This condition has certainly not arrived when our Arms are
making such splendid progress as they are making now, and the heart of the country is as sound as a bell. If it be pretended that it is possible to hold an election on the single issue of fighting the war to a fin'sh, we would say that that is an illusion. The Labour Party, to take only one example, have already brought the party truce to an end. Therefore, if there were a general election all kinds of issues besides that of the war would be introduced. It would be impossible to prevent it. We trust that the Unionist members of the Cabinet will be able to impose wise and restraining advice upon the Prime Minister if it be true that he is eager for a general election. If the Unionist members really think a general election is inevitable, it is at least their duty to tell us what they stand for—what Unionism is and what it means to-day.
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