If we were asked to sum up the general result
of the Resolutions and the explanatory letter, we should answer : It is imperatively necessary that we should do something to meet the " State of Siege " argument and to make the Empire Cs well as these islands self-sufficient or nearly self-sufficient, for we dare not again trust to the goodwill or even the material interests of neutrals. Next, we have got to do something to meet the demands of the Dominions for closer commercial union, and to recognize the unselfish help and support which they have brought us during the war. Finally, we have got to snake the best possible disposition of our commercial resources in things material and in human energy. The Resolutions unanimously agreed to by the Committee point out -how these oln:eets may be attained, but also point out the rocks and quicksam's which must be avoided in carrying them out.
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