Evening star., 1916-11-10
ENTENTELEADERS
VOICE OPTIMISM
Field Marshal French Sees
Coming Crisis-Gen. Brussi-
loft Says War Is Won.
ASQUITH's PEACE VIEWS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 1o.-Two opti-
mist1c views of the war. from the point
Of view of the allies are given proml-
nent place in the morning newspapers.
The first is a quotation from the speech
made at the lord mayors banquet last
night by Field Marshal Viscount
French. The field marshal said:
ut seems that the contest is ap-
preaching climax. to come either now
or in the spring. We must remember.
however, that climax and an end are
not necessarily the same thing
Declares War Is Won.
The second opinion was expressed by
Gen. Alexis Brussiloff, speaking to a
British correspondent at Russian head
quarters. Gen. Brussiloff said:
''The war is won today 1t is merely a
question of speculation as to how much
longer it will be before the enemy is con-
vinced that their cause is irretrievably
lost" The general added that he spoke
with authority in declaring that the whole
of Russia. from the emperor to the
humblest soldier. was determined to pro-
tect. help and support Rumania in every
possible way.
RUSSIA VIII! see. ne SAID, that our
brave little ally does not suffer for es-
pousing the cause of the allies"
Asquith Cites Peace Conditions.
The banquet of the new lord mayor
of London, Sir William Henry Dunn,
was given at the Guildhall last night
and was attended by cabinet ministers,
members of the diplomatic corps, in
Guiding Walter Hines Page, the Amer
lean ambassador, and men prominent in
the military and naval world, among
them Lord Fisher, chairman of the in
vention board; Arthur J. Balfour. first
lord of the admiralty. and Sir William
r. Robertson. chief of the imperial staff
at army headquarters.
The leading speech of the evening
was delivered by Premier Asquith, who
in alluding to peace, declared that no.
body had greater reason than Great
Britain to desire peace, but that 1t was
desired on only one condition-that the
sacrifices of the war should not have
been made in vain. A feature of the
speeches was the warm tribute of ad-
miration on the stand made by Ru-
mania, and the expression of the opin-
ion that although the attack on Ru-
mania had not yet been defeated, it had
been successfully stayed.
Peace Must Be Secure.
Abiding to what he termed the prop.
aganda conducted in Russia, to the ef-
feet that Great Britain's only desire to
prolong the war and prevent any sort
of peace was because she was making
huge profits by exploiting her allies
unscrupulously, the premier said:
For us, who know what terrible sac
rifices we are paying in precious lives, in
the unceasing, pitiless drain upon our
reservoir of potential promise and vitality
who have greater reason than We to
long and pray for peace? Peace, yes, but
on one condition only-that the war with
its vast waste, its sacrifices. it's untold
sufferings. it's glorious and undying ex-
ample of courage and unselflshness, shall
not have been in vain.
There can be no question Of separ-
ate peace, and peace, when it comes be
1t soon or late-and l will not disguise
from you for a moment my conviction
that the struggle will tax all our re-
sources and our whole stock of patience
and resolve-the peace must be such as
will build upon sure and stable founda-
tions-the security of the weak, the lib
critics of Europe and a free future for the
world"