The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-14
ALLIES VICTORY
MEANS SACRIFICE
Must Put Forth Whole of Their
Strengh, Declares David
LlOyd-GeOrge.
TEUTONS WELL EQUIPPED,
Munitions Minister'S Warming In
Preface OF Book, "Through
Terror To Triumph"

superiority in all the material and
equipment war and the allies to
win must put forth all their strength,
is the statement made by David
Lloyd-George, minister OF munitions,
in the preface of "a book contalnlnS
his speeches since the outbreak oil
the war, entitled Through Terror 10
Triumph
"After twelve months OF war, he
says, my conviction is stronger than
ever that this country could not nave
kept out of it without imperiling its
security and it's honor. We could not
have looked on cynically with folded
arms while a country we had given
our word to protect was being ravag-
ed, trodden on by one of our own CO.
trustees. If British women and chill
dren were being brutally destroyed
on the high seas by German sub
marines this nation would have IL.
sisted on calling the infanticide en-
pire to stern reckoning.
SAYS SYSTEM Is MENACE.
Everything that has happened
since the declaration of war has
clearly demonstrated that military
system so regardless of good faith,
honorable obligations and the e,e-
mentary impulses of humanity con-
stituteS a menace to civilization OF
the most sinister character, ahd. de
sT:ts. the terrible ;ost of suppca,S!rg
it, the well-being of humanity de-
mands that such a system should be
challenged and destroyed.
The fact that events also have
shown that the might of this military
clique has exceeded the gloomiest
prognostications provides an addi-
tional argument for it's destruction.
Nor have the uptoward incidents
of the war weakened my faith in
ultimate victory, always provided
that the nations put forth the whole
of their strength ere 1t is too late.
Anything less must lead to defeat.
The allied countries have an over
whelming prepondereuce in the raw
material that goes to the equipment
of arms, whether In men, money or
accessible metal and machinery, but
this material has to be modified and
utilized.
AFTER TWELVE MONTHS.
1t would be idle to pretend that
the first twelve months of the war
have seen this task accomplished sat
isfactorily. Had the allies realized
in time the full strength of their
redoubtable and resourceful foes
nay, what is more, had they realized
their own strength and resources ano
taken prompt action to organize
them, today we should have witness
ed the triumphant spectacle of thei
guns pouring out 10 stream of sho
and shell which would have delugeC
the German trenches with fire an,
scorched ithe German legion bacl
across their frontier.
With the resources OF Great Bri
tain. France and Russia, yes. of tn
whole industrial world at the dis
posal of the allies. the central pow
ers still have an overwhelming SUI
periority in all the material an
equipment of war. The result OF thi
deplorable fact is exactly what Nigh
have been foreseen. The iron hee
of Germany has sunk deeper tina
ever into Belgian and French sol
Poland is entirely German and Lith
uania is rapidly following Russia
fortresses deemed impregnable ar
falling like sand castles before tn
ruthless tide OF Teutonic invasion.
When will that tide recede or b
stemmed? AS soon as the allies ar
supplied with an abundance of wa
material"
EVERY EFFORT NEEDED.
Lloyd-George says that he is T.,
calling unpleasant facts to stir hi
eountrymen to put forth thei
strength to amend the situation
There has been a great awakening
he says, and prodigious efforts al
being made to equip tie armies, bl
he adds: Nothing but our best ca
pull Us through" He asks: "AI
we straining every nerve to make Il
for lost time? Does every man WI
can help, whether by fighting or pr,
viding material, understand clear
that ruin awaits remission?
How many in this country full
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