"In directing a course which may entail some inconvenience, but can hardly, with ordinary foresight, result in real hardship, your President reminds you of the oft-repeated warning that such a demand would inevitably be made upon your sincerity. The opportunity is now at hand for proving that as a class our resource and endurance are not less than those of our opponents. "On or before the 22nd July, members of the League will cease until further notice to purchase or to use coal in the form of (_a_) Burning Coal (except such as may be already on their premises), (_b_) Coke (with the exception as before), (_c_) Gas, (_d_) Coal-produced electricity. "The rule applies to all private houses, offices, clubs, schools, and similar establishments; to all hotels, restaurants, boarding-houses and lodging-houses, with the exception (for the time) of necessary kitchen fires, which will be made the subject of a special communication, to all greenhouses and conservatories not used for the purposes of trade; and to all shops, workshops, and similar buildings where oil or other fuel or illuminant not produced or derived from coal can be safely substituted. "Members of the League who have no coal in stock, and who do not possess facilities for introducing a substitute immediately, are at liberty to procure sufficient to last for a week. With this exception members are required to cancel all orders at present placed for coal. The League will take all responsibility and will defend all actions for breach of contract. "_Members of the League are earnestly requested to co-operate in this line of action both as regards the letter and the spirit of the rule._ "MEMBERS ARE EMPHATICALLY ASSURED THAT EVERY POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN FULLY CONSIDERED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND IT IS ADVANCED WITH ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE THAT NOTHING UNFORESEEN CAN HAPPEN TO MAR ITS SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION. "Nothing but the loyal co-operation of members is required to ensure the triumph of those Principles of Government which the League has always advocated, and a complete attainment of the object for which the League came into existence. "JOHN HAMPDEN, _President_. "TRAFALGAR CHAMBERS, "LONDON, 15^{_th_} _July_ 1918."