New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
British Premier Tells of Wrongs Done By Germany
 and Demands Preparation
 and a Guarantee That
 Europe Must Not Be Dis 
 turbed Again.

London, Dec. 2O.-The speech by l Premier Lloyd George in the house of commons yesterday follows:
 appear before the house of com
 mons today with the most terrible re- responsibility that can fall upon the
 shoulders of any living man as chief adviser of the crown, in the most gigantic war in which this country was ever engaged, a war upon the events of which it's destiny depends. It is the F greatest war ever waged the bur- dens are the heaviest that have been i attached to any conflict to which hu- manity was ever involved.
 ! The responsibilities of the new government have been suddenly ac- centuated by the declaration made by the German chancellor The state ment made by him in the Reichstag 2 Mas been followed by a note presented by the United States without note or comment. The answer given by this government will be given in full ac- cord with all our allies.
 x Naturally there has been an inter-  Sebecause it has only recently arrived, but upon the speech which impelled it, and as the note itself is practically only reproduction or a paraphrase of the speech, the subject matter of the note itself has been discussed in formally between the Allies. I am glad to be able to state that We each separately and independently arrived at identical conclusions.
 T am very glad that the first
 answer given to the statement of the
 German Chancellor was given by France and Russia. They have the unquestionable right to give the first answer to such an invitation. The enemy is still on their soil and their sacrifices have been the greater .. 3''The answer they have given has ] already appeared in the newspapers, and I simply stand here to give clear
 and definite support to the statement kthey have already made. 4 Any man or set of men who wan tonly or without sufficient cause pro- 1onged a terrible conflict like this 1 would have on his soul a crime that oceans could not cleanse.
 Quotes Abraham Lincoln. "On the other hand, it is equally
 
 from a sense Of weariness or despair abandoned the struggle without achieving the high purposes for ! which we entered it would be guilty of the costliest act of poltroonery ever perpetrated by any statesman. I ' should like to quote the words of Abraham Lincoln under similar con- ditions:
 k We accepted this war for an object, and a world object and the war will end when the object is at tained under God I hope it will never end until that time
 t"Are we likely to achieve the object by accepting the invitation of the German Chancellor? What are the proposals? There are none. ITO enter, on the invitation Of Ger '. many proclajming herself victorious, without any knowledge of what pro- posals she purposes to make. into a k conference Is to put our heads into a | moose with the rope end in the hands of Germany.
 "This country is not altogether with out experience in these matters. This Is not the first time we have fought a great military despotism overshadoW- ing Europe, and it won't be the first time We have helped to overthrow a ! military despotism. We have an un- comfortable historical memory of ] these things and can recall one of the ] greatest of these despots. whose favor ] ite device was 10 appear in the garb of an angel of peace. either when he wished time to assinlilate his con nuests or to reorganize his forces for ! fresh conuuests, or, secondly. when his subjects showed symptoms Of fatigue and war weariness, an appeal was always made in the name of hum anity He demanded an end to the bloodshed