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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 8, 1941.

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Lloyd George's Speech On War Administration

RESUMPTION OF THE debate on the vote of confidence had been resumed by Mr. Lloyd George with a spirited speech.

He said that with the first part of the re- solution (expressing confidence in the Gov- ernment) everyone agrees but there were parts of the Government's war administra- tion on which there was dissatisfaction and disappointment.

Mr Lloyd George asked why do but study problems and give Mr. Eden, whilst talking about the Prime Minister their muture | the loyalty of Turkey, withheld advice Reuter. the fact that Turkey allowed Ger- ¦ num ships to pass through the Bosphorus into the Dardanelles to size the Aegean Islands

Appealing for more information, Mr. Lloyd George sagt "We are

not

an infantile nation to with hold unpleasant facts from. Thus nation has faced far too many crises and defeats in the past be frightened by anything that has happened even up to the pre-

sent."

Stimson Speech

Mr. Lloyd George thanked Godd for Colonel Stimson's S{!t+4*[y! which showed that the Americans rea ised the gravity of the posi- tion, but it was important "not to exaggerate what you are going to gel or father how quickly you are going to get it."

In the inst war, America put. their feet in the Atlantic while Japan guaranteed the Pacific, butį to-day the Americans had got to keep in mind that they are now, the sole guardians of the Pacifle.

War Council

Obligation Of Honour

Mr. Lloyd Grorge, whose Cam- mons, speeches are now infre- quent, admitted there was comi plete agreement as to the obliga- thon of honour to run every risk to support the valiant Greek any but there had never been a war where diplomacy had counted for

much and he expected from the Foreign Secretary a full and frank statement of Government foreign policy.

Our worst defeats had been defeats in diplomacy. Our preatest triumph had been A diplomalle triumph - the work of the late Lord Lothian. He had hoped Mr. Eden would i have more to say about relations; with Turkey, about Spaini about Vichy.

Trouble In Iraq

and

We had now trouble in Iraq and Libya, the seizure of Greek is ands aid tremendous havoc amongst our ships.

We also had very dazzling suc- cesses. The victory of September If America was going to enable was very remarkable, very thrill- us to catch up, and then to over-ing, and for the time being, con- take Germany, she had got to do elusive. infinitely more than any indiea- tion he had heard of up to the present.

He urged the Prime Minister, to reconsider the whole distribu- tion of manpower and to have a real War Council of three or four men who should have nothing to

ONLY EIGHT

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OF 205 SHIPS SUNK

"Only eight out of left 205 ships that American ports with supplies for Britain were sunk in the first three months of this year," declared Sena- for Vandenberg before the U.S. Senate yes- terday.

Senator Vandenberg said the Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission gave him these figures. Reuler.

had to hold the position until there was auch a change effect- ed in the reorientation of nations as to enable us to secure victory. Until then our duty was to muke Britain and the Empire impregn- able and to resist the siege until our opportunity came.

Long War

In this connection he referred to the epoch-making speech of Mr. Stimson.

He had always thought it was going to be a long war and the longer the better our chances. But we have to get over a very dark chasm.

General Wavell's campaign was one of the most brilliant series of successes wun by any British He warned his countrymen general in any long continuous | against impatience and urged them to do the job, until America was ready, more thoroughly than they were doing it now.

British Wireless.

War.

Referring to the Battle of the Atlantic, our position was that we had practically no allies and

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