On Wednesday the Congress by a practically unanimous vote—only seven
members dissenting—declared its belief in the justice of the cause of the Allies, its horror at the atrocious methods of the German and Austrian Armies, and pledged itself to assist the Government as far as possible in the successful prosecution of the war. The tone of the speeches was, with hardly an exception, finely patriotic. Mr. Sexton declared that "this was not a capitalist war, not a war of aggression, but a war of defence : a war to save their homes—to prevent a Charleroi in Bristol and a Louvain in Oxford." Mr. G. H. Roberts, M.P., deprecated all attempts
to bring about a premature or indecisive peace. Mr. Ben Tillett commented on the brutalizing of Trade Unionists in Germany by the State, and Mr. Hodge, M.P., said that he refused to talk peace with Germans whose hands were dripping with the blood of the innocent. We are glad to record that Mr. Lloyd George promptly accepted the invitation to address the Congress on the question of the profits of controlled munition works.
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