The Chronicle LEVIN. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1916. THE PEACE PROPOSALS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 December 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1916. THE PEACE PROPOSALS.

Germany's proposals lor peace have been made, but it is early yet to judge ot the effect they will have in Great •Britain. They will be considered caretuily, and as tar as possible dispassionately ; though in the present state oi public affairs a d.spassionate .judgment will be hard to pass. Meanwhile tlie people of the British Empire may derive coml'orc from the lact that in Lloyd George a strong man lills the oflice of Prime Minister; a man who has expressed his determination to see the war to an effective end so far as Great Britain's aims on entering upon it were and are concerned. From an English newspaper lo hand we note that Mr Lloj\d George, in a recent interview with Mr Hoy W. Howard, an American journalist. said:— There is 110 end ui the wai - in sight. Any step at this time by the United «States. the Vatican, or any other neiitrnl in the direction of peace would be construed by Britain as an unneutral pro-German move. The British, now that the fortunes of the game have turned a bit. are not disposed to stop because of the

squeal done by or done for Germans by probably well-meaning but misguided sympathisers and -humanitarians. For two years the British soldier had a bad time but he didn't appeal either to spectators or referee to stop the fight on the ground that it was brutal, nor did he ask that tho ru'es be changed. He was a ,crame dog. When forced to take refuge in a, 11 ench when too badly used-up to carry the fight to his enemy he hung on without whiniirr. He fought off every attack; lie bided his time; he endured without wincing; lie worked without flagging.

During these months, when it seemed the finish of the .Rritish annv might come quickly. German elected to make this fiirsh fight with Britain. The British soldier was ridiculed and held in contempt. Xow we intend to see that Germany has her way. The fight must he to a -fin Hi—to a knockout. There is neither clock nor cal-i emlar in the British army to-day. Time is the len.st vital factor. Only the result counts, not the time en suined in achieving it. It took Britain 20 years to defeat Napoleon, and the -first 15 of tho,se years were black with British defeat. Whatever time is require:! it will he done. We have no "delusion that the war is rearing the end. We liavo not the Rightist doubt as to how it is to end. T have just visited the battlefields of France. I stood, as it wmc, at the door of hell, and saw myriads marching into the furnace. I saw some coming out of it scorched and mut'lated. The ghastlinesis must never again be re-enacted. One method at least of ensuring that end is the infliction of Mich punishment upon the perpetrators of -this outrage against humanity that the temptation to emulate their exploit.'; will he eliminated from the hearts of the evil-minded amongst the rulers of men. That is Britain's resolve.