Jack Symons writes a letter to Bert to let him know that he is alright. Jack lets Bert know that they are in dugouts and that the weather is really bad where he is. He doesn't have anything to change into and is soaking wet from the rain. He said in a strange place he fell over at least 20 times and got smothered in mud all over his body.
Without a balance of power one branch of government or a person might become to powerful and the country would become a dictatorship. People now and days fight against dictators and prevent war.
