Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-01
BRITAIN MAY CUT
DOWN ITS LIQUOR
TRAFFIC, H|NTED
Lloyd-Ceorge Calls Drink Worse
Peril Than German
Submarines.

LONDON. March 1.--Lioyd George
chancellor of the exchequer. made ar
important speech at Bangor. Wales
yesterday, in which he said that
drink was doing more damage to tbs
country than all the German subma-
rines put together.
He referred to the suppression oi
the traffic In vodka in Russia and
! the suppression OF the sale Of zb-
sinthe in France, and then declared
that the British government wa;
going to take hold of the question
! firmly. He said that while no such
drastic action as that of Russia Oh
France would be taken, the govern
ment of Great Britain had full pow
ers to deal with drink and meant tc
use them.
Mr.. Lloyd-George made no definite
announcement as TO the proposed ac-
ton, but the military authorities al
Blackpool closed all the saloons In
that place at o'clock last night
much before the usual time.
Critic Of war Spirit.
The chancellor severely criticised
the spirit in which the war was re-
garded in England as compared with
France and Russia He warned his
hearers that the war could not bt
won without a great struggle, and
that the present policy of sloth and
fleedIessness would prolong the
agony and endanger the final tri-
umph.
The chancellor told his hearers tha
he had important things to say ans
they must be said Immediately. Sun
day was his only free day TIT
hammering Of the forges were ring
ing down the church bells from on
end of the country to the other, ans
knowing this he was not such hypo
critic as to profess that 1t pained hi
soul to talk on these things.
Mr.. Lloyd-George complained Q
| the lack of seriousness toward tn
war. He contrasted the earnestnes
OF France, where the people realize
! the grip of q grim tragedy. althoug
/ they were quietly confident OF VIZ
| tory. The British. the chancello
said. we're conducting the war a
| though 1t did not exist He Warne
/ his audience that victory could no
be attained without a long struggit
1t was within the nations power t
hasten it's triumphant end. 1t wa
also within it's power by neglect
sloth and heedlessness to prolong tn
agony and endanger the complete
ness of the triumph.
"AIlies Have Moral Caass."
The allies, the chancellor said, ha'
an overwhelming preponderance o
resources and also q strong mora
cause, which Germany had not. !
nation having on its soul the Grim
of Belgium could not endure to tn
end, but Great Britain was not do
ing its utmost.
This was the prelude TO a strong
denunc alton of Industrial unrest and
its causes. Lloyd-George said on thi
point:
Today we need equipment mors
than men. The war win be won ana
lost by engineers. Eveey days de'al
is fun of peril. We appeal for tn,
cooperation Of employers, workmeI
and the general public. These thre'
must set and endure together. Della.
might imperil victory. We requir'
the a'd of every man who can saw
and handle metal. We have ever!
reason for confidence, but none fo
complacency. Complacency is tn
rust OF nation. We laugh at thing
in Germany that should terrify US.
Look at the way they make breaC
out of potatoes. That potato breat
spirit is something more to dreaC
than TO mock at. / fear that NOR
than l do Field Marshal Won Hinden
burg's strategy, efficient though tina
may be-"