ENGLAND THE UNREADY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 22 June 1911, Page 6

ENGLAND THE UNREADY.

In "Scribiier's" f-r.r .April] i\?,r. Price Colli- r ra.pi-dly traees> M» history < f India from; Mughal (o Briton, and. while abundant honour to the work -aT>l the character of the Bivtieh in India, he Jairents the unvend'lnc.s* of the English to meet emergencies. «» shown -'- the tl'ayi? before -the Mutiny. He goes on:— ['Along different line* much the sa-mo thij>,-r trees, en in Er.gLi.ni]' to-day. and asn.ii! it will be a miracle if there .is no •trouble- with Germany, or in India, within ten, years. One can depend noon the British, however, to wa.it for thaf event until the- are'fully unprepared." "If an invigiiwi,tive. observer were asked to coin a phrase lea.st adapted to the present -situation and cond.it icn of the British Empire, he might use the wo:n\s : " may sleep ue.acetuliy in their bed's I" Ji ,|< comical to record that the ye.un.tc solicitor who an->\ve.:-s to, the country for the Navy uses tin. plvras.?; the metaphysician who ''■<-■■ r- { '"'dkS. for the army re::* this phrase : th-,.Julie,!-,, anrircliical 'labour leader, who replies fcr the eommeiee cf the. couiitry. rses this) phrase, the so Lie! tor who is responsible, for Ihe fina.n-.-e of the country, uses, this ohra.se; the Prime Minister, a, scholarly 'ba.rrisler. <nn.d be Jt sn.l-d the istendy-headed, strong-hauid-ed mm .--.ten- of them all. despite the tales t ) the contrary, repeat the .same phrase. I repeat, fcr an aleesl .nr.weaiv.sonie nu.ml.er of times. 1 |, n .\- aie a, ureal prop:.' ; Fancy sliigi;i,<r, "Uock'-a-l.y baby, on tile t-ree lop" to the I|,-.,i.<e of Commons =' u< I to the cciml ry. with sic h j-esp., n » ; il.ilit ic: S . si:ch peri'i.s." .-.li-h warning..; pressing upon their att Tit'on. \\',. niav nil onvy tlic-ir K-uod nrrvi-s.' ■ H-. r .;.y s that nowhere in file world w.'M you iifi,? b'tler foeb'iig bel nvi n ofii • ■ers and men than between I'.iitUh olfi <.■-■ :-s and ri:itr\;- in India."