THE BRITISH SOLDIER.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16273, 25 July 1918, Page 8

THE BRITISH SOLDIER.

Dean Inge, preaching at St. Paul's in May, said:—"General Foch said to i Belgian Minister of State, 'I cannot find , words to express my admiration fen the British 6oldier.' lam not speakinc at random when I say., that this is th* opinion of the host and the most hostil* judges—the military rulers of Germany, What over may be the end of the fight. ing we shall come out of the war as a great nation, which has proved. that a hundred years of peace and prosperity have not destroyed its grit or enfeebled its spirit. We are not decadent peoplo. But we are called upon to open a new i page in our annals.. We must, if wo 1 are to survive as a great nation, get rid of those disintegrating tendencies which were threatening us with ruin just before the war. It is the day- of Democracy, and it fosters class jealousies. .We must try to put.aU that behind us. ■When men combine-in any selfish or material end, such as. the . raising of wagcS; or increase of profits, the bond of •union is "always a desire to 'inflict' Toss upon some other classes, or, if the union is. national, on some other people. This is not what we. want. The only firm and durable- bond of. cohesion is when meu combine for • spiritualisms—for objects which do not aim at robbing Peter to pay Paul."