HOW THE BRITISH WON WAS ROUSED
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S VIEW (Rec. March 1, 0.20 a.m.) London, February 27. , Mr. Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer), in an interview, said that the violation-of Belgium had turned British opinion from a desire for peace to insistence upon war. Even on the Saturday after war had been declared powerful city, financiers earnestly hoped that Britain would keep out. By Tuesday they favoured war. Ninetynine per rent, of the electors wtriild then have voted for war. "If Germany had not invaded Belgium, the Government would not have intervened. 1' certainly would not hare been a party to the war." He added: "Sinco August we have assembled 1,000,000 soldiers, and there will shortly be 2,500,000. Before the Sprint: htiif a million >no» will join tWr comrades in France. 1 '
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2397, 1 March 1915, Page 5
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134HOW THE BRITISH WON WAS ROUSED Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2397, 1 March 1915, Page 5
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