Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-28
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The nght must be to the fnlsh--to knock
out"
Dropping his colioqulaiisms, the half
smile fading from his face. Lloyd George
continued in a more serious vein.
The whole world. including neutrais OF
the highest purposes and humanitarians
with the best motives. must know that
there can be no outside interference at this
stage. Britain asked no Intervention when
she was not prepared TO fight She will
tolerate none now that she is prepared, until
Prnssan military despotsm Is broken be-
yond 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 TO be battered.
bombed and gassed, TO receive ten shells for
every one they could flre-went out, fought
and died like sportsmen, without even
grumble l repeat that there, was no whim-
pering 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 sufferings OF those Allied
dead who stood the full shock OF the Prus-
sian war machine before It began to falter.
PEACE UNTHINKABLE"
"But in the British determination TO carry
the fight to a decisive finish there is some
thing more than the natural demand for
vengeance. The inhumanity, the pitileRs'
ness OF the fighting that must come before
a lasting peace is possible is not comparable
with the cruelty that would be involved
in stopping the war while there remains
a possibility Of civilization again being
menaced from the same quarter. Peace
now, or at any time before the final and
complete elimination of this menace, is
unthinkable. No man, and no nation with
the slightest understanding Of the temper
of this citizen army OF Britains which
took it's terrible hammering without
whine or grumble, will attempt to call
halt now"
"But how long do you figure this can
and must go on?" Lloyd George was asked.
There's neither clock nor calendar in
the British army today" was his quick
reply.
COMPARES NAPOLEON
Time is the least vital factor. Only the
result counts-not the time consumed in
achieving It.
"It took England twenty years TO defeat
Napoleon, and the first fifteen OF theseyears
were black with British defeat 1t will not
take twenty years to win this war, but what
ever time is required II will be done. and l
begun to win. There is no disposition on
our side to Ak the hour of ultimate victory
after the first success. We have no deluslon
that the war Is nearing an end. We haven't
the slightest doubt as to how II s to end"
But what OF France is there the same
determination there to stick to the end the
same idea of fighting until peace terms can
be dictated by Germany's enemies?" Lloyd
George was asked.
FRANCE TO STAND FIRM
The Secretary OF War carefully matched
each finger Of one hand with each finger
of the other. and as he turned his chair
slowly to gaze out over the khaki-dotted
throng in whitehall It seemed the Interrupt
tion had stemmed the flow of conversation
There was a full moments pause as he
swung around again; the reply came In a
voice and manner impressively grave.
THE world at large has not yet begun
to appreciate the magniicence. the nobility,
the wonder Of France" he said. 1T had the
answer to your inquiry given me a few days
ago by a noble French woman. She had
given four sons--she had one left to be
given to France In the course of my talk
with her asked II she didn't think the
struggle had gone far enough. Her reply,
without a moments hesitation, was: The
fight will never have gone far enough until
we have made repetition of this horror