Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-04
England is Shy
of Ammunition
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE APPEALS
TO WORKMEN TO WORK.
HAS PLENTY OF MEN
Attributes Great Victory of Germans
at Przemysl Entirely to Superiority
of EquiPment-Says English Work
men Must Make Sacrifices.

Manchester, June 8, 1890 p. m.-De-
clartng that the German victory in
Gallc1a was due to an overwhelming
superiority in equipment, and that if
the allies in the west had been as well
equipped the Germans would long ago
have been driven from France and
Belgium, David Lloyd George. the new
minister of munitions, made a stirring
appeal tonight to the employers and
workmen to supply the British army
with the necessary munitions.
The speech was delivered before the
employers in the engineering trade and
trade unionists. David Lloyd George,
who had previously lunched at the
Clarendon club, received a remarkable
ovation from the people Of Manchester
which was in striking contrast to the
manner in which he had been received
in this city on previous visits of a
political nature, particularly when he
appeared at the time of tn eBoer war
as an opponent of that struggle.
Outcome of War Depends Upon Work.
shops.
81 come" he said, "as an emissary
of state to carry the most urgent mes
sage ever told to the ears of a, Man
chester audience. Our country is fight
ing for its life, for the liberties of
Europe, and upon what it does, upon
what it is prepared to sacrifice, de-
pends the issue. It depends more upon
the masters and men occupied in run
ming workshops than upon any part of
the community whether Great Britain
will emerge from this colossal strug
gle beaten, Inundated, stripped of
power, honor and influence, and a
mere bond slave of cruel military
tyranny, or whether it will come out
triumphant free and more powerful
than ever for good in the affairs OF
men.
Tells of Great Triumph of Germans
Il come here to tell you the truth
Unless you know it, you cannot be eX-
pected to make sacrifices. Our Russian
allies have suffered a severe setback
The Germans have achieved a great
success, not because of the superior
Yalorr of their soldiers or strategy Oh
their generals The German triumph
is due entirely to superior equipment
an overwhelming superiority of shot
and shell and munitions and equip
ment. 1t was a battle won by the use
they made of their skilled industries
and especially by the superior organ
izations of German workshops.
English Army Lacks Equipment.
1.-TWO hundred thousand shells were
concentrated in a single hour on the
heads of the gallant Russians. Had
we been in a position to apply the same
| process to the Germans on our front
| the Germans would have been turned
out of France and driven half way
| across the devastated plain of Elan
ders. They would have been we'll out
of the country they had tortured an6
tormented with dastardly cruelty
More than that, we should have actu-
| ally penetrated into Germany.
For the moment we have more thar
| plenty of men for the equipment avail
! able. More men will come to the call
| but We want the workshops to equiI
| them with weapons. The state now
| needs the help of all, and 1 am per-
| fectly certain that British engineers
can do what the French engineers have
| already DONE"