\vill. in ' 'J '< <> Tinifvs," qiKrti*; tinin ii j:ain]>iilot <nwti.o,; 'I'rintr.j.l. s attl of >■.- cial Doinocracy, ' an official r.ianif .to of tl'.o urt!w:!ox S;ria! I)( > in<<i ats < ■: (iennany. The folkwiim is an cx'r:'.c •. 'Ad v<: dciuai!<l tho iitlktst < - Lv<-l i>iiK'iit oi c.i|iuity on ti.o intrilcrluiil eido. bo al.*» w« <l(>Niio a systfma.n , (raining in l«<!i!y atul iK!vir<i-K from childii'TM).! up. . . The Icsulinp idea Avliir.h <l"iorinin<B t'.;<> s ope and mrt-lifitl of »>xorcis<-« and drill is t.iio t.rainin;j; ol' tho citiz:-n to boar arm.s. A Irco j-o:"■■[■]<' must ijiklit--6tand tl'.o use of wtafxrns; in itts niii- ;- tary o'flicii:noy lit's tiio envurity an<J guarantee for t.li« ptvico of tih" roinliiunity. Alroarly in child hod tJi.> .nca fi!:onld bo inculcated tJint no oi)'f> <!oe**rvce to bo oiilhxl a freo man w.iio docs not know how (o boar arms, liow to s'lfvl his UoKxl for fri'pdoin, atnl to (Lio in hor <lo f on"o. >Slionld somo aurlacious foo throaton tJio land, tlw citizen pra<-t ; sr«l from Jiis youtJi in br-dily nnl trained to Ikvit arms will defend li- ; « own hoarth ar.-l tlijo common woil with fipry ardour and oonira.s^ , ." T.!k* v <i »ncinl o[>poßo tho present military KyHtoin. and sock to havi> it roplawd by a national army. '"Fx-t every cit ; 7.on be a warrior; let his arm.s hang over hoartJi." Tlio EnpdipJi Radical attitude tho qiK-et.iori ie ebown l»y tho foFlowin ji extract from tho "iSixMkor,'' , pro-t«rt-in«: affaiiwt boys rifloshootino;: —'Thero nover -wae a time wh-cn tJiie country was so florxlod v'fioldiers or ihr national cxc T icqiior was so miserably embarrassed by military bunions. The prosrmt <v«'t of tho Army is a disprace to tho AVar Office*, a Tnonaco to our firianor , . and a hoavy olieok upon all s»oci:il reformß that involve public expenditure. Tf tho «TiPrgies of tho nation aro to >:o <livert<Hl at this timo into iniVtory cliannfle, if tho youth of tho country, instead of being educated in piirsiiius, is to he tatipM to resist rmaginary invadors, arc! if tho incr?mctax payer, who now paying oro ehillin-o; in tho ponmd % tJw ra.ta ever pi->n'•"■'hl to Mm in time of ponce, ie not onfy not to lx) rolioved but i* to bo fia/VU-cd witih further wastcJHil oxpendituro ujx>n an jmnoocssary and dnmoraliein,s; enternripo, LiWnalism may well oorno to tlio conclusion that its daw in England aro ovor. and that it had better rcsisTi tho eondu7 of affairs to botho party" th«t ,lwis no tradition* to throw ovrltoard." "* ; 'n r '> must," a<Ws tilie "Sroakor, "find eomo set of men capablo of rmis+irar this }iid<~ous rea-ction. men w> , h> how fo guard thn liberf : n<i oif En.o;lis}im'en from *ii« militsry to wliiah tho Gorman nulion is subjected."