If, as many fear, the war is going to run into years the phrase "money talks" will have {n° more significance at the end than had at the beginning of the struggle. The last—hundred millions will settle the business, Which side is likely to possess them is indicated pretty clearly by the statistics regarding the conditions of employment in Great Britain. Allowing for the fact that enormous supplies of labour have been taken out of the market, the condition of the wage earning classes could not possibly be so good unless industry and trade were stea recovering from their recent dislocation. That means that the country's purse is being constantly replenished—a fact which should go a long way i9- wards consoling many Britors here and in other parts of the world who are unable to leave their posts and volunteer for the front. No nation can put all its men into the firing line and go on making money.
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