New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-10

no cause except expediency Of war.
/ Cynicism could 20 no further IN pom
tics. and he denounced the reckless
and brutal militarism inflicted upon
civil population"
Belgium, he declared, would nc ~.
stored to all. and more. Of her ancient
Prosperity by the Allies, who were
bound together by the pursuit OF one
,-reat object, and there was no danger
/ Of disagreement, for no mean or petty
motive actuated any OF them.
The French Ambassador, Paul Oan'
bon, said:
I'VE are allied for the defence oil
liberty. of empire. and for the protec-
F ton Of oppressed nationsliues. We
: have never had any other end m tle"
/ than the maintenance OF peace, ana III
spite of all the snares which nave Deeh
B laid for US, we have never ceased ~
work for il. Il is therefore llhei 10
assert that at any moment we cner-
t ished warike mental reservations.
I I'VE remain true 10 our ideal or
humanity and liberty. In this ideal
we have source Of moral energy
which will enable Us 20 master tne
material forces massed against US We
do not, like Others. lay claim TO nave
Providence at our disposal, but we
believe in eternal justice, and await US
DEGREES with mistaken confidence.
Churchill Praises the Navy.
Replving TO the toast 20 the navy,
: Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord
of the Admiralty, said:
Eighty miles away the greatest pat
tie in the world is going on. Our coun-
trymen. with our Allies, are striving
10 break the cruel tide Of German
devastation, and here we sit, in this
/ old hall. as we have done before. Ihat
ia due TO the navy. While we do not
/ shrink from the full rigors of the war,
we, thanks TO the navy happily are
/ free from most OF them.
There was natural impatlence on
/ tho mart OF the navy, said the First
Lord. to strike a blow, but the people
must be patient. The conditions OF
naval warfare were curious and novel.
Great Britain was endeayoring TO main
tain ali the seas and secure AL the
] HIGHWAYS across the ocean against
/ methods never before adopted. Inc
navy was protecting the transport OF
forces 10 the theatre of war. This
+ great task compelled il to offer target
/ iucomparably greater than the enemy
] offered to the British sailors.
"Iu spite OF the losses of ships, not
| Of the highest importance, and of men,
/ irreparable." said Mr. Churchill, the
navy is stronger at every point OF ser.
vice than il was on the day war broke
out. Il is stronger most particularly
/ in those branches Of the naval service
which modern experience has shown TO
evercise the most powerful influence"
Premier Reviews Situation.
Premier Asquith said that never had
any government more needed the
wholehearted confidence OF the con-
muuitv than during the hundred days
since the outbreak Of the war, and
never had confidence been more IN
srudgngly expressed.
B This was the seventh year he hao
, been privileged 10 speak at the Guild
I hall banquet During that time the
world had experienced many strange
yicissitudes II was not inappropriate
I that he should 20 back 70 1908 and re-
call the European situation.
First. there was the formal anneNa-
ton Of Bosnia. On that occasion ad-
vantage was taken Of the unprepared-
ness OF Russia TO ride roughshod over
smaller power with the connvance
Of another great power. Secondly
=
the Ottoman Empire of the party or
the young Turks" Never were hopes,
so sanguincly entertained OF that party,
so doomed TO bitter disappointment
After six wears, said the Premier, he
had TO admit that the Young Turks
had REPRODUCED the vices without the
vipor or versatility Of the old regime.
The Turkish government had been
tte,sa- threats. Ter
man ships and German gold, TO com
nit d series Of lawess acts. Eng
land had been compelled to admit the
logic of facts and recognize Turkey as
an omen enemy. 10 was the Turkish
government. and not the people, who
had drawn the sword, and they would
perish by the sword.
England had no quarrel with the
Mussulman subjects or Turkey, said
the Prime Minister, and nothing was
further from England's thoughts than
to initiate or encourage crusade
against their faith. England, IN fact,
was prepared. If necessary 10 defend
their holy places against attacks. The
Turkish Empire, however. he declared,
had dug its grave and committed sui
eide.
This is going to be a long war"
said the Prime Minister, but there IS
nothing in a long struggle TO depress
I us or in what has happened. Our enemy
has tried three objective Paris, War
saw and Caiais-and has been batiled
in all That is not enough. We shall
not sheathe the sword, which We have
not lightly drawn, until Belgium has
recovered more than she has sacrificed;
until France is adequately secured
+ against menace; until the rights OF the
j smaller nationalities have been placed
upon an unassailable foundation, and
/ until the military domination of Prus-
STA is finally destroyed.
"This Is great task, worthy Of
great nation. II needs for its accom-
plishment that every man amongst Us.
old and young. shall give what he has
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