New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

Attorney General in the Asquith Cabl-
net. has prepared broad outline oil the
first year Of the war from the BRUSH
point of view, together with expressions
of the unalterabe purpose Of the Brit
ish government and people to carry
on the war to a successful conclusion
The statement follows:
"How long will the war last, and
what will be the result? To such
questions as these any British subject
can give but one answer, and that IS
that the war will last until the cause
of the Allies has been brought to sue
cessful issue and Europe and the world
have been relieved from the ideals in
volved in the aggression Of Prussian
domination.
"The word peace does not enter into
our vocabulary at the present time. II
is banished from our conversation as
something immoral and impossible un-
der existing circumstances. And yet
we are the most peaceloving people in
the world; a nation which throughout
the globe, within it's many dominions,
has inculcated good government and
social and industrial progress and the
free exercise in its widest sense OF
civil and religious liberty.
ShoSaeepers, but Fighters.
Rightly or wrongly, we have in the
past devoted our energies and our in
telligence not to preparations for war,
but to that social progress which makes
for the happiness and the contentment
of the mass of our people. And this,
no doubt. is the reason why other ma
tions imagine that we, az nation OF
shopkeepers, are too indOlent and apa-
thetic to fight for and maintain these
priceless liberties won by the men
who laid the foundation of our vast en-
pire.
but they are entirely mistaken IN
forming any such estimate OF the tenn
permanent or determination of our oeo-
pie. Great Britain hates war, and no
nation enters more reluctantly upon its
horrible and devastating operations;
but at the same time no nation when
il is driven to war by the Vaccinations
of it's foes who desire 20 fitch from 1t
or from its co-champions of liberty any
portion of their inherited freedom is
more resolved TO see the matter
through, at whatever cost, to success
full issue
"a wear of war has transformed
Great Britain. OF our navy | need
hardly speak 1t has upheld to the
fullest extent the great traditions
which fill the pages oil history in the
past; it has driven its enemies OIL the
seas; il holds vast oceans free for al
most the uninterrupted commerce OF
neutral powers, and it has preserved
these highways for its own supplies OF
material and food almost without in
terruption.
Submarine Peril Mnimized.
~ do not minimize the peril of the
submarines, which is in process of
being dealt with through the careful
and Jealous watchfulness of our Adj
miralty, but while the submarine has
enabled the Germans TO commit savage
and inhuman atrocities contrary 10 the
laws of civilization and against the set
tied rules OF international law, 1t has
done nothing to affect the vast COM
merce of our empire.
THE German submarine attack has
signally failed to hamper our military
operations. Under the protection OF
our navy hundreds Of thousands OF
men have been brought to the fighting
area from the most distant parts OF
the empire. Troopships are crossing
daily to France. and not single ship
or a single soldier has been lost in the
passage. The manner in which our
troops have received their supplies is
source of satisfaction to US and adml-
ration TO our enemies.
Not Military Nation.
"At the commencement of the war
we were not, and never did pretend
TO be, military nation. An eXpedi-
tionary force of 10000 men and
small territorial army of 100000 men
for defence against invasion were all
we could boast Of; but to-day Great
Britain teens with military camps, in
which millions of men of the finest ma
terial are being trained and equipped
to cope with every emergency.
mo other nation in the world ever
produced or hoped TO produce a volun
teer army of such proportions. Each
day brings TO the colors thousands Of
men who had never thought Of mill
tary service before, and each day, as
our enemy grows weake., the infancy
of our strength is growing into man
hood, and with increasing virility and
prowess. No doubt, some people are
foolish enough to be influenced by the
Misrepresentation which are part of
the equipment of our German enemies,
who represent US as a decadent race.
But they know little Of the spirit of
our people.
CAS- the problem unfolds from day
TO day and the task before US expands
in its 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
being accomplished without dramatic
demonstration and foolish boasting is
not a sign of weakness, but of strength.
Russians and French Praised.
"The splendid heroism of our Rus
sian and French allies is not only an
example which stimulates US, but it is
an additional incentive to our national
honor to carry on to An end the OBJ
legations We have undertaken. And If
for the moment We are confronted with
the impossibilty of offensive action by
our brave Russian allies, and are COM
PEELED to wage a costly and difficult
war against the Turks in the Oar
danelles, as well as against our enc
mics in Flinders. we cheerfully re-
solve to fl ourselves for the situation
which confronts us.
ut is, Of course, true that our coun-
try has not been accustomed to or
ganization and discipline, which leads
until inkin' men from TINA "a Tina IN
imagine that there could be a different
discipline in the coal fields or the
workshops from that which prevails in
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