23 DECEMBER 1916, Page 2

This being so, if the Government mean business they will

take the action,and. make us all take the action, which must. inevitably follow. Prohibition dining the War must be a part of that' con- sequential action. Prohibition therefore forms a test of whether the Government mean to. act or only to talk about acting, Our belief as- well as our hope is that they will act. But they must not shirk, the test. They must prove their sincerity, andprove it at once-