The Government would have done well to produce their new
Man-Power measures while the country is in such a mood as these voluntary acts signify. No doubt the iron will still be hoir when they strike, but they may not catch it at its hottest. Ibis said that the Government must take time properly to consider the best ways of raising the number of men required. We shall not dwell upon the irony of the fact that it is necessary to discuss ways and means now after sixteen months have passed over our heads, months filled with promises of what was going to be done ; nor shall we deal-with the question of Ireland, which we have discussed fully in a leading article. It is enough to say that no objections will be raised in the country to the new measures whatever they may be. The more far-reaching they are the better. The Government ought to take powers liberally—to take powers considerably in excess of what seem to be their present or their likely requirements.
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