MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3048, 9 April 1917, Page 5

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

ON BEHALF OF THE WAR CABINET 'J STANDS NOW SIDE BY SffiE WITH EUROPEAN '•■;■','..'■ DEMOCRACIES" . (By Telegraph—Press. Association—Copyright). j . (Rec. April S, 5.5 p.m.)

. London, /April 6. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, received! the 'American Press representative, and dictated on behalf of tho War Cabinet the following message to the American people:— \ America at one bound has become a world Power in a sense she never was, before. She waited until she found the , cause worthy of her traditions. The American people held back until fully convinced that the fight was not , a sordid scrimmage for power or possessions, but an unselfish struggle to overthrow a sinister conspiracy against human liberty and human light. Once that conviction reached 1 the great Republic in the West, it leapt into the arena. She stands now side by side with the European democracies who, though' brnised and bleeding after three years of grim conflict, are still fighting the most savage foe thafiever menaced the freedom of the world. The glowing phrases of the President's noble - deliverance illumine the horizon and make clearer than ever the goal we are striving to reach.' His words represent the faith which inspires and sustains our people in the tremendous sacrifices they have made and are still making. They also believe that the unity and the peace of mankind can only rest upon democracy; upon the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own government, upon respeofc for the rights and liberties of nations both great and email, and upon the universal dominion of publio right. To all these the Prussian military autocracy is an implacable foe. The Imperial War Cabinet, representative of all the people and nations of the British. Jhnpire, wish! me, on iheir behalf, to recognise > the chivalry and .courage which calls the people of the United States to dedicate the whole of their resources to the service of the greatest cause that ever engaged , human endeavour. ; * Text of Mr. Asquith's Message to America. ' Mr. A'squith' has also addressed a message to the 'American people. He says:—"There/ is not a man among us who does not. breathe more" freely now that he knows that the whole\ English-speaking people are to fight as comrades side by side in the most momentous struggle in history. The people of the United States have been forced, as the United Kingdom has been forced, into a struggle which in neither case is our own. They, as we, realised that the choice lay between peace with humiliation or war with honour. No middle course was possible. The Americans are now 'dedicating their lives and fortunes to a great purpose, conscious ihat they are obeying ono of those supreme calls which come rarely in history, but wh?n it comes Bounds in the ears of a community of freemen with a note of imperious command." • ■ The King's Telegram to President Wilson. The Press Bureau states that His Majesty the King has telegraphed to President Wilson on the Empire's'behalf offering heartfelt congratulations on America's entry into the war for the great ideals as indicated in his speech to Congress, and adds: 'The moral and material results of the national de-. claration are incalculable to Wβ will strive that such decision shall be reached in this the greatest crisis in the world's history."—Aus.-. N.Z. Cable Assn.-Keuter. ,'■■■■ .