TO END ALL WARS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 306, 14 September 1918, Page 7

TO END ALL WARS

A REAL VICTORY ASSURED IF THE NATION'S HEART IS SOUND MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON THE WAR SITUATION (Rec. September 13, 7.45 p.m.) London, .September 12. Mr. Lloyd George had a great ovation at Manchester, where ho was presented with the Freedom of tho City. In a speech in which ho reviewed the war situation, he said the life and honour of Britain, the fate of the British I Empire, and the destiny of humanity, hung on the issuo of the war. The I news was really good, but we were not at the end of the journey. Steep gradients wero ahead. The tunnel we were passing throught might be dark n but it would be short. The Worst was. over. _ He eulogised the great- work;done in transporting the Americans-across the Atlantic. The Germans did not expect that more than two divisions of Americans would ■ he sent, but already there were hundreds of thousands- of Americans in France, the advanco guard of at loast 10,000,000 of the finest material in the world. He declared that in order to realise [what had happened .the people must contrast the-advance of 1916 with the recent advance over the same ground. Tho casualties in the last advanco were under one-fifth of those in 1916. The main difference between 1916 and 1918 was the-unity of command. General Foch was especially fitted'for tho exceptional conditions of this'war, where battles were fought on a front of .300 miles. Nothing but heart failure on the part of the nation could prevent our achieving a real victory to end all wars. "We must impose a durable I poacotin our enemies., Not only.must Prussian military power be beaten, but the German people must know that tl-eir rulers have outraged the laws of humanity, and that Prussian strength c?nnot protect them from punishment. This must be the last war."—Reuter. j The Only Sure Foundation for Peace. A league of nations would not in itself secure the-world against a catastrophe. A league of nations', with the Prussian military 'power triumphant, would be a league of fox and geese , with one fox and many geese, and the geese-..would greatly diminish-in number. ■Hβ was all for a league of nations. _ Indeed, the league that had begun..in the British E'ti.we was a league of free nations. 'The Allies also were now a league of free nations, arid if after the war Germany repudiated and condemned' the perfidy .of her rulers, Germany would be welcomed to a great league of nations. The only sure foundation for peace was victory for the Allies. Peace must bo such as to commend itself to the common, sense and consieence ! of nations generally. It must not be dictated by extremists on either side. We could not allow the Bolsheviki to force upon iis peace so humiliating as to dishonour the national flag and make a repetition of the horrors- of this war inevitable. When a satisfactory peace was secured we could pi'oceed with'n clear conscience in building up a new world. Reconstruction After the Wai , . i The first lesson of the war was the in.men.se importance of maintaining the solidarity of the British Empire, lliero must bo healthier conditions in workshops. Bad health for the nation was bad business for all. Wo must pay more attention to the schools and initiate tho best conditions Tor pro-: auction. There must' be a bold 'reconstruction policy after tho war. But the war must-first be won. There were disturbing social and economic symptoms all over Europe,' which we must provide against, in time. Then we should enjoy settled weather for the great harvest which was coming. Hefernng to tho talk of peace by negotiation, he declared that, there conld be no compromise between freedom and tyranny. "We will fight to the end!»•■ —neuter.