New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
Allies Must Put Forth
Full Strength to Beat
Germany.
RUSSIA'S TASK NOW
FALLS TO BRITAIN
Munitions Minister Pleads with
Nation 10 Work for
Victory.
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London. Sept. l2-"The Daily News
SAYS that David Lloyd George, Minister
for Munitions Of War, has himself
written the preface TO Through Terror
to Triumph a collection OF his
speeches and pronouncements since the
beginning Of the war. In this preface
he says:
after twelve months Of war my con-
viction is stronger than ever that THIS
country could not have kept out OF II
without imrerilling its security and I'M
nairing its honor. We could not have
Looked on cynically with folded arms
while the country we had given our
word 70 protect was being ravaged ana
trodden by one of our own co-truStees'
Similarly. IL British women and chill
dren were being brutally destroyed on
tho high seas ty German submarines
this nation would have insisted on call
inr the infanticide empire 20 Stern
reckoning.
"Everything thet has happened since
tho declaration of war has demons'raO-
ed clearly that a military system so re-
eardless Of good faith, honoraole ool'.
cations and the elementary impulses OIL
humanity constituted a menace 10
civilization Of the most sinister charac-
tor and. despite the terrible cost OF
suppressing it, the wellbeing OF hu-
.,.ni+v demands that such a system
sbould be challenged and DESTROYED
rrer+s have also shown that the might
of tbi. military clique has exceeded the
c,oomiest prognosticstions, and mas
nrovided additional argument 1or its
obstruction. The greater the might the
darker the menace.
Must Put Forth All Strength
Nor have untowsrd incidents oil
w.r weakened my faith in ultimate VIC
+orv. always provided that the Allied
nations put forth all their strength ere
II is too late. Anything less muse leao
% defeat. The Allied countries have
bowever an overwhelming prepondcr-
arce in raw material tina. goes to the
making and equipment OF armies, IN
men. money and accessible metals ano
machinery, but this material has 20 De
modified and utilized. II would be idIe
TO pretend that the first twelve months
of war had seen this task accomplished
satisfactorily. Had the Allies realized
in time the full strength of their re-
doubtable and resourceful foes-nay
what is more, had they realized their
own strength and resources and taken
prompt action to organize them-to-d day
we should have witnessed the trium-
phant spectacle of their guns pouring
out a stream Of shot and shell which
would have deluged the German trench
es with fire and scorched the German
legions back across their own frontiers.
Teutons Still Superior.
What is the actual position? II is
thoroughly well known to Germans, and
any one in any land, belligerent or neu-
tral, who reads the military news intel
ligently must by now have a compre-
hension of IT, With the resources Of
Britain, France. Russia, yea, OF the
whole industrial world, at the disposal
of the Allies, il is obvious that the CEN
tral powers have still an overwhelming
superiority in all material and eduip-
ment of war. The result of this de-
plorable fact is exactly what might
have been foreseen. The iron heel OF
/ Germany has sunk deeper than ever
/ into French and Belgian soil. Poland is
entirely German and Lithuania is rap
! idly following. Russian fortresses
deemed impregnable are falling like
sand castles before the resistless tide
of Teutonic invasion.
when will that tide recede? When
will il be stemmed? As soon as the
Allies are supplied with an abundance
| Of war material. That is why | am re-
calling these unpleasant facts. | wish
10 stir my countrymen TO put forth
1 their strength to amend the situation.
To dwell on such events is the most
/ disagreeable task that can fall 70 the
/ lot of a public man. And yet the public
man who shirks these facts himself or
does not do his best 10 force others TO
face them until they are redressed is
guilty of high treason to the state
which he has sworn TO serve.
Best and Utmost Needed.
There has been a great awakening
in all the Allied countries, and prodig-
ious efforts are being put forth TO
equip the armies in the field. know
what we are doing. Our exertions are
undoubtedly immense, but can we do
more, either in men or material
! Nothing but our best and utmost can
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