We need not examine closely the speech of Lord Curzon
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, as it was substantially identical with that of the Prime Minister. But we must pay the tribute of a brief sentence to the steadiness, propriety, and perfect balance of Lord Curzon's statement. We are more than ever content that he is a member of the War. Cabinet. He declared that the country was not merely willing to be led. It was "almost-calling to be driven." In many respects the -late Government .had been very efficient and it had done great things. But the nation wanted a more thorough use of resources and a universal organization. Far greater sacrifices would be required of all classes, and far greater restraints would be placed on individual conduct. The mass levy in Germany was a plain challenge. Our only possible answer was to organize the -whole British population.
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