BRITISH DEVELOP YOUTHS FOR FUTURE.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1917, Page 6

BRITISH DEVELOP YOUTHS FOR FUTURE.

••CUSE YOOR EYES AND YOUR BRAIN" British military authorities are convinced that the day of the superman has arrived and that the part he will play in ending the war and regenerating the Avorld cannot be over-estimated. 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 to the remarkable change brought about in the British viewpoint during ihe past three years. The British not only are putting forth all their energy in further perfecting their fighting forces, but are actually and earnestly devoting themselves to the development of their youth in a manner calculated to fit them for any and all eventualities which arise in the yearß to come.

I If the Germans cherished the idea of ;' eliminating Britain as a world power, ! Britain, it is said, far from being beaten, ; now sees with a clearer vision than ever before and is preparing to turn the scales 1 against her adversary in such a way as j they may never again swing back. I "Use your eyes 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. "We are training our men to believe in themselves," said the general commanding the school. "Each must not only feel that he is oetter equipped physically and mentally than his antagonist hut he must be able to demonstrate it. That is the lesson we have learned from the world war." ■

! Unlike the armies of other belligerents, tlie 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 and the bomb.

I "Experience has shown us that the rifle and bayonet are the best defensive , weapons with which to arm a man." as--1 serted one official. "If he has the proper physical and mental training and knows how to handle his rifle and his bayonet, he is certainly the match, if not the superior, of his adversary."

i The message the British would impart , to their American allies was summarised as follows: "Train your young men to be physically and mentally strong; train them to think for themselves—make them supermen, in the modern sense—and the world will be made safe for ; democracy."