EMPIRE'S OUTLOOK

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2982, 20 January 1917, Page 7

EMPIRE'S OUTLOOK

WHAT THE WAR HAS TAUGHT

(Rec. January 19, 10.40 p.m.) London, January 19. Mr. Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressing four thousand people at Glasgow, made a stirring appeal to Scotsmen to support the war loan. He had an enthusiastic reception, and there was a hugs overflow meeting. He referred to the great ref volution in industrial life due to tlie necessity of increased production. In consequence of the war old machinery and old customs were being swept away. The new conditions will- give full play to the life of the country after the war. The greatest social problem in the Empire is to secure a fair distribution of wealth without drying up the springs of wealth. The greatness of the nation depends on the conditions under which men do their work. "We have not much time to think of these things now, while tlie" house is on lire," continued Mr. Bonar Law, "and we are fully employed iu quelling the flames, but now that victory is approaching, we must occasionally consider the problems of' reconstruction. I am convinced that the whole future of the Empire will depend upon the establishment of good relations between the' representatives of Labour and Capital, who :were, more or less antagonistic in the old times. The gulf between the classes has been lessened-by the war. Every section of society, particularly the great. trade unions, has sent its best to serve the country." Referring, to U?e stsiemoat made .it the Guildhall that there were other ways of obtaining the money if the loan were not fully succe&ful, he said it was evident that if the State was prepared to call on citizens to risk their lives it should not hesitate to .make other calls. If, sucli steps were necessary the amount 1 of ilie levy made upon individuals and institutions would be based upon the contributions already made voluntarily.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable. Assn. •'