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[Extracts from Chis journal of the 3rd September, 1914.]
"Our State of War Volume: No. XX."
" This issue is the first of our twentieth volume. . The war is going on. Lord Kitchener, the best-informed man in the country, has repeated his warnings hereanent. His advice in effect is that each and every person shall be prepared for a long period of hostilities, for a succession of months all tending toward and requiring better organization, undiminished alertness, greater and wider activities coupled with the creation of new powers both of reserve and resistance. We reassert our belief that the military end naval authorities can themselves, without sporadic interference from busy-bodies, carry to successful issues the duties which their professions impose upon them, for which they have been paid in the past and are still paid, and 'about which they know more than outsiders. . We shall feel doubly rewarded for not having lost our normal balance a month ago, and for not having forgotten that itis at all times a
golden rule to mind your own business.' . It is every man's business to be mindful of his nation's welfare, but it is not given to every man to he engaged actively with the Army or Navy, or upon the staff in one or Other of those services. He can none the less be mindful' ofhis country's business by trusting those officers and officials who are engaged by the country to carry out necessary duties. . Far be it from us to pretend_ that the duty of fighting for one's country may not, if certain events happen, become our willingly-accepted occupation. Until and unless those events happen, our business is to help to keep the wheels of industry turning."
"Early News."
" THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR was the first, journal in the country (a) to include war-transport photographs—issue of 6th August, (b) to announce that Japan intended to support Great Britain actively with her fleet--issiie of 13th August, and (c) to publish particulars of the Government arrangements for the suspension of German patents—issue of 27th August. . . We, following up the illustrated accounts of the impressment; concentration and shipmentof commercialmotor vehicles in our last four issues. this weelt.publish the first of our ` Despatches from the Front,' inclusive of 12 exclusive illustrations from photographs taken in France."
"One Hears."
"Of much holiday money saved name miens."
" That the girls are shaming thousands of men into enlisting." "That there are people who will lose nothing through the war except competition." " That it is prudent to expect slackness in certain industries: but wicked to talk of disaster." "That the sources of the 'IIM.' early information in respect of the intentions of Japan, which Were announced in its issue of the 13th ult., have been the subject of official inquiry." "That it cost nearly £800 to patch up and repair motor vehicles, that wore shipped from Southampton, chiefly due to the ignorance and inexperience of bad drivers."