Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-01
WORD PEACE NOT NOW
IN ENGLISH VOCABULARY
Nation Determined to Win If 1t Has
to Spend the Last Man and
It's Last Dollar.
SIR EDWARD CARSON WRITES
Gives Broad Outline Of First Year of
War. With Expression of Unalter-
able Purpose Of Britishers to Garry
Conflict to Successful Conclusion.

| able Purpose OF BrttiShers to Carry
Conflict to Successful Conclusion.
| LONDON. July 31.-Sir Edward Car
| son. Attorney-General in the Asquith
| Cabinet. has prepared for the Asso-
| ciated Press a signed statement giving
broad outline OF the first year Of tho
I war. from the British standpoint, to-
| Gether with expression OF the unalter-
| able purpose of the British government
and people to carry on the war to a
successful conclusion. In 1t. he says:
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
successful issue, and Europe and the
world have been relieved from the
ideas involved in the aggression OF
Prussian domination.
The word peace does not enter
into our vocabulary at the present
Rightly or wrongly, we have in the
past devoted our energies and our in
tellisence. 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
lions imagine that we. as a nation of
shopk eepers, are too indolent and
apathetic to fight for and maintain
these priceless liberties, won by the
men who laid the foundation OF our
vast empire.
But they are entirely mistaken in
forming any such estimate of the tenn
permanent or determination Of our peo-
pie. Great Britain hates war, and no
nation enters more reluctantly upon Its
horrible and devastating operations;
but, ut the same time, no nation. when
1t Is driven to war by the machina-
tons OF it's foes who desire to fitch
from it or from it's cochampons Of
| liberty any portion Of their inherited
freedom. is more resolved to see the
matter through, at whatever cost, to
successful issue.
NAVY FULLY UPHOLDs
ITS GREAT TRADITIONS
"A year OF war has transformed
Great Britain. OF our navy. need
hardly speak. 1t has upheld to the
fullest extent the great traditions
"iiSii iiiA Tic pages OIL history IN the
past; 1t has driven its enemies off the
seas; 1T holds vast oceans free for al
most tho uninterrupted commerce of
neutral powers, and It has preserved
these highways for its own supplies Of
material and food almost without in
! terruption.
i do not minimize the peril OF the
submarines. which is in process of be-
| Ing dealt with through the careful and
Jealous watchfulness of our admiralty.
| but, while the submarine has enabled
the Germans to commit savage and in =
| human atrocities contrary to the laws
or civilization and against the settled
rules OF international law. 1t has done
nothing to affect the vast commerce 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 lighting
| area from the most distant parts of
the empire. Troopships are crossing
daily TO France. and not a single ship
OF single soldier has been lost in the
| passage. The manner in which thew
have received their supplies is a source
OF satisfaction to us and admiration to
| our enemies.
AT the commencement OF the war
we were not. and never did pretend
to be, military nation. An expedi-
tlonary force of 10000 men and a small
| territorial army Of 10000 men for de
| fense against invasion was oil we could
boast OF, but to-day Great Britain teens
with military camps in which millions
OF men Of the finest material are being
| trained and equipped to cope with
every emergency.
1t is. OF course, true that orr
| country has not been accustomed N
| organization and discipline, which
| loads unthinking men from time 70
time to imagine that there could be a
dlnerent discipline in the coal fields
or the workshops from that which
| prevails In the trenches. but all that
Is mere temporary difficulty, and /,
cannot impede the country, which has
| made Up Its mind to win IL 1t has 70
spend the last man and Its last doIIa,
| in the process.
The success OF the recent war loan
shows how anxious our people are to
! invest their money in the prosecution
OF the war
ASKS SEUTRALs TO EXAMINE
THEIR OWN CONSEQUENCES
We have the right to say to neu.
trails that our cause is just; that the
war has been forced upon us, and tina,
we are making. and are going to make
every sacrifice that makes a nation
great TO bring our cause to n success.
rul conclusion. We have a right.
think, to ask neutrals to examine
their own consciences ms to whethe,
they have done everything that neu.
trals ought 10 do or can do in insisting
that the laws Of humanity and the doc.
trines of international law which have
been so carefully fostered In times O,
peace are carried out
Neutrals arc the executive power
10 compel observance Of the principles
OF international law. and IL they fai
10 do so the result must be disastrous
TO the world nj large, in the presen,
and In the future and pIvn ero. ~. ,