18 APRIL 1941, Page 3

The courageous behaviour of the ordinary man and woman under

eight months' bombardment is, after all, the shining example of spirit and tenacity in a great people. The task of Government is to be equal to that spirit. The United States and the Dominions are partners in the most gigantic enterprise Democracy has ever undertaken. Our ancient Parliament is the sounding-board of world opinion and action. Never was there greater need for wisdom and fearlessness in all its deliberations.