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ATTITUDE OF THE COUNTRY
the enemy is broken. A war such as the present one cannot be waged except by the will of the people; and they have shown that will, recognizing to the full what their lot would be if the enemy became all-powerful in Europe. Changes have taken place in Great Britain during the last two years that would have been considered impossible in July two years ago. Organized labour, which for the last forty years has been struggling to secure adequate recognition and recompense, immediately upon the outbreak of war, called a truce in its disputes, and this truce has in the main been honourably kept. It put aside all its regulations in respect of hours of labour, overtime, the exclusion of
