We desire to reiterate here a suggestion for compromise made
in our leading colnmna If the Government have not the pluck to "go for" the fence up to which they have ridden, let them at any rate suspend the sale of intoxi- canta in this country for the next three months—that is, during the crisis of the war—and thus show that they are really in earnest when they warn the country, as they have constantly warned it, that unless we put every ounce of national energy into the task of beating the Germans we shall be beaten, or else bled to death. Unless we end the war, the war will end us. Bat the only way to end the war is through concentra- tion of energy. But how are we to get that concentration if a large portion of the nation are continuing to bemuse them- selves, as in peace time, with the luxury of alcohol and singing the jolly old fuddling songs of "Beer, Glorious Beer," and "Bring in more Ale ! Bring in more Ale !"
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