THE WAR
(Continued from Poga 5.)
SUNDAY TELEGRAMS,
(Reuter's Service to the Okina Mafi.)
MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON THE WAR.
NOTEWORTHY UTTERANCES
LONDON, Dec. 14.
Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at a dinner to the Heads of the Air Service, at Gray's Inn, after emphasising tha importance of the operations of the Air Service a determining "factor in the war, referred to Lord Lansdowne's #latter and said he now understood
that Lord Lansdowne bad nos intended- in the least to convey the meaning his words might reasonably bear, and only intended to say exactly the same thing as President Wilson had said in a recent speech. The whole of the British, nation fully agreed with that speech and he therefore concluded that the inter pretation placed upon Lord Lansdowne's fatter by the Allies and by our cucmies in no way represented what Lord Lansdowne intended.
NO HALFWAY HOUSE BETWEEN VICTORY AND DEFEAT.
Mr. Lloyd George next referred to the very active minority of people who thought mistakenly that they had found a leader in Lord Lansdowne, The danger was not the treme pacifiat. I warned the Nation to Watch the man who thinks thers, is a ball-way house between victory and defeat. No such house exista. These are the men who think you can and the war now by some sort of what they call pesce by setting up a League of Nations, with attendant conditions. That is the right policy after victory but without victory it would be a farce. To end the wat we entered upon in i order to enforce a Treaty, without re- paration for the infringement of that Treaty which was treated bas scrap of puper, merely by entering into a Dew and a more comprehensive Treaty, would be farce in a setting of tragedy. Wemust take care not to be mis- led. by the mate words league of nations, disarmament, Arbitration, security. They are all great and blessed phrases but without the vitalising force of vic tory they are nothing but words. You cannot wage war or secure peace or cover decélt for long with words. There is nothing so fatal to character as half- finished tasks:
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was also conducting a searching him.
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Mr. Lloys George warned the people against undue clation over victories and despondency over set back. They were investigation into the best methods The Morning Post says that Mir. the same persons in both cases. This of husbanding the existing man power Lloyd George reached the tras and the attitude of men who opposed the Russian's threatened retirement would the war. The provision of men for the in appealing to
was not, the most propitious hour; so as to reduce the terrible wastage of anthentic note in British statesmanship, the spirit of Old war from the start, Mr. Lloyd George strengthen Hohenzollernism and, would armies was not the most urgent part of England said it was a mean attitude but it was, asken the forces of Democracy, but the problem.
The Daily Chronicle says that the at least, a definite and clear line of that action would not lend to universal
speech had an unusual quality of re action, but he could not comprehend
strained, dispassionate firmness, which the man who was seized with indign. Peace: it would simply prolong the ation at German outrages and helped to one third of the enemy's strength from world's agony. The withdrawal of over
is decidedly appropriate at the present crisis. His emphasis on tonnage and the Eastern Front, owing to Russia's Victory was now a question. of food suggests that he does not intend honour and nor before the task was intention, meant the release of hundreds tonnage, and tonnage was victory putting everybody, indiscriminately,
early accomplished, wished to shake of thousands of troops and masses of Nothing else could defeat us now, hut into khaki. hande with the malefactor and trade with him to mutual advantage. The France and Italy. It was
material to attack Great Britain, shortage of tonnage. The advent of The Times states that the chief merit norious of the United States into the war bad of Mr. Lloyd George's speech is the ezemy was simply being invited to addition to our task, which was enormously, increased the demand, and clearness and directness with which it eutar into a bargain to join with you in already formidable enough. It would Germany gambled on America's failure keeps things that really matter before punching the head of the next man be folly to underrate the danger, and to transport the collossal number of the people. Cunning and insidious efforta who dared to imitate his villanies. The it would equally be folly to exag men and aeroplanes to Europe. The have been made to confued their judg enemy desired such peace terms. It garate it; but the greatest folly Prussian War Lords bad promised their meat and to shake their faith, and the was idle to talk of security boing wou of all would be not to face it. The own people and their allies that these Premier wafts the poison gas aside and by such feeble means.
Let there be no doubt regarding the
meat momentous fact of the year had formidable masses would never find bids them in their eyes on the stars been the entry of American Democracy their way into the battle-line. Ma which have guided them and their slternatives with which we are co-into the struggle against Military Lloyd George foreshadowed a further fathers through history. frented. One is to make easy terms Autocracy. It had transposed the drawing of men from the unessential The Daily Mail says that the speech with a triumphant outlaw, which means whole situation. Great Britain, with war trades and occupations in order to war such as the British people, in times sbasing ourselves before is leases. It only a third of the population of Russia increase the shipbuilding requirements, like these, deserve and expect from means ultimately a world intimidated by had been for the last two years, a more and urged a further saving of tonnage their lenders. It has courage sad faith, successful bandita. The other is to go formidable obstacle than Russia to not only in economising consumption finging the challenge full in the face of through with the task, vindicating Germany, but there was no more but by home production. This year all doubters and waverers. Wapust justion so as to establish a righteous and powerful country in the world. than we had increased the home food produc-either close our-rinks now and fix our evarlasting peace for ourselves and our America, who was stepping into Russia's tion by two or three million tom We eyes on the central purposes for which children. No nation with any regard place. She was not yet prepared, but wars the only belligerants who had we are Bghting or history will say that for self-respect and honour, can hesitate on would be; hence the Austro-Ger-increased their food output during the at the supreme moment we faltered and
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man desperate efforts to force an issue war. It was essential that we should broke down. That is unthinkable. before America was ready. They save another three million tons of food would not succeed bat the collapse of importe in 1918 Mr. Lloyd George
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Russia was a temporary, defeat, and appealed to the agriculturalists to fall THE ECONOMIC POWER OF THE Intensely as be realised that victory Italy had undoubtedly cast upon os sin with the plans accordingly. The was an essential condition of a fres heavier share of the burden. Pending Government would do its best in the world, there would not merely be no America's readiness, we must, therefore, provision of labour and machinery, and object in prolonging the war, but it be prepared for greater efforts and the nation could help in another way. would be infamous to do so, if he thought sacrifices. It is not the time to cover namely by discouraging grousers. that things could get no better the pr to falter, but to place our feet Grousing undermined the morale, and longer we fought. It was because he firmer than ever on the ground and to the national morale was a vital question was firmly convinced, despite Homsquare our boulders to bear the in holding out. The peace propagands
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