That this is not an impossible point of view can
be shown from the way in which those who support the Strength of Britain Movement met the fact that their pamphlet., Defeat or Victory ? was also forbidden to be circulated outside the United Kingdom. We very properly made no protest, but acquiesced in the decision of the War Office. The writers had to say certain stern things to their fellow-countrymen in regard to the Government's handling of the Liquor and Food problems, because those things were the grounds on which they demanded Prohibition, but they recognized the danger of their being unfairly manipulated by the enemy. Therefore the embargo was a source of relief rather than an embarrassment. Mr. Massingham's supporters, by taking the line they did, and not the line we have just set forth, missed a great opportunity.
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