BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN.

! THE SUPREME EFFORT. 'MVT. ARE G3KG TO Villi." :STIP.PvIXG WORDS FROM MR, LLOYD GEORGE. Received Jan. 25, 5.45 p.m. Loudon, Jan. 24 Mr. Lloyd George, in a striking interview, said: "We. are going to win. England is preparing to put her whole weight into the war, and Germany will feel it in a very short time, lit will he an effort such as Britan has never made before—a truly prodigious effort. Before the war we had the greatest fleet in the world; now we have one of the .greatest armies, which will soon be about the beat equipped in the world. CREATING A NEW 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. Wo have introduced scores of millions of pounds' worth of automatic machinery which will have an enormous effect fln our industries when the war is over. "In 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 be the richer in everything constituting real wealth. We will be better organised, equipped, trained, and better disciplined as a nation.

WHY HE FAVORS THIS WAR. ''l fought the doctrine of war when I thought this country applied it to South Africa, but I have favored this war because I saw it was the only means of destroying the hideous menace of German civilisation, and every happening since has confirmed what Mr. Asquith called ' : our great decision." THE TWO GERMANYS. "There were two Germanys before the war, one was the industrial, commercial, .and intellectual Germany which was conquering the world by the successes of its methods and example. That conquest would have proved a genuine blessing, but sido by side with the Germany we admired was the military Germany. These two could not live together, for the rapid beneficent development of the. first Germany meant the overthrow of the old barbarous Germany. The Militarist Germany, made a desperate effort to re-establish its predominance, and started spending money on its anny and navy, and we saw that this meant that the militarists were determined to strike at the earliest , moment. The Allies are now as firmly united as ever. INDUSTRIAL TROUBLE A BOGEY. "I refuse to believe that there is a possibility of industrial trouble, and I am .convinced that a very small fraction lias 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 triumph 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. . THE NAVY BRITAIN'S 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 sea had not been ours we would have been overrun as easily as the Balkans have been. Within thrVe months London would have fallen as easily as Belgrade. If Germany won the war Europe would be helpless, and the comamnd of the sea would he t&ken from Britain. Perhaps in that event the Monroe doctrine would not fare any bolter than the British fleet.

"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."

, LABOR PARTY'S REPORT. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP. Received Jan. 25, 8.30 p.m. London, Jan. 24. The annual report of the Labour Party show* a membership of 2,093,000, the highest on record, as compared with 1,707,000 last year. Socialist societies comprise 32,800 raemberSj a slight decrease. After referring to the events connected with military service, the report states its opinion that the merits of the Compulsion Hill are divided, and as the National Labour Conference is to be held shortly, the matter will be remitted for the Conference's decision. MAKING FOR EfO^'OWIY. LUXURIES TO BE CURTAILED. London, January ai. f The Government is preparing plans lto strike directly at the importation of luxuries and thus relieve the dearth of shipping, the adverse balance on the foreign exchange, and check extravagant expenditure.