Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-04
LLoYD.eEoReE WARNS BRITISH.
Says Great Britain Must Provide More
Shells in Order TO Win.

Manchester June 4.-Declaring that
the German victory in Galicia 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 stirring appeal
last night to employers and workmen
to supply the British armies with the
necessary munitions.
The speech was delivered before en-
ployers in the engineering trades and
trade unionsts.
Il come" he said, las an emissary OF
state to carry most urgent message.
Our country is fighting for its life, for
the liberties of Europe, and upon what
it does, upon what it is prepared to
sacrifice, depends the issue. 1t de-
ponds more upon the masters and men
occupied in running workshops than
upon any part of the community
whether Great Britain shall emerge
from this colossal struggle beaten,
Inundated, stripped of power, honor,
and influence, and mere bond slave OF
cruel military tyranny, or whether 1t
shall come out triumphant, free, and
more powerful than ever for good in
the affairs Of men.
Shells, Not Men, Win.
81 come her to tell you the truth.
Unless you know it you can not 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
valor Of their soldiers or strategy of
their generals.
"The German triumph is due entirely
to superior equipm ent, an oVerWhelm-
ing superiority of shot and shell and
munitions and equipment 1t vas
battle won by the use they made OF
their skilled industries and especially
by the superior organization OF Ger
man workshops
1.-TWO hundred thousand shells con-
centrated in 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 Ger
mans would have been turned out OF
France and driven half way across the
devastated plain of Flanders. They
would have been we'll out Of the coun-
try they have tortured and tormented
with dastardly cruelty More than that
we should have actually penetrated in
to Germany.
More Men Are Available.
For the moment we have more than
plenty of men for the equipment avail
able. More men will come to the call,
but we want the workshops to equip
them with weapons. The state now
needs the help of all and am perfect
ly certain that British engineers can
do what the French engineers have
already done.
TN France private firms have given
the state assistance in this critical
hour. which is beyond computation.
The last French victories were largely
attributable to the private workshops
| Of France.
IT am here to ask you to help us
equip our armies with the means for
breaking through the German lines in
front of our gallant troops, and know
you will do II"
The minister said he was not there
| to. '.brandishs his powers under the de-
| Tense of the realm act, but they were
very great and the committees ap-
| pofnted would find these powers help
| full in enabling them to organize quick
ly."
| "The government, which alone knoWs
| the facts, must be trusted. l don
| mind guillitining ministers, said MT
! I,loyd- George- II necessary
But until they reach the scaffold they
ought to be obeyed; and, above all. az
not unnerve them by snipinS tnenr
from behind"