PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 274, 15 August 1919, Page 8

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Sir,—The ordinary citizen, not being behind the scenes, must necessarily V oflen puzzled in following- the contrc vcrsics carried on in the daily paper but that the demand of the Relume Soldiers' Association for tho appoin incut of a Royal Commission on the'su' ject of patriotic funds should culmina' in the'extraordinary statement made I Mr. liussell to the t.M.C.A. that hecan tlio gentlemen in charge had ghyn tin and money to the work he would ' no party to an inquiry into the manag pient of their funds, is Purely enough 6tir some surprise even in these da of a world upside down.Doubtless these worthy genlienieu ha l given much time and money—so ha o many other estimable bodies; but how much more does a general who commands armies in the held give—the ner vous strain lak« years off his life—y what happens if lie makes one mistak. Tin* general ■ is' cvueiried on the cross ( public opinion and the fullest inquiri are held. Nobody wants to crucify t! Y.M.C.A., but sujely they are prepatlu to sav frankly it tney have made mistakes," and the Hon. Mr. Russell should know whether they have' or not.—l am., THE MAN WHO GAVE A SHILLING. .