DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL
f— A NEW YEAR MESSAGE TO LABOUR, Mr. G. N. Barnes, tho Labour member of the War Cabinet, in a NewYear's message to his "fellow-workere in the cause of Labour," begs them to continue their steady support in the prosecution of the war for democracy. "Democracy," he says, "is at one and the same time on its trial and in the crucible. If tins war is lost by the Allies the cause of democracy is under eclipse for generations to come, and we leave to our children a. heritage of trouble. , "Might I ask Labour throughout tho country to be steady for the final phases of the war? I ask it not to he confused by lying statements. It ivas said, for instance, that there had been meetings of financiers abroad while, the Government were refusing to allow Labour to confer with enemy subject workmen. Tho statement was absolutely false."
Another equally false statement was that we had refused to discuss war aims with our Allies, aud particularly with the revolutionary Government of Russia, and there was also the "doormat" incident, which oould easilv be explained. Fo asked his Labour friends to rise above these petty things.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 148, 12 March 1918, Page 6
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200DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 148, 12 March 1918, Page 6
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