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EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR. 49
ever, that measures will soon be adopted for bringing
education to every door; and not only so, but for mak¬
ing the education of his children obligatory on every
parent, sufficient assistance being given by the State
to enable him to do so without personal burden. This
is the method adopted in Germany, and, no doubt,
one of its fruits has been the extraordinary advance¬
ment of that nation; and this will be its result,
we believe, with us.
THE COMMONS AND THE LORDS.
The events of most importance which we have
witnessed in the year gone by in our internal policy,
and as indicating future changes, are the alteration
in our military system, and the collisions which have
occurred between our two Houses of Parliament,
ending in the suspension of the Acts of the Upper
House by a decree of the Crown.
The alteration of our military system, however, is
too big a name to give to a change which simply
involves the non-payment by officers of money for
their commissions. The loss of this money is a loss of
nearly £8,000,000 to the country, which, if officers
chose to give, was just so much gain to the country.
It is a mistake to suppose that this change will give
us another sort of officer. For, in a country like this,
there wUl only be one fighting class, and that is the
aristocracy; others do not desire, and will not take to
the occupation. If any will undertake this business
for a nation, surely it is great gain. And the aristo¬
cracy have done this, and will continue to do it,