Mr. Bonar Law was supremely confident of America's despatch of
an endless procession of troops for France. " The American troops are not coming ; they have come." Our Air Service was now the best in all the theatres of war. There was now no danger that submarines might starve us out of the war. Mr. Asquith, who regarded the military situation as very grave, asked the Government for fuller and more frequent statements regarding it. He emphasized the need of strengthening our com- batant forces and our lines of communication, and of giving support to Russia while there was yet time. Mr. Bonar Law intervened later to express surprise that his speech had been described as optimistic). He agreed with Mr. Asquith that our position was now as critical as at any stage of the war. But he was firm in his conviction that we should " come through."
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