The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03
Is Manhood
Deteriordting
in England2
DUTY and Discipline Move
mrnt Sees Danger and
('Ombats 1t.

Is dc%tcriorating. The cause OF
the deterioration they find In
The lack Of proper training Of chill
,ren. As n remedy the Duty and
Discipline Movement has been started.
In a circular letter issued by persons
associated with the movement it is
aid:
The writings Of T%reitschke and
Bernhardi and other Teutonic writer's
yroye incrntcstably that the Germans
lad for many years before the pres
mt war considered that wealth and
prosperity and many years OF UNI
\ shaken peace within the British Isles
lad led to a softening Of British moral
fibre, which would render easy the
transfer Of the sceptre of imperial
power from British to German hands.
Although the magnificent response
which has lately been witnessed to
me call of duty to King and country
shows that the British are in no way
Inferior to their predecessors In high
moral qualities. national security de-
mands that a continual vigilance be
maintained in order that the democrat
Eng influences Of wealth and of
IS inevitable accompaniment, luxury,
which in the case of former empires
ave invariably led to their destruc-
ION, I've watched and restrained by
he exercise of IA "trong organized
public opinion"
England has been compared again
nd again with the fallen empires OF
Rome, Assyria and Egypt. though in
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reM to slavery the blame is laid upon
PARENTS, who by Sinking their re-
possibilities and by failing to enforce
discipline have been and are rear
ing children who lack both physical
and moral stamina. Much literature
caring on this subject is now being
dirributed. The Duty and Discipline
Movement is headed by the Duchess
4 Newcastle and Lord Willoughhy
ne Broke and is supported by such
eople as Lieut,-Gen. Baden-Powell.
Winston Churchill. Rudyard Kipling,
| ADMIRAL Charles Bercsford and Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle.
Out Of the great number of those
who have signified their approval of
the movement only one declares that
N all branches Of military life prog
reo is being made This Is Field
Marshal Grenfell, who says: after
fifty years in the army | can saGely
say that at no period that l can re-
member have the young officers and
men been 50 sober, so respectable and
50 efficient. I ascrlbe t. happy re-
suit TO discipline assisted by "a wise
system II devolution and decentral-
cation and an excellent education,
moral and physical. inducing the high
conception Of loyalty and duty which
PREVAILS
The Earl Of Meath, while he avers
10 Is not a pessimist, believes that the
ri, Of their for%efathers is absent in
British soldiers md citizens OF to-day
md cites the Boer war as an instance
where sufficient courage was not dis
played. In part he says: The writer
would ask whether 1t is not a fact
hat surrenders to the enemy without
serious loss Of life took place during
he Boer war more frequently than I
: agreeable to the patriot to hear
about? In this var some British SOL
diers are reported to have thrown
ioUn their arms without orders, and
his On more than m occasion"
While the system OF education in
Great t;:itdin has become more and
more comprehensive, ii is doubtful il
mis- has been advantageous to the
mass Of the peop.e, according to Preb-
endary Garlic, founder and honorary
'h!ef secretary of the Church Army.
For years he says, education at
he "atepaycrs' cost and at the en-
pensc Of the State has been at work
undermining and bunting the sense
I responsibility Of the parent for the
raining f his children until cduca-
ton has come to he regarded as the
exclusive concern of the state, with
which the parent has little or nothing
. DO"
II" tells Of a father ami mother in a
GOOD station of life whose son had
lad the opportunity of a good educa-
non, He absolutely refused to do
anything to earn his living and was
20 all appearances an inCurahlc young
savage. He hahitually drank to OK
.eSS ard used 10 come in at all hours
" tho night, rousing the household to
supply him with food and drink, and
Ns behavior was such as to cause
scandal and rcmonstrance on the part
OF his ncighhOrs.
~ the request of his parents he
was taken on by the Church Army as
a clerk but after working for half An
Aour he throw down his pen, refusing
10 Work any more On more than one
OCCASION he showed actual violence
% his parents. They acknowledged
nat they eve corrected him as a
ma OF denied him any indulgence
ana that 1t was lack of discipline in
carly life which made this miserable
young fellow what he IL.
should he afraid to say what pro-
potion Of tn" men who throng our
amor homes can trace their downfall,
n part at any rate, to parental weak
ness"
Inc effects of ovcrindulgence on the
Pa'i 81 parents are observed by those
N'o have 10 deal with children
,iNuShi int" the courts. Horace
smith metropolitan Magistrate for
LONDON. gives his views az follows:
'Ft'n IA" crimes or offences charged
against children are brought about by
want ~ discipline g. ~ neglect Of
parents IN infant ~ q years Of age
"" brought before me charged with
"hnd"rinc.' | sen for the mother
ana she assured me he was beyond
control | asked, How comes that
about"