Arizona republican., 1916-12-22
BONAR LAW SEES
 NATION 5 BLOOD
 SPE N I IN VAIN
Republican A. p. Leased wirel


 LONDON. Dec. 21-There was fur ther discussion or Germany's peare offer in ;ha house of commons to- night Sir John A. simon on behalf of himself and a group of followers. gave unqualified support to Premier Lloyd Georges, speech in the house of commons and Hastings Smith, Liberal member for Northampton, sounded q new nOtC-urging that the German proposals he allowed to see the light of day Andrew Bonar Law, chan cellor of the eXcheluer and member of the war council, promptly rose in behalf of the government and de- clared that if the tone of Mir Smiths speech permeated the country then all the blood and treasure which had Teen spent ir the war would have been spent in vain.
 My understanding, said MT. smith in his address, Is that the reply of the nremie- to the Gelman note Was to the effect that the door was not yet closed That is a wise answer and the best possible answer at this stage. The German proposals should re allowed 10 see the light of day. II they disclose an aggressive pur- pose. then the German people will realize tlat they are not sufferin. and dying for their mere existence 2S they have been told. If i: We're put to q vote of the men at the front whether-provided we could oh- tain guarantees that our honorable obligations would be fnlflled-we should then make a serious effort to get the parties together then l am certain such a proposition would be carried by virtual unanimity.
 "I am not prepared to face the respects of a military decision which means war of attritiOn. unless l am convinced there is no other way out I believe in the security scheme by which the nations agree together, each ;o guarantee all and all guarantee each. An attempt to hold the central mpires down hy militant decision followed by economic stranSIlation would mean carrying forward intc peace all hostilities and hatredS Of tho var It would divide E'~ope irt. two hostile camps and would make war more inevitable and deadly than ever and wodld fasten cOnscrintiOn and militarism forever on all na- lions"
 MT. Donar Law said:
 If the spirit of he speech to HhiCf we have just listened were to re- raeate the country I believe that Il the blood and treasure spent in th
 
 1T is all very well to sav let us get their terms of peace. Yes but can you get any terms more binding than the treaty for the pro- lection of the neutrality of Belgium. Can you come to any conclusions oE paper nr h.- promises that will give us greater security than we had be- fore the war? Not this nation alone. but the neutral nations hn at which we have now arrived. Ger many bus made peace proposals. On 1yiat basis is the basis of ner vicious armies Is there a man who consid- ering the conditions under which this war was forced on us and the condl- ticns under which the war has been carried on. honestly believe that the dangers and insecurities from Whicn we have suffered can be cured in any way than by nut making the Ger mans realize that frightfulness does not pay, that militarism is not going to rule the world?
 What are we fighting for? Not territory not greater strength as q nation. We are fighting for two thngs-for peace now and for secur- itE for peace in time to come. Let the house remember that what has @happcned in this war-outrages i.l Belgium. outrages by land and sea. lnassacres in Armenia which Germany coild have stopped by a word-then realize this: The war will have been fought .n vain, utterly in vain, unless we can make sure that it shall never again Dc in the power of any state to do what Germany has done.
 .'Is peace to come in this Wal on tie basis that the greatest crime in the worlds history is to go absolutely unpGnisked? It is my firm belief that unless all the nations in the world can Ee made to realize that these moral forces must he vindicated there never can be an enduring peace.
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