Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 43, 26 January 1916, Page 5

Great Britain

"WE ARE GOMG TO WIN I" STIRRING WORDS FROM MR LLOYD CEORCE. [Unitkd Press Association.! London, January 2\, Mr Lloyd George, in a striking interview said: "We arc going to will. England is preparing lo put iwr whole weight into the war. and Geimany will feel it in a very short time. It will lie an effort such as Britain ha s never made before—a truly prodigious effort. Before the v•• we had the greatest fleet in the worlc ; now we have one of the greatest armies, which will soon be about the best equipped in the world. A NEW INDUSTRIAL BRITAIN. "But that is not all. A new industrial Britain is being developed. Under the great pressure of the war ■ we are increasing and improving our • industrial resources almost incredibly. We have introduced scores of millions of pounds' worth of automatic machinery which will have an enormous effect on our industries when the war is over. I "Tn addition we are adding to the already great army of industrial workers. We shall need all we can get to repair the ravages of the war. 'and the country, therefore, instead of .being impoverished will bo the richer in everything constituting ' '"eal wealth. We will be better organised, equipped, trained, and better disciplined as a nation. I THE CERMAN MENACE. "T fought the doctrine of war wnen I thought thi s country applied it to South Africa, but T have favored this .war because I saw it was the only means of destroying the hideous menace of German civilisation, and j every happening since has confirmed what .Air Asquith caned "our great decision." THE TWO CERMANYS. "There were, two Germanys before the war, one was the industrial, commercial, and intellectual Germany, which was conquering the world by the successes of it s methods and example. That conquest would have proved a genuine blessing, but side jby side with the Germany we. admired wa.s the military Germany. These two could not live together, for the rapid beneficent development of the first Germany meant the overthrow of tlie old barbarous Germany. The Militarist Germany, made a desperate effort to re-establish' its predominance, and started spending money on its army and navy, and we saw that tin's meant that the militarists were determined to strike at the earliest 'moment. The Allies are now as firmly united as ever. | "I refuse to believe,,that there is 'a possibility of industrial trouble, I and I am convinced that a very small fraction has ever entertained the idea !of so hampering our gallant troops. The idea of industrial compulsion is the merest bogey, employed by those wishing to create trouble. If the militarists of Germany won, their triumph would be permanent and we should witness the trio" 1 "^ 1 of a pernicious potent ideal. The Germany of a quiet pacific development would vanish, and we would see a Germany of warriors, seeking fresh hemispheres to conquer.

BRITAIN'S SEA SHIELD.

: "If we overthrow German militarism now it is because our command

of the sea has given us time to reorganise and make good our unpreparedness. if the command of the j'sea had not been oui's we would have been overrun as easily as the. Balkans have been. Within three ' months London would have fallen as easily as Belgrade. If Germany won • the war Europe would be helpless, j and the command of the sea would be taken from Britain. Perhaps in | that event the Monroe doctrine would not fare any better than the British fleet.

i "The Allies are engaged in a mighty effort to dig the grave of the wicked doctrine that 'right is might,' and we shall not cease to strive to the uttermost until we have dug that grave deep and wide." FIRST READINC IN THE LORDS. VIEWS IN THE COMMONS. THE GOVERNMENT DELICHTED. ! (Received 8.20 a.m.) London, January 25. The -Military Service Bill was carried in the House of Commons without demonstration. The Bill has passed the first reading in the House of Lords. | Sir John Simon, speaking on tinthird reading, justified voluntarism an 1 the opposition to the measure to the end, otherwise the Government would not realise the amount of opposition existing in the country. Mr Thomas, Railwaymen's Secretary, similarly insisted that large sections of trades unionists opposed compulsion. Mr Bonar Law, in closing the debate, commented on the changed tone of the debate since the Bill was introduced. The suspicion that the Bill was to be used to secure industrial compulsion had been removed. The Government were delighted at the restraint shown by all sections of the House, and they hoped that every member of the Commons would do his best to prevent industrial trouble if it threatened.

THE DOVER AIR RAID. Loudon, January 24. The Press Bureau states that a German seaplane approached Dover in the afternoon. All the anti-air-craft guns were utilised, aud two British aeroplanes pursued the enemy. | . KENTISH RAIDERS PURSUED. REPORT FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. CQMPARISQ NOF RIVAL FLEETS | (Received 8.20 a.m.) London, January 25. Mr Tennant, in the House of Commons, stated that four military aeroplanes pursued the Kentish raiders, who were too distant to he overtaken. He added: During the past four weeks thirteen British aeroplanes were lost on the Western front and nine or eleven Germans. We used 128 machines in our raids, while the enemy used twenty. The number of our aeroplanes crossing the enemy lines was 1227 against 310 of the enemy crossing ours. All the aircraft fights occurred over or behind the enemy lines. Owing to a westerly wind, the German* when hit planed down whilst ours could not; therefore, it was impossible to give a correct, .comparison of the actual losses. FUN AT A PEACE MEETING. AN APPEAL FOR RECRUITS! (Received 8.20 a.m.) London, January 25. Soldiers converted a peace meeting at Bishopsgate into a recruiting meeting. The peace speakers were heckj led and greeted with a torrent of howls and hisses, and tumult followed, the soldiers calling for three cheers for- the men in the trenches. Then a Lance-corporal asked the chairman to appeal for recruits, and the chairman acquiesced. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. LONDONER FINED £460. I (Received 8.20 a.m.) London, January 25. Basils Panderi, of London, who is a partner in a Greek shipping firm, wag charged with trading with the enemy. Prosecuting counsel said de -fendant cabled £3OOO to his brother at Piraens, knowing that the latter sent it on to Constantinople. Defendant pleaded ignorance of the law, and was fined £450. BELGIANS IN TROUBLE. ALLEGED ACTS OF SPYING. , (Received 8.20 a.m.) London, January 25. Two Belgians were remanded at Brentford on a charge of having been found near a military station with a camera. Evidence was given that the prisoners were seen near a gun station. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. London, January 24. The annual report of the Labour Party shows a membership of 2,093,000, the highest on record, as compared with 1,707,000 last year. Socialist societies comprise 32,800 members, a slight decrease. After referring to the events connected with military service, the report states its opinion that the merits of the Compulsion Bill are divided, and as the National Labour Conference is to be held shortly, the matter will be remitted for the Conference's decision. Mr Sydney Low, in an article' in the Daily Mail, points out that the country is at length awakening to the magnitude of the task of the war in earnest, but yet an essential change is required. That is, to retire the elderly commanders, who have failed to rise to the emergency, and have brought disaster and terrible loss to valiant troops. A number of younger officers in the prime of life,'who were tested at Mons and L e Cateau under the existing service of the new conditions of warfare, ought to be given a chance before their powers diminish, and while still at the top of their form. The winnowing process is conspicuous in Russia and France. The Times correspondent at Russian southern headquarters compares the Kuban "stalkers" to Ansae's super-fighters. They ar e descendants of the hardy Cossack pioneers, who come to fight the Empire's foes, and are called "stalkers" because of their ability to crawl up, surprise, and defeat superior forces. They are wonderfully resourceful at overcoming the barbed wire entanglement;,. Not a single stalker has surrendered, while they have captured tens of thousands of prisoners.