Evening journal., 1916-09-28
Continued from Flrst Page.

continued from flISI rage
off every attack, blded his time, en-
dured without wincing, worked with
out tagging"
Lloyd Georges eyes snapped. as sit
ting at his desk in the War Office he
tilted back his chair and studied the
ceiling as if seeing there a picture Of
Tommy's game fight in the early stages
of the contest.
"And at this time. under these con
ditions. what was the winning German
doing?" he asked WAS he worrying
over the terrible slaughter? MOI He
was talking Of annexing Belgium and
Poland as a result OF his victory and
while he was remaking the map Of
Europe without the slightest regard
for tho wishes OF its people, the Brit
ish people we're preparing TO pay the
price we knew must be paid for the
time to get the army ready.
"It IS one thing TO look back on the
pounding the British soldier took the
FIRST two years of the war, but a di7er-
ent thing to look forward, as he did not
know the beating couldn't be avoided
during these months when IL seemed the
finish of the British might come early.
"The British soldier was ridiculed,
held in contempt Now we intend 20
see that Germany has her way. The
fight must be to the fnish-to a knock
out.r
Dropping his colloquialisms, the half
smile fading from his face, Lloyd
George continued in more serious
vein.
No Outside Interference.
"The whole world, including neutrals
on the highest purposes and humanitar-
ians with the best motives. must know
that there can be no outside interfer-
ence at this stage. Britain asked no
help when she was not prepared to fight.
She will tolerate none now that she is
prepared, until Prussian military des-
potism is beaten beyond repair. There
was no regret voiced in Germany over
the useless slaughter. There were no
tears by German sympathizers when the
few thousand British citizens who never
expected to be soldiers, whose military
education started only few months
previously. went out 10 be battered,
bombed and gassed, TO receive ten shells
for every one they could fire-went out,
| fought and died like sportsmen with
out even a grmble. / repeat that there
was no whimpering then, and the people
who are now moved 20 3 ears at the
thought Of what is to come. watched
the early rounds of the unequal contest
dry-eyed None Of the carnage and suf-
fering which is TO come can he worse
than the suffering Of those Allied dead
who stood the full shock of the Prus-
sian war machine before IL began TO
( falter.
But in the British determination
/ to carry the fight to a finish, there Is
something more than the natural de-
mand for vengeance. The inhuman-
ity, the pitilessness OF the lighting
that must come before lasting peace
is possible is not comparable with
the cruelty that would be involved
in stopping the war while there re-
mains a possibility Of civilization
again being menaced from the same
quarter. Peace now. or at any time
before the final and complete elimi-
nation OF this menace, is unthink-
able. No man. and no nation with
/ the slightest understanding of the
temper of this citizen army OF
Britain's. which took its terrible
hammering without a whine or grum-
Bile. will attempt TO call a halt now"
/ Neither Clock Nor Calendar In Army.
"But how long do you figure this
can and must go on?" Lloyd-George
was asked.
There's neither clock nor calen.
dar in the British army today" was
his quick reply.
sTime is the least vital factor
Only the result cohnts-not the time
consumed in achieving It.
"It took England twenty years to