The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-08-19
BRITISH OFFICER
BITTER At NATION
SaJs G5l1aG5 iiJ Winning CT
Points Nhiis England KS,
A PLEA FOR CONSUMPTION.

English smugness and Arresaree &c.
nouneed by Man en- the Firing Line.
Asserts Nation Must Forget Trad-
tions, Awake and Organize to Win
the War.
A remarkable letter has come to tho
Daily Chronicle from the front. pre-
sumably written 10y an officer In a
Lancashire regiment 1t follows:
81 cannot help but start with abuse,
although you are only one Of those in
touch with the vast anti-conscription-
isi mass OF British opinion as your
leader writer puts 1t. Damn British
opinion, sirl Damn the vain. self com
placent English snugness and English
arrogance! To your vast mass the
idea Of defeat is quite inconceiyable,
for are they not the boys Of the bull.
dog breed, the descendants Of count
less heroes, free men in a free coun.
Try. who just won't be slaves, the lib
erators Of Belgium? And SO on al
nauseam!
$50 colossal is British arrogance
that our brains and imagination are
swamped. We still seem to think that
the Germans have made war to graft
ify us, so that we may show them
what fine fellows we really are.
Probably you. too, have never en-
tertained the idea that we are losing
this war. Yet the bald truth remains
that the Germans are winning on
points, and we go on talking, talking
about the big push to Ire delivered
next spring, according to the Times
military correspondent please oh
serve that we have given up the idea
This year We are still wearing down
the baby killing Hum
Advantage With Defense.
eff you could see trenches hammer
ed 10 hell by llndreds of guns. hours
of smoke, dust. blood and noise and
then go across TO take these same bat
tered lines, only 20 he met by hail of
bullets, to return, leaving your friends
and men lying dead outside. II might
make you realize what an enormous
advantage lies with the defense.
The French have battered for five
weeks-I have heard 1t day and night
net gain, two miles!
The bubble of breaking through has
burst. but we are too deaf to hear the
pop
you answer with the German ad-
xance IN Prussia and ,bep 60 ON 20 tho
financial nrobIem or coursa Germany
cannot last: of course she will be
starved I'm n few months: of course she
has no cotton. no copper. but she has
got brains and method and uses both.
And we middle along I'm our well
worn grooves. our marty notifies. our
newspaper dictatorship. our racing. our
brides in their baths.
81 have been ten months I'm France
lighting for that-the thought almost
makes mo vomit
.Don't talk about the glorious ira
difions OF our race Only fools fight
for traditions: the wise man fights for
realities and the future.
This long winded preamble leads me
on 10 your crowning folly-your fear
and hatred OF conservation.
81 shall be quite frank. Had con.
scription passed twelve months since
I should have left England. Now, IL
they don't have IL | shall leave the
country. Rats have the foresight to
leave certain ships.
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