Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 13, 14 September 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

MR LLOYD GEORGE. d • " b THROUGH TERROR TO TRIUMPH I United Presb Association ~ , k London, September 12. Mr Lloyd George, in a preface to his collected war speeches, entitled 'Through Terror to Triumph." "Alter "twelve months my conviction is stronger, .than ever that Britain could kept out of the war - withouWnperilling her , security and impairing her honor. We could npt } have looked on cynically, with our arms folded, while the country we were pledged to protect was ravaged | and downtrodden by one of the cotrustees. T%Britisk' women and children had been brutally destroyed on the high seas bv German submarines Brit- I ain would have insisted on calling it infanticide, and the Empire would have demanded a stern reckoning. Events have demonstrated that a mil.tarv system so regardless of good t faith, of honorable obligations., and of j the elementary impulses of humanity, ( constitutes the most sinister mfeuWdo , to civilisation, and despite the terrible , cost of suppressing it, the well-he.ng , of humanity demands that it should be challenged and destroyed. '- * ' j "The fact that events have shown that the might of this military clique I lias exceeded the most gloomy nostications provides an additional argument for its destruction in its greater might and darker menace.. The untoward incidents of the war have not weakened my faith i.nult»:.. mate victory, but it is essential that the Allies put forth their whole strength before it is too late. Anything less must lead to defeat. The Allies have an overwhelming preponderance of raw material, men, money, metals, and machinery, hut these must be mobilised and utilised. "It would be idle to pretend that in the first twelve months our task lias been accomplished satisfactorily. Had the Allies realised our strength and resources land VfMpjpSiM gSJW f thorn'. \H, tofday, < should have witnessed the triumphant spectacle qf-oua ■ guns pouring out a stream of shot and shell, deluging the 'GprLnaiu tijmhp with lire, and scorching! .till Cferu»*U --herons'nitons their own frontiers; biit the Central Powers have still an ovei--1 rWMN and equipment lr ,!'(jerm,any's iron heel has now sunk deeper than ever into WeWMwidBelgian'soil',; Poland is entirely Geg; man. and Lithuania is rapidly follow-' ing suit. Russian fortresses, hitherto deemed impregnable, are falling like sand castles before 'the resistless tide of the Teutonic invasion. When will that tide''he stemmed? As soon as the Allies are supplied with abundance of war material. "That is ( why I *jm recalling !; these : unpleayant|,fa[!ts, because,., I jffs ,to, stir mv GQUptiymeii to put forth their "I'll n'l ;ltl''Y ' , ~ m„ strength to a mend the situation.—jLO , dwejl of) events is the most disagreeable, tafilj that can fall to the lot of..a,public imU sffßufcl a qMAibJ man l i whOi either, shirks these facts, or fails , to drt Jus. best to force others to face ithemi fig | }% guilty of high treason to the State. It has been awakening to, tfie Allied countlijes. Prodigious efforts are being madje to equip the armies in, the held. Nothing but our best and 1 utmost can pull us through. "Does every man who can help.' whether by fighting or providing material, understand clearly that ruin awaits remissness? How many people apprehend the full significance of the Russian retreat? For over a year Russia, despite her deficiencies in equipment, has absorbed the energies of half the Germans£and four-fi|bh» o| the Austrians.i It is realised that Russia has, for the time being,, made her contribution (and what an heroiccontribution it isj to the struggle, ,i'oj',, European freedom; and that wp cannot for many months expect the same active help from the Russian armies. "Who is to take the place of jthe Russians whilst those armies are re-j equipping? France cannot be expected to sustain much heavier) burdens than those she now bears with a quiet courage that has astonished and moved the world. Italy i s putting her fill] strength into the fight. "There is only Britain left. Is Britain prepared to fill the gap that will be created when the Russians have retired to re-arm? Is she fully prepared to cope with all the possibilities during the next few months in the west, without forgetting those in the east? Upon the answer which the Government, employers, workmen, financiers,, the young men who can bear arms, the'women who can work in factories, in fact, upon the answer which all of our people give to this question, will, .depend the liberties of Kurope lor generations. If we are not allowed to equip-onr—• factories and workshops with adequate labour fco supply our armies? because we must' not transgress the regulations applicable to normal conditions; if the na- ! tion hesitates, when its needs are , clear, to take the necessary steps to call forth its manhood to defend its i honor and existence; if vital decisions are postponed until too late; if we give ground for the accusation that . we are slouching into disaster as if we were walking along the ordinary paths of peace without an enemy in sight; i then I can see no hope. But if we sacrifice all our own. if our preparations are characterised by grip, reso- ' Jution, and prompt readiness in every sphere, thon; ,vi,o,lory is assured."

ALIENS INTERNED

(Received 12.35 p.m ) London, September 13. Since the aircraft raid on Wednesday, Theodore Kroel (manager of the Litz hotel), and Jacques Kraemer (manager of the Carlton hotel) have been interned in the Isle of Man. Hitherto they were registered as aliens. Kraemer was originally a kitchen hoy in a big hotel. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. (Received 12.35 p.m.) London, September 13. The Bank of England has set asida 2,290.000 sovereigns for export to the Tnited States and 50,000 for Switzerland.