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For instance, could the Labour Government agree to Mr. Hoover's

proposed international rule that all food ships should pass freely in time of war ? They may ask, " Would the rule prevent any nation, lighting for its life and almost at its last gasp, from employing submarines against the food ships which were enabling its enemy to continue the war ? " The critical nature of such mis- givings cannot be gainsaid. Fortunately, critical doubts in one set of circumstances often cease to be critical at all in another set of circumstances. The sane procedure is to make good the ground towards permanent peace wherever and whenever occasion offers. The chief cause of modern war is fear ; and in proportion as fear is dissipated the dangers ahead of us will shrink in magnitude.

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