FRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 November 1917, Page 5

FRANCE.

WELCOME TO LLOYD GEORGE. HELP FOR ITALY. VICTORY DEPENDS OK UNITY. Received Nov. 13, 8.30 p.m. Paris, Nov. 12. M. Painleve, in welcoming Mr. Lloyd C'?orgc at a luncheon, declared that- by cv°rv railway and all other routes French and English soldiers, guns, and munitions were beia« lr.irried across the Alps to assist Italy, and the help will not fall siiort of the greatness of Italv's peril and need, not to speak of help when it was a matter of helping brother peoples who had resolved to make every sacrifice for a common ideal. There must he one front, one army, ahd one nation, Upon such a programme victory depends.

BRITISH PREMIER'S REPLY,

"LET US BE JUST TO RUSSIA." REAL UNITY IMPERATIVE.. !.e:cived Nov. 13, 11.5 p.m. Paris, Nov. 13. Mr. Lloyd George, replying to M. Painleve, referred to the new War Council. They unfortunately had not had time to consult America and Russia before forming the council. The Italian disaster necessitated prompt action on the part of those Powers whose forces were readily available 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 the Russo-American consent and co-o'pera-tion. "Lot lis he just," he said, "to Russia, which is suffering from ft violent fever as a. result of atrocious government. Slip is winning her way to steadier and 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 that 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 ail felt the heed of it, but had never yet achieved it, each country being left to its own devices."