DEFEAT OR VICTORY?
OUR WEAKNESS.
Sir,—l was glad to see the letters of "A.E.M." re "Disrated Non-Commission-ed Officers" and" from H. F. von Haast on "We Have Not Organised Yet," for they represent a widespread feeling. That now well-read book, "Defeat or Victory," throws light on the probable cause, and shows the power behind the throne, and that our Cabinet is not a free power, but is subservient to vested interests. It is time that n change was effected and that the best interests of the Dominion should be handled by free representatives who have courage "to lead and direct without looking round behind them to see what vested interest wants them to do.
With regard to theletter of "A.E.M.," one can scarcely imagine a more suicidal policy, for it certainly removes from men who have given much time and thought and study to make themselves efficient all stimulus when they are treated with such marked unconcern. Even those who have held commissions are treated with contempt, and made to enter as privates. I hope others better able to deal with the subject will take up this matter and cany it to a .satisfactory conclusion. Thanking you in anticipation.—l am, etc., FEED. H. SPENCER. Wanganui, July 17.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3140, 19 July 1917, Page 6
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207DEFEAT OR VICTORY? Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3140, 19 July 1917, Page 6
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