Let us honor the memory of the gallant seamen who, in
the pursuit of one or another of these varied and responsible duties,
have already laid down their lives for their country.
Call for United Effort.
In regard to the army there is call for a new, a continuous, a
determined, and a united effort. For, as the war goes on, we shall have
not merely to replace the wastage caused by casualties, not merely to
maintain our military power at its original level, but we must, if we
are to play a worthy part, enlarge its scale, increase its numbers, and
multiply many times its effectiveness as a fighting instrument.
[Cheers.] The object of the appeal which I have made to you, my Lord
Mayor, and to the other chief Magistrates of our capital cities, is to
impress upon the people of the United Kingdom the imperious urgency of
this supreme duty. Our self-governing dominions throughout the empire,
without any solicitation on our part, have demonstrated with a
spontaneousness and a unanimity unparalleled in history their
determination to affirm their brotherhood with us and to make our cause
their own. [Cheers.] From Canada, from Australia, from New Zealand, from
South Africa, and from Newfoundland the children of the empire assert,
not as an obligation, but as a privilege, their right and their
willingness to contribute money and material, and, what is better than
all, the strength and sinews, the fortunes, and the lives of their best
manhood.
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