No doubt through prohibition a good many men will be
asked to make what will seem to them an unnecessary sacrifice. B, who has nothing whatever to do with the pro. duction of munitions of war, is to have his whisky and beer out off lest A, who is making shells or rifles, shall diminish his output by self-indulgence I Yet if the matter is properly put to them we believe that both A and B will very soon come to realise that the Government will be doing the right thing in preventing the public sale of intoxicants, and thus taking away the temptation of Delilah. A will soon find it out in his increased work, and B will be glad to feel that he is helping by the personal sacrifice which he is asked to make. We are certain that there are thousands of men who, even if they do not put it into words, feel a dumb resentment that they are not being asked to do anything for their country at this moment. Look round as they will, and do what they will, there seems for them no chance of striking even the slightest blow at the enemy. They seem held back by some sort of enchantment. If the Government ask them to forgo their liquor till the war is over in order to help, the majority will not only not resent it, but will be glad that at last they have been asked to do something to help the country in its need.
