AFTER-WAR EMPLOYMENT 



THERE is a serious problem involved in the 

 question of employment after the war is ended. 

 There are some hundreds of thousands of men 

 now at the front, and more are continually going. 1 

 Of course it is fervently hoped the majority 

 will return. The question, however, arises, 

 " What will become of them ? " Out of com- 

 mon gratitude for the services they have ren- 

 dered, the nation must consider their position, 

 and as far as possible provide for their future. 



We may be sure that this great war will affect 

 our social and political institutions. In many 

 respects things will be entirely changed. A new 

 page in our social history will be turned over. 

 New ideas, new aspirations, new forces will be 

 at work, which it behoves the nation seriously 

 to anticipate and deal with, lest they should 



1 On June 15th, 1915, the Prime Minister stated that 

 "the number of men authorized by Parliament for army 

 and navy is 3J millions." 



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