[To the Edttor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of
Sept. 26th, the article on "The Lost Rules of War" brings the Moroccan conflict into its argument. It must be agreed that in the event of two nations going to war whose civilizations are more or legs on the same level, and whose powers to provide themselves with the latest scientific armaments are more or less equal, pure logic will decide their actions. But should this be the case when one nation has no means of providing itself with scientific means of defence, when one nation is more "backward" than the other ?._;On such occasions should the ",civilized Power possess the right to destroy villages wholesale, to maim and kill indiscriminately the women, children and cattle, who are in such cases non-combatants in the lull sense of the word ? If this right is granted, should the " civilized " Power prohibit, the despatch of medical aid for these sufferers, which is offered by neutral sources ? If these rights are upheld, the sooner givilization returns to " barbarism '! the better for humanity. The League of Nations, before slaying the monster "War," which will take years, must through the agency of The Hague Court lop off some of the monster's weapons.—I am, Sir, &c., R. GORDON-CANNING.
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