MILITARY TRAINING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 69, 21 March 1912, Page 8

MILITARY TRAINING.

tO THE EBITOn. Sir,— A week ago I cent' you a letter challenging an alleged opinion of John Stuart Mill, which you quoted in a leading article in support of military training, but no such letter has yet been published. No doubt you can easily refer me to the context, but as an admirer of that great publicist I ehall certainly be sceptical as to ite correctness until you do so. — I am, etc., INDIVIDUALIST. Wellington, 20th March, 1912. [Tho statement challenged by our correspondent was that "John Stuart Mill complained that Christianity had done little for the inculcation of manliness, courage, and the military virtues generally." Our correspondent will find the pa&sage to which we referred towards tho end of the second chapter of tho" e&say "On Liberty." '"What little recognition the idea of obligation to the public obtains in modern morality," says Mill, "ia derived from*' Greek and Roman, sources not from Christian ; aa, even in. the morality ttt private life, whatever existu of magnanimity, high-mindedness, personal dignity, even the sense of honour, is derived from the purely human, not the religious part of our education, and never could havo grown out of a standard of ethics in which the- only worth, -professedly recognised, ia that of obedience."] On Wednesday evening, Mr. J. W. Toplis, of England, delivered a lecture betore members of the Wellington Amateur Photographic Society at their club rooms. The lecture, which was much appreciated, and illustrated by lantern slides, was entitled "The Why and Wherefore of Photography." j -Mr. R. H. W. Bhgh, of the White C/oss League, arrived in Wellington today. He will be lecturing here during the next two weeks. Mr. W. C. Buchanan, M.P., writes thus in tho Martinborough Star: — "I notic© in a _ recent is>sue of the Star that the Martinborough people were again protesting against the neglect of llie Government to _ provide a suitable building for tho periodical sitting, of tho Stipendiary Magistrate's Court, and' I called yesterday upon the Justice Department iu_ Wellington to ascertain whether anything was being done to carry out the promise made by Sir John Findlny, late Minister of Justice, that the Government would provide the necessary accommodation. I am glad to inform you that the department is negotiating for tho acquirement of the necessary site for a courthouse, and I trust that the mutter will be brought to a, conclusion very shortly." The attention of architects is directed to our atlvprtisenieut calling for competitive deigns- for a Y.BLC.A. JBuildiuu, WaoganuL j