Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-05
Know No Such Y ord
As Peace Says the
British Edyy son

ney general In the a AsQiIith SAbinet,
has prepared for the Associated Press
| 9 signed statement, giving d bruad
loutline Of the first year pf the, war
| from the British stand clint, together
with the expression Of the nnalterable
purpose Of the British government
and people to carry on the WaI. to- a
successful conclusion, The state.
Iment follows:
War Till Allies Win.
How long will the war last and
what Will be the result? TO such
questions as these any British SUBJ
| ject can give but one answer and that
is that the war will last until the
cause of th eallies has been brought
I to a successful issue and Europe and
the world have been relieved from
the ideals involved In the aggression
of Prussian domination
Peace Loving People.
he word peace does not enter In
to our vocabulary at the present time.
/ 1t lis banished from our conversation
as something immoral and Imp sible
under existing curcunstances. And
yet we are the most peace loving peo-
iple in the world J, nation which
Throughout the globe within its many
}dominions has inculcated good gov
Iernment and social and Industrial
progress and the free exercise, in Its
widest sense, Of civil and religious
liberty.
A year Of war has transformed
Great Britain, Or our navy; I need
| hardly speak. 1t has upheld To the
| fullest extent the great traditions
which fill the pages OF history In the
past; 1t has driven its enemies OF
the seas; it holds vast oceans free
for almost the uninterrupted conn
merce OF neutral powers and it has
preserved these highways for its own
supplies Of material and food almost
| without Interruption
| SCOTS at Enemy
/ THE German submarine attack has
Isignally failed to harnper our mill.
Itary operations. Under the protection
of our navy, hundreds Of thousands
of men have been brought to the
fighting area from the most distant
fparts OF the empire. Troop ships are
lcrossing daily to France and not q
asingie ship or al single soldier has
fbeen lost in the passage. The man
fner in which our troops have received
/ their supplies is a source OF satisfac-
1 tion to US and admiration to our en-
Iemies.
I Signs Of Strength. n \
sAs the problem unfolds from day
4 to day and the task before us expands
4 in it's herculean form, our spirit be-
comes more determined and our eff
forts and organization quietly shape
themselves to meet the emergencies
that are before us, That all this Is
4 being accomplished without dramatic
demonstration and foolish boasting is
not sign Of weakness, but rather Of
strength.
Lauds Alliess Heroism.
..The splendid heroism OF our Rus
sian and French allies is not only an
example which stimulates us, but II
l is an additional incentive to our ma.
4 tional honor to carry on to an ent the
obi legations we have undertaken, And
.lif for the moment we are confronted
with the impossibility Of offensive
faction by our brave Russian allies
and are compelled to- wage costly
land difficult war against the Turks
i in the DardaneIles. ais we'll as against
our enemies in Flanders, we cheer
4 fully resolve to fit ourselves for this
situation which confronts US.
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