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Show Remarkable Change Brought About in Viewpoint During Three Years War. IS FAR FROM BEATEN Bullet, Bayonet, Bomb Best Defense Weapons of Fright-fulness Fright-fulness Being Discarded. A PLACE IN ENGLAND, July 16 (By Mail). British military authorities author-ities arc convinced that the day of the superman has arrived and that the part he is to play In ending the war and regenerating the world cannot be overestimated. A representative of the Associated Press who was permitted to visit a great training school as the guest of the foreign office- obtained an insight I to tho remarkable change brought about in tho British viewpoint during the past three years. British Far From Beaten The British not only are putting forth all their energy in further perfecting per-fecting their fighting forces but are actually and earnestly devoting themselves them-selves to the development of their youth in a manner calculated to fit them for any and all eventualities which may arise in the years to come. If the Germans cherished the idea of eliminating Britain as a world power, pow-er, Britain, It is said, far from being bcaton, now sees with a clearer vision than ever before and is preparing to turn the scales against her adversary in such a way as they may never again swing back. "Use your eye and your brain" is the new British watchword which is being Instilled into the British youth with all the force at the command of his superiors. Training Soldiers to Be Supermen "We are training our men to believe in themselves," said tho general commanding com-manding the schoof. "Each must not only fool that ho Is better equipped physically and mentally than his antagonist, an-tagonist, but ho must be able to demonstrate dem-onstrate it. That is the lesson we have learned from the world war." As the average Britisher is naturally natural-ly a sportsman, his games are being mode to play an important part in his training. In shooting, bombing and all the various arts of warfaro these aro proving invaluable to him. Discarding Frlghtfulnea3 Unlike the armies of other -beiliger- ents, the British are discarding what are termed weapons of frightfulness and instructing their young manhood in the use of what they are pleased to call the "three B's" the bullet, bayonet bay-onet and tho bomb, i "Experience has shown us that the ! rifle and bayonet are the best defensive defen-sive weapons with which to arm a man," asserted one official. "If he has the proper physical and mental training and knows how to handle his j rifie and his bayonet, he is certainly the match, if not the superior of his adversary." The message the British would impart im-part to their American allies was summarized sum-marized as follows: "Train your young men to be physically physi-cally and mentally strong; train them to think for themselves make them supermen. In tho modern sense and the world will be made safe for democracy." |