always master the details of the
problem he is dealing with, granted that he sometimes propounds
schemes before they are ripe; yet against that place (1) his
wonderful personality, (2) his boundless vitality and energy, (3)
his heartfelt sympathy for the downtrodden ones of the world, (4)
his wonderful ideas and ideals, (5) his quickness of
intelligence, (6) his ardent patriotism, (7) his remarkable
powers of oratory, and (8) his almost uncanny gift of seeing into
the future--and you have a man whose superior it would indeed be
hard to find. Nietzsche would have welcomed him as his superman
incarnate! I have never wavered in my admiration for L. G. Even
when he was in hot water over Marconis, I stuck to him. Anyhow,
was there ever a man who was absolutely perfect? Let us, for
Heaven's sake, judge a man on his great points, and not "crab the
goods" by always emphasising his weaknesses. Lloyd George is the
man whom the Germans have more cause to fear than all the rest of
the Cabinet or any of our authorities, civil or military.

_July 17th, 1916._

In that mysterious quarter known as the back of the Front the
motor-lorry is omnipresent, especially at a time like this.
Wherever you go you see motor-lorries carrying food, ammunition,
telegraphic appliances, barbed wire, gas cylinders, clothing,
coal; in short, every sort and kind of article necessary to the
service of an army in the field. Sometimes they are even used to
carry up troops and to bring down wounded. During the Loos push,
for instance, this column was hurriedly requisitioned to take up
a Yorkshire battalion to the Hohenzollern Redoubt.

I was much interested in Kittermaster's last letter published in
_The Alleynian_--a very characteristic bit of writing. There were
very few fellows or masters either who ever got at Kitter's inner
nature. He was always somewhat of a mystery to most people. This
was accentuated by his taciturn temperament, his rather distant
manner, and short, brusque way of speaking. But he certainly was
one of the very best masters I can remember at Dulwich, and of
the Corps he was a wonderful O.C. There have been many tributes
to Kitter, but I scarcely think that people have done full
justice in the obituary notices to Ni