enemy in the inglorious seclusion of his own ports
[laughter] whence, from time to time, he furtively steals forth to sow
the seeds of murderous snares, which are more full of menace to neutral
ships than to the British fleet. Our navy does all this, and while it is
thirsting, I do not doubt, for that trial of strength in a fair and open
fight, which is so far prudently denied it, it does a great deal more.
It has hunted the German mercantile marine from the high seas. It has
kept open our own sources of food supply and has largely curtailed
those of the enemy, and when the few German cruisers which still infest
the more distant ocean routes have been disposed of, as they will be
disposed of very soon, [cheers,] it will achieve for British and neutral
commerce passing backward and forward, from and to every part of our
empire, a security as complete as it has ever enjoyed in the days of
unbroken peace. 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. [Cheers.] India, too, with no less alacrity, has claimed her
share in the common task. [Chee