BRITAIN AND GERMANY.
SPEECH BY MR LLOYDGEORGE. Received July 29, 11.40 p.m. LONDON, July 29. Addressing a meeting in the Queen's Hall in connection with the Universal Peace Conference, the Hon. D Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in deprecating the mutual distrust of Britain and Germany, said that the only real thing was expenditure. "We started it," said Mr Lloyd-George. "We had an overwhelming preponderance at sea, yet we were not satisfied. We said 'let there be Dreadnoughts.* What for ? We did not require them. Nobody else was building them. Moreover, we always claim the need of a two-power standard for defence. Germany, whose army is her sole defence against invasion, has no two power standard. It is deplorable that two great progressive nations like Britain and Germany should be unable to establish a good! understanding. We have done this \jvith France, Russia and America. Why should vve not rope Germany in? (Cheers). The money spent in armaments might then be spent in fighting intemperance, ignc -ance, crime and disease, which wc.'3 worse enemies than Germany."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9154, 30 July 1908, Page 5
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176BRITAIN AND GERMANY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9154, 30 July 1908, Page 5
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