The great war in England in 1897 . m an Imperial point of view; for, as a writer in the Armyand Navy Gazette pointed out in 1893, it was equally manifestand unquestionable that without land forces to act as thespearhead to the Navys over-sea shaft, the offensive tactics soessential to a thorough statesmanlike defensive policy couldnot be carried out. Again, the mobility and efficiency of ourEegular Army should have been such that the victory of ourFleet could be speedily and vigorously followed by decisiveblows on the enemys territory. Already the news of the landing of the enemy had—besidesca
The great war in England in 1897 . m an Imperial point of view; for, as a writer in the Armyand Navy Gazette pointed out in 1893, it was equally manifestand unquestionable that without land forces to act as thespearhead to the Navys over-sea shaft, the offensive tactics soessential to a thorough statesmanlike defensive policy couldnot be carried out. Again, the mobility and efficiency of ourEegular Army should have been such that the victory of ourFleet could be speedily and vigorously followed by decisiveblows on the enemys territory. Already the news of the landing of the enemy had—besidescausing a thrill such as had never before been known in our_ tight little island —produced its effect upon the price of foodin London as elsewhere. In England we had only five daysbread-stuffs, and as the majority of our supplies came fromRussia the price of bread trebled within twelve hours, and theordinary necessaries of life Avere proportionately dearer. But the dice had been thrown, and the sixes lay withMolocLu CHAPTER BOMB OUTrAGES IN LONDON X that never-to-be-forgotten Sunday, scenes werewitnessed in the metropolis which were of themost disgraceful character. The teeming city,from dawn till midnight, was in a feverishturmoil, the throngs in its streets discussingthe probable turn of affairs, singing patrioticsongs, and giving vent to utterances of heroic intentions inter-spersed with much horse play. In Trafalgar Square, the hub of London, a mass meeting ofAnarchists and Socialists was held, at which the Governmentand military authorities were loudly denounced for what wastermed their criminal apathy to tlie interests and welfare ofthe nation. The Government, it was contended, had betrayedthe country by allowing the secret of the German alliance tofall into the hands of its enemies, and the Ministers, adjudgedunworthy the confidence of the nation, were by the resolutionsadopted called upon to resign immediately. The crisis was anexcuse for Anarchism to vent its g
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