Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-28
BRITISH WAR SECRETARY
SAYS END NOT IN SIGHT
David oyd-Geoge Tells President Of the United Press
Association That England Has Only Just Commenced
to Fight; That There Is No Present Hope for Peace,
and Move by the US. Would Be Considered lJnneural

used up to carry the fight to the en-
emy, he hung on without whining, |
fought of every attack. bided his
time. endured without wincing, work
ed without tagging"
Lloyd-George's eyes snapped, as sit
ting at his desk in the war Office he
tilted back his chair and studied the
ceiling, as II seeing there q 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 Ger
man going to do?" he asked. WAS
he worrying over the terrible slaugh-
ter? No. He was talking Of annex
ing Belgium and Poland as result
Of his victory. and while he was re-
making the map OF Europe without
the slightest regard for the wishes
Of Its people. the British people were
preparing to pay the price we knew
must be paid for the time to get the
army ready. .
1T is one thing to look back ON
the pounding the British soldier took
through the first two years Of the
war. but a different thing to look for
ward as he did and know the beat
ling could not be avoided during these
months when II seemed the finish Of
the British army might come quickly.
Germany elected to make II q fin-
ish fight with England. The British
soldier was ridiculed. held In con-
tempt. Now we intend to see that
Germany has her way, The fight
must be to the finish---to a knock
out"
Dropping his colloquialisms. the
half smile fading from his face, he
continued in more serious vein:
'The whole world, including neu-
trails OF the highest purposes and hu-
manitarians with the best motives.
must know that there can be no out
side interference at this stage. Brl-
tain asked no Intervention when she
was not prepared to fight. She will
tolerate none now that she is pre-
pared. until Prussian military des-
potism Is broken beyond repair. There
was no regret 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 to be
battered, bombed and gassed, to re-
ceive ten shells for every one they
could fire--went out. fought like
sportsmen, without even a grumble.
repeat that there was no whlmper-
ing then. and the people who are now
moved to tears at the Thought Of what
is to come watched the early rounds
OF the unequal contest dry-eyed. None
OF the carnage and suffering which Is
to come can be worse than the suffer
ings OF those allied dead, who stood
the full shock Of the Prussian war
machine before It began to falter.
''But In the British determination
to carry the fight to decisive finish
there Is something more than the
natural demand for vengeance. The
inhumanity. the pitilessness Of fight
Ing that must come before lasting
peace is possible is not comparable
with the cruelty that will be involved
In stopping the war while there re
mains q possibility Of civilization
again being menaced from the same
quarter. Peace now, or any time be
fore the Anal and complete elimina
tion OF this menace, isN unthinkable
: No man and no nation with the slight
est understanding Of the temper o.
this citizen army Of Britons, which
took It's terrible hammering without
whine or grumble, win attempt t
cali a halt now"
"But how long do you figure thi'
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