ARMCHAIR CRITICS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 16, 17 September 1915, Page 4

ARMCHAIR CRITICS.

I,ess carping criticism will lie heard in the months to come says a London journal, concerning our military and nava| leaders from men whom .Mr Oburchill has scathingly railed "armchair critics." And, as it is in London, so must it be all over Great Britain. Men must learn to keep their mouths sewn up and their pens within decent bounds when dealing with the nation's leaders, or (hose who are trying hard to breed discontent and consequent weakness "ill surely be called to a grim account. We want actions, not actors; deeds, not words ; patriots, not malcontents; friends, not firebrands, for the way in front of us is long, the pathway dark, and every Briton must stand steady and strong. l and bear his or her burden cheerfully. We are going to win, and win so thoroughly that the grandeur of the triumph will be worth all the sacrifice the nation has been and will he called upon to make. We owe cliPerfltl and ready obedience to ourl

loaders—fighting and political—in this time of storm and. stress. We .should, every one of us take it »s a persoinrf allrout when our commanders are asf sailed. Let us hear no more concerning; Lord Kitchener's alleged errors in regard to shells. Time will prove whether he was right or wrong; and when the great German i# Inado on Calais, when the massed' ijjitlions withdrawn from the Russian front arc hurled at our soldiers, we and they may thank Cod that Kitchenerknew the value of shrapnel shells, for nothing will heat hack an advancing host as shrapnel will. Re hits never opened his mouth .since lie #as attacked, nor will he speak until he speaks with his guns. Then heaven help those who have to hear the brunt of this silent man's* eloquence. ,