THE DOMINIONS' PART.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16265, 16 July 1918, Page 7

THE DOMINIONS' PART.

SPEECH BY MR LLOYD GEORGE. (By Cable.—Pren A««ociatiom—Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Cable LONDON, July 14. Mr Lloyd George, speaking at the dinner givea by tua Ministry of Information to visiting ' Canadian editors, I paid & tribute to Canada's part in | war, and the achievements of Canadian soldiers at the front. Since the begin- ! ning of the war Canada had manufactured fifty-nine million shells and foAynine million cartridges. 'One of the results of the war would be a real change of the character of the British Empire. "This is a war in which wo engaged | the Dominions without consulting them," continued the Prime Minister, "because there was no time to do so. It is true that the Dominions have approved of our policy of protecting thesmall States of Europe. Henceforth you have the right to be consulted beforehand. The contributions you have made to enforce our treaties give you an undeniable right to a voice in fashioning the policy which may commit you. For that purpose the Imperial War Cabinet is a reality. There I the Dominions' representatives sit with representatives of the British Empire, to oonsult and decide under absolutely equal conditions. That is making a great change in the history of the Empire. You must have a voice in the settlement of peace conditions. 'The War Cabinet discussed the war aims and the conditions on whicli we are prepared to make peace. Wo arrived at an agreement on the subject last year with the representatives of the Dominions. We shall reconsider the same problems in the light of tho event* thai have occurred since. "I have no doubt t?at in the course of the next few weeks Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Newfoundland will determine the conditions under which they are prepared to make peacc. "Unless I am mistaken, we are pretty well in agreement. There mnst be nt> 'hugger-mugger 1 peace. We as a whole have lost hundreds of thousands, and had millions maimed.. Wo have not madejfchese sacrifices in order to establish fraud upon earth. "Anything less than a real peace would bo defrauding, not this generation, but the next,, and aleo defrauding humanity. M