Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-24
Will Never Sheathe the Sword
until Belgium and Serbia Re-
cover in Full Measure All and
More Than They Have Lost.
REPLIES TO SOCIALIST
Latter Contends That Prolonga.
ton of War Is Only Justified
by Reasonable Expectation
That Allies May Eventually
Dictate Peace Terms.


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the House OF Commons to-day with a
new demand for the governments yicvs
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Asquith offered to the enemy countries
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mcht winch was the outstanding f"atura
OF MS speech AZ the h"ndon suiIdh"il III
November, l9l4' winch he repeated
IN" prime minister stern deciaratioh
created deep Impression on all parts
of the house. and this found reflection
subsequently in the lobbics. The occasion
for the nromicrs pronolnccmcnt was "A
speech which Philip Snowdcn. VI tho
independent labor party. injected into tn
debate on the consolidated fund bill, IA
mainly for interest on the national debt,
Mr. Snowden contcnded that prolonEa'
ton OF the war could only be 1uStifcd oF
inc reaSonhpie expectation tnat tnroush
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;n,o,Ii,o,t ond d;sn,ssiorat. ,+eu, NJ the
si,uatiop and tho lessop n had taught
would s.y that tbcre was anv reasonabI,
.-ro,,,,d for homo Of . decisive and crush.
,nf military victory for either commanding
oar,v
II Great Britain was determined to con-
tiruo in the cxpcctation of crushing Ger
many. he declared, her rcoplc ought to
be convinced that it was tho hes, method
! for establishing the International rela-
tions Of the European powers. He how
! ever believed that continued attempt
20 crush Germany would be the worst
basis for the establishment Of just and
lasting settlement
Tho speaker declared that all the ma
tions, and especially Germany, wero
| driven to accept this war as evidences
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time was therefore ripe for making, q
| movement in the direction of peace. In
particular, Mr. Snowden maintained that
the German socialists we're solidy in
| favor of peace. now that it had beel
proved that Germany was invulnerabls
from external attack,
The premier welcomed Mr.. Snowden's
admission that he country was at ono
| nd Of D,in do
mandng that the conditions of peace
should be such as to secure the pcrma-
nent attainment of the national aim.
There is absolute unity in the coun-
try" he continued
The premier declared that Mr.. snow
denis statement on the military situation
was a matter of opinion.
1T is not minc," was his comment.
The real gist OF Mr. Snowdcns speech.
added the premier, was the contention
that "A genuine desire for peace existed
in Germany. As evidence of this there
was the report of the debate in the
Rcichstag and the chancellor's speech, ia
which he said he would welcome ap-
proaches from any quarter. hut did not
saw he was prepared to make approachc =
himself
The premier referred in biting terms to
the chancelor's statement that Germany
Was mt the enemy of small nations and
characterized the statement as "colos-
sal and shameless audacity" after her
treatment of Relriuu and Serbia
Mr. Asouith concluded AS follows hy
words ovol<inp anplause from every corr
or ot tho HOUSE
,l,,i, and op,nhatic language what ar,
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