6 APRIL 1918, Page 2

There is nothing like a time of distress for getting

people together. Under a threat from without the British people of all classes and all shades of thought rush together as bubbles upon water quickly assemble under atmospheric pressure. The threats of strikes and the grandiose futilities of Bolshevik philosophy have all faded away within the last few days. Reports of increased output come from all the factories, and from several industrial districts, particularly from the mining distriots and from Scotland, we hear stories of a voluntary rush of men to the colours. In the fourth year of the war, and after all that has happened, a voluntary comb-out is the beat sign imaginable, and British Labour is to be heartily congratu- lated upon it.