25 AUGUST 1917, Page 2

Mr. Asquith, following the Premier in a brief but memorable

speech, reminded the Govemtuentend the country that everything} turned upon labour. Labour upon the land, labour upon shipbuild- ing, was, to his Wind, the key of the whole situation. Labour must be adequate to the demand, and labour must be wilting. The working classes had responded with zeal-and goodwill to the call upon their patriotism, both as soldiers and as workers in new induss tries and under new conditions which inVolved the sacrifice of their Trade Union rules and privileges. Mr. Asquith. expreseed hishrm- belief that they would continue their eflotte in- the reinns. spirit.