Mr. G. N. Barnes said that his appearance on that
platform marked a -definite but temporary break from a political Party. He owed all to Labour, and could best serve Labour by staying in the present Government during Reconstruction. He believed in the temporary nationalization of all monopolies and food- supply until control could be safely withdrawn. Industry after the war would demand for its prosperity the highest standard of living and the highest production oft goods. -He appealed to Labour everywhere to eschew impatience and precipitancy, and to help -in "raising life and labour from the low struggle for bread." One feels in reading Mr. Barnes's speeoh how heavy a loser Labour is in per- mitting sectional quarrels and petty jealousies to deprive it of sane, broad-minded, and unselfish leadership.
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