"ONE FRONT, ONE ARMY, ONE NATION."

Taihape Daily Times, 14 November 1917, Page 5

"ONE FRONT, ONE ARMY, ONE NATION."

PARIS, November 12. M. Painleve, in welcoming Mr. Lloyd George at luncheon declared that by every railway and all other routes, French and English soldiers, ,guns and munitions were, being hurried.-, across the Alps to asisst. Italy. '' The help, '■' said M. Painleve, ".will,,not falLshort of the greatness of ..the. peril.; We. -need, not speak of help, when.it is a. mat-; bo sour '•■■ ; ■-"- '■■"'• i/j .1,-73 ter. of helping brother, . peoples- who,' are resolved to make every sacrifice; for the common ideal. There must bo ; one front, one army one nation-. Upon such programme, victory depends. ME. 1 LLOYD GEORGE'S SANITY. ALLIES' WEAKNESS DISCOVERED ! PARIS, November 13. ' Mr.' Lloyd George, replying to M. Painleve,' referred to the new War Council. They unfortunately had not had time to consult 1 America and Rus-sia'-before forming the Council. The Italian' disaster necessitated .action 6n-the part of-those "Powerswhose forces were Teadily' iavailable: to assist Italy. It was'imperative' that all the Allies should be,/represented in order to ensure the-.success" of "-the' great enterprise in Italy which was; essential to victory, They had commenced to obtain Russo-American consent and cooperation. "Let, us- be just," he said, "to Russia which -is suffering from violent fever as the result of atrocious mis-government. IShe is winning her way to steadier, cleaner health than ever -she enjoyed. We should not forget what she did .in the early days of the war, when her heroic sacrifice helped to save France, and Italy.' "What then, was the reason why the Allies to-day were not much further along the road to' victory? The fault had been entirely the absence of real unity in the Allied direction of the war. We all felt the need of it, but had never yet achieved it ,each country being left to its own devices."

FACING- THE POSITION. LLOYD GEORGE SPEAKS. Received 11.30. PARIS, November 13. Mr Lloyd George, in Ms Paris speech, described himself as the" only of any of the belligerents holding office since the outbreak of war; therefore, he was competent to review the fact bodly. Roumania was crushed and the gates of the East opened simply because it was nobody's business to guard" the Balkans, and the rich corn lands and oilfields passed to Germany. The Allies had there committed are incredible blunder. We_ sent forces to Salonika to rescue Serbia, as usual, too late. Now again must there be such inconceivable fatuity. We must realise our battle "front is continuous, not local. The Italian front was just as important to Britain as to Germany.