BRITAIN'S THIRD WAR ANNIVERSARY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3155, 6 August 1917, Page 5

BRITAIN'S THIRD WAR ANNIVERSARY

ROYAL MESSAGES TO OUR ALLIES

STIRRING SPEECH BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE

\ (Rec. August 5, 5.5 p.m.) n.i ~ \ „ London, August •!. llio Press Bureau reports:-His Majesty the King-has telegraphed the Emperor ot Japan, the Kings of Italy,.Serbia, and Rumania, tho Presidents of i'Tance, America, and Portugal, as follows:— " 0n }^ c thira a " nivorsar y of tho day on which my country entered this great struggle, I desire to express the imwarering* aietermination of our Lmpire to pursue tho contest until our joint efforts have been e-own»d with success aud our common aims attaineu. I feel happy in the confidence, which I feel assured is shared' by you, that the untiring \<ill of our peoples and the heroism of our forces will achieve the final victory thus securing tho possibility of peaceful progress for humanity." *' Message of Hope to Belgium. His Majesty tho King has also telegraphed to the King of Belgium as follows: : "On the third anniversary of the day on which my country threw in its iovecs against the violaters of neutral Belgium, I' desiro to express my unshakeablo confidence in the ultimate restoration of Belgium to her -rightful position among the free countries ofi Europe. The unfailing spirit of her people under grievous sufferings -will continue to inspire tho joint efforts of tho Allies against tho-nation which has trampled her liberties underfoot." Greetings, to New Allies. .• Th , B o? in ? also tole s™phed the King of Siam an expression of his appreciation of Slams noble resolution to associate herself with the righteous cause for whioh tho Allies aro fighting. . I „. Tb **"> President of Cul>a; "I feel confident in the complete success of the Allies, thus settling the laws of nations and the welfare of humanity nnon a firm foundation."—Aus;-ft.Z. Cable Assn.-Renter.

"RESTORATION" THE FIRST ESSENTIAL OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ■

PRIME MINISTER SAYS THAT THERE MUST BE "NO 1 STUTTERING."

(Rec. August 5, 5.5 p.m.) ' nr., ti j n /n ■• ~■'..,. , London, Angust i. Ml. Lloyd George (Prime Minister) was accorded'a great ovation on rising to address the meeting which was held in the Queen's Hall for the purpose of expressing the nation s inflexible determination to continue the strugfle for liberty justice, and victory 'The Marquis of Crewe presided,-and there was a crowded p U ir CB 'm 'v ?f eluded Burou Sonnino (Italian Foreign Minister), the Serbian lremier (M. Pasitch) Cabinet Ministers, many members of Parliament oversea soldiers and Allied residents.

,„ 5 G r/ gG / « fter V T? B a ltnbuto te Ital y' s wav efforts, ssid:-"We are fighting to defeat the most dangerous conspiracy ever plotted a<4inst the liberties of nations We have striven for three years to that' end, and not nsuccessfully. We have checked tho ambitions of Germany. The Kaim knows nnw lj?T, not « trU^t!mt are fightiag to protect German oil Even now, neither the Kaiser nor Dr. .Michael s say that thev will be satisfied with German sol They talk glibly of peace, but they s&L«l whetithey came to the word 'restoration' Before we enter a peace conference they must leara to utter that word to begin with. Our gallant fellows aro gradually goingto cure Hie Kaiser of his stutter. Restoration is the first letter. Then we will tto ™ nothing so ,fhe Prussian War Lords had not yet abandonld ambiS^"-'There bo no next time," he said. "Lets have done with it Tlon'f loV= ™!™L X horror. Let'es make the victory so that national liber'tv, whethe- of"sma 1 'or great nations can never lie challenged. The small nation must be a, wdlnro tected as the.big. Doubtless the Russian collapse is rather a nW 1„„ pacing through, and I am not sure that w "have reach dVe dX't level b, ? across the valleys I can see the ascent. Russia is still on the rone an! will in "P .«?».»■ ~W« Bannot allow a sectional organisation to make peace. It is the whole nation that makes war, and it is flio nation as a whole that must make peace. The Germans said that thev were «W.J »f(k « result of the last battle. Sir Douglas u .Ha% secured aU his ob eft ves wl\ave enough guns to smash lines on which the Germans for three vm h* 1 J™„S Killing and forced labour. If the Germans arepleased wfth'tha ba" tlf'^are we. Lot this continue ttros to our mutual satisfaction." Mr. LloydGeoracon olndod by making a plea to the nation for unity He asked th« wnl..+a i their eyes steadily on winning the war. -A,™W.Z. Cablefen * keei>