The conclusion of this remarkable speech did the utmost credit
to one who represents Labour
" Lot every one," he said, " subordinate personal considerations so the gene-4 intereete of the State. Let Capital realize its responsi- bility to Labour, and regard the workers. as something more than mere hewers of wood and drawers of water. Let Labour recognize that the only safe way to overcome the difficulties on both. sides Is by coming together. and working in harmony. Let us hope for the purifying effect of this ordeal of fire. I trust that we may be abls to look on a peace based on the greatest of all ideals—the brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of God."
Se long as the leaders of Labour look upon the critical problems of the hour in that just, manly, and in the beet sense independent spirit, we have nothing to fear either for the waging of war against the gigantic evil of militarism, or for the delicate work of industrial reformation after the war So far as we are concerned, we say the more money Labour can earn the better, so long as the spirit of Mr. Thomas inform the mass.
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