This is a very typical and encouraging
feature, showing that all that is wanted to convert interest into
enthusiasm and to blow the embers into flame is that the case
should be brought home by the sense of patriotic achievement or
national loss.
Unquestionably the two incidents that have appealed most to the
public sentiment have been the heroic resistance and tragic
sufferings of Belgium--to be compensated by all that our national
generosity can provide and atoned for by whatever reparation the
Allies think it ultimately right to exact--and the splendid
contribution from India. These events excite the loudest cheers and
touch the deepest chords of emotion.
In some cases, where recruiting has been slow, men have been
affected by a too exclusive but quite pardonable regard for the
interests of themselves and their families. The provision made from
various sources for the bread winner who has joined the colors or
is at the front might easily be made more generous. But the outlook
for those who are wounded or disabled, or for the families of those
who lose their lives, and perhaps most of all for those who on
their return may find it difficult to secure re-employment, is
thought by many to be insufficiently assured.
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