Britain at Bay

Spenser Wilkinson is the author of Britain at Bay. The contents list chapters titled The Nation and the Parties, Defeat, The Rise of Germany, A National Army and The Cost, among others. The text says a statesman would be devoted solely to the nation and would think first, second, and third of the nation.

The text adds that our leaders cannot possibly think first, second, and third of the nation; they have to think at least as much of the next election and of the opinions of their supporters. The text says Germany's advantage is that her people have been learning for a whole century to subordinate their individual wishes and welfare to that of the nation, while the people of Great Britain have been steeped in individualism. The text says that if Great Britain should be compelled to enter upon a struggle for existence with one of the great European powers, the part which Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa could play in that struggle is limited and specific.