Show the demoralized british soldier john bull finds himself sudden suddenly ly confronted at a timo time when ho he Is like likely Y to need soldiers abroad and at horns home as ho he hag haa not needed them tor for n a quarter of a 1 century before with tile tho greatest difficulty in procuring them following tile tho english flag with drumbeat drum beat around the world no longer seems to have the fascination which it one 0 ex upon the ilia thousands 0 of adventurers I 1 and hardy men to be found in britain tile tho soldier under arms no longer boasts of his lit hardships ho he complains of them ile ho wants more to oat cat and less to do ho he does not want to bo be treated by haughty officers officer as it if ho he was a kind of servant and ho he Is ashamed that ho be only earns a shilling a day therefore Thero foro he hd openly counsels thosa tho sa who are out nolt nott ocomo inand announces tint thit as soon lioon as lie he ran can ho he will got get out himself being lectured in lachrymose vein by a royal duke does docs not affect him any more in tho the good old way lin ho seems scorns rather inclined to make fun full of it it does not even alarm him to bo be called mutinous and lie he mutters mysteriously when threatened lie Is tired of being a abort ort sort s of superior policeman without tho the emans freedom or wages in short I 1 a complete chango change has come over tho the spirit of bis big dream mr bull does not like this and tor for several good rea reasons song in the first place an indication that ho he can no longer count implicitly on the loyalty of the tha wild goldic lers rs seem scorn to make the superstructure of tho the throne a little less secure thin than it was of old it rings brings b him down where ho he can appreciate the danger of revolts aud and a danger which lie fancied exclusively reserved tor for south and central america and spain in ill tho the second place it makes the join of a standing army always so hard to solve in england harder than over ever boford before it it is 13 with tho the greatest biffl culty cully that england can mobil mobilize izo n a couple of army corps corp now snow what will it be a few years bonco when this leaven of revolt against service lias has spread through tho the country it Is tho the very term service which is becoming unpopular instead of drudging lighting fighting sad and dying for a queen whom they have never seen scon and never will see they prefer to drudge and suffer for thum solves with a view to getting on in the world and to take no farther risks of death than are am offered in tho the course of nature it is the number and the magnificence of tho the chances of business open on evory every hand out outside sido england to men inon of daring and energy which is diminishing the number of such men in ill john jelin bulls army it if mr bull wishes to keep pace with tho the continental powers even tit in appearance ho he may yet have bavo to adopt tho the conscription which Is in use on aho ho continent and is not there thought to be an unmixed I 1 evil vaston journal |