21 JULY 1917, Page 3

Surely if the warning is necessary now, as ITC firmly

believe it is, it was necessary when Mr. Lloyd George spoke. We should be kept at a constant pitch of effort and self-restraint and never be encouraged to believe that things are improving before they area We want to see the Government made stronger and more secure in their authority, and they would help greatly towards this end if they could deliberate more carefully on their words before they speak and on their deeds before they act. Nothing is more trying to loyalty than an appearance of uncertainty of mind inthenewho govern.