Show ENGLANDS OMINOUS STEP More ominous of Englands future than any of the army bills called for by the present war and more significant signifi-cant of the poor prospects tof permanent perma-nent peace among the nations than the comparative failure of The Hague conference con-ference Is a step that the British Government Gov-ernment Is about to take regarding which almost nothing has as yet been written It Is to make every public school hoy In the land a semlofllclal adjunct ad-junct of the British army compelling him to take thorough military training under Government Inspection so long as he remains In the public schools and providing for establishment of schoolboy militia in the shape of cadet corps and battalions under the direct control of the War olllce and receiving therefrom 5500000 a year by way of support Unless some unforseen circumstances cir-cumstances change present arrangements arrange-ments the resolution will be presented to Parliament within the next few weeks It will be broached the House of CommoLS by Sir James Fergusson > a Crimean veteran and In the House of Lords by Earl Brownlow formerly Under Secretary of State for War The plan will affect about 4000000 boys In the United Kingdom Womans Journal Jour-nal |