New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
New Appeal in Commons
Declares Victory Rests
with Unions.


from 100000 TO 100000 unskiiled men
for these new factories" he said. I'VE
must reduce the proportion OF our or
ders which 20 abroad and develop our
home resources. On the supply OF la
bor. I think, depends our success IN
this war.
"On this depends whether we can re-
duce the cost 81 the war by scores OF
millions OF pounds. On this depends
whether we can supply our troops with
tho right sort OF guns and enable them
to make next years campaign a sue
cess.
Unions Only Can Help.
Here only organized labor can help
us We nave done our best TO get
skilled labor by the system OF munl-
tions volunteers 1t is OF no use Tor
me to 90 into the question OF why we
got only 5000 or 5000 men, although
that story NAV have 10 be told later.
"The whole question depends on or
eanizei iaDcr. Unless 1t allows us 70
rut unskilled workers on the WORK
which hitherto has li.en the monopoly
If skilled labor we cannot perform this
task. There can be only one appeal
namely. 10 patriotism. Victory depends
on this. Hundreds OF thousands o,
precious lives depend on laoors an
swer.
at is q question whether We sre go
ing TO bring the war 20 An END IN a
year. or linger along in the blood
stained path. Labor has the answer.
Earlier in his speech Mr.. Lloyd
George admitted that there VS. bad
shortage in the British munitions sup
ply in the first year OF the war, out
declared that the present situation was
quite n different matter. Last May the
British were turning out only 1900
high explosive shells daily. against the
Germans quarter OF million.
No Shortage in Big Drive.
"Here il the situation now" he said.
"Tbe quantity OF shells fired in the re-
cent September operations was ehor-
mou, The battle lasted days, even
weeks, yet there was no shortage OF
shells. This was the result OF four
months. careful husbsndng. Yet we
replaced the whole amount IN month";
and hope soon 10 De IN position 10 re-
place a like quantity IN week.
The minister declared that the out
put Of machine guns had increased nve,
fold since June, and the output o.
hand grensdes iorty-fold. More trench
mortars were produced every fortnight
than i'm the entire first year or tne wal
There have been other developmehts
Of our work which | dare not mention,
he continued There has been val
liable experimental work o. a KIND pei
ter not discussed. A. TO explosives
we shall be able 10 continue 10 supply
ourselves and our Allies.
1T - 100 early 10 talk Of the can
ger OF overproduction. In the lsst
great battle. although there vas ire
m-udous accumulation Of ammunition
the generals stated that With thrice
he quantity Of ammunition they would
have achieved twenty times the result.
Allies Night Win in Forty Days.
Two hundred million pounds, or the
cost OF only forty days OF war, would
nroducs An enormous quantity OF mum
tons. If you had that quantity at the
,iobt moment the war sht be won
in forty dsys. whereas, without L, no
var might be prolonged perhaps 400
days.
with regard 20 munitions, what IS
SHARED i'm money Is spilled In blood.
n there are risks 10 be t~ken let them
be risks to the pockets OF the tax
nsvers and not TO the lives Of men
The successes Of the Germans have
been lue almost entirely TO the me,
chanical preponderance they achieved
at the beginning Of the war; Ssid Ar.
Llovd George. Their advances east
vest and south alike were due TO TINS
mechanical superiority. and our failure
20 drive them back in the west OF cheek
their advance in the east was due to
the tardiness with which the Allies de-
yeloped their mechanical resources.
But the superiority Of The central
Powers in these respects viii oe
brought 20 an end at the earliest pos
sible moment
In one direction. the minister added.
the Allies had the superiority on the
mechanical side.
Our command of the sea he said,
els due not 10 the excellence OF our
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