Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-23
NO PEACE INSIGHT.
SAYSLLOYD GEORGE
Only Terms Now Possible Would
Mean Armed Truce, Ending in
More Frightful Struggle.
ALLIES IN PERFECT HARMONY
Bonar Law Declares German Air
Raids Will Be Returned
in Full Measure.
ALLIES IN PERFECT HARMONY

LONDON. October 22-"There will be
no peace In the world until the shrine
OF the war spirit Of Potsdam is shat
tered and it's priesthood Is dispersed
and discredited forever"
Premier Lloyd George thus spoke to-
day at n meeting at Albert Hall. in
augurating nationwide economy
campaign. His spcech-the most i'm
portant OF the ycar-was marked by
absolute confidence of victory high
praise for America and inspiring en-
thusiasm for the righteousness of the
great cause" With every sentence he
showed that he has not in the slightest
changed his mind regarding his con-
tention that to end the war the allies
must fight until the knockout blow"
has been delivered TO militarism
Time is now on our side," said the
Premier. Time once was neutral-but
not since the advent of America and
the failure Of the German submarines"
The Premier said more than twice as
many German submarines were lost
during the first ten months of this year
as In all of last year.
The most striking passages in the
Prime Minister'S speech follow:
~ have scanned the horizon intent
ly. and can see no terms in sight which
Will lead to enduring peace. The only
terms now possible would mean an
armed truce. ending in an even more
frightful struggle"
Beware of people who try to SOW
dissension. distrust and suspicion. The
enemy is trying to rattle our nerves
Keep steady, and we will win."
NO MAN IN HIS SENSES
WANTS TO PROLONG WAR
II am not going to predict when the
war will end. No man in his senses
would prolong 1t an hour longer than
Is necessary to secure a lasting peace !;
but IL must be a lasting peace. not a
prelude to more devastating war"
Our real enemy is tho war spirit
fostered in Prussia"
I'VE arc now on the eve Of the most
important inter-allied conference ever
held. For the first time, the represen-
tatives of America and OF the new
Russian democracy will attend
Americas participation in this con-
ference is of inestimable advantage.
Americas man power is the best
fighting material In the world"
AS his main argument for war TO the
knockout blow, the Premier said:
Brute force must be dethroned for
ever"
This war is terrible beyond all. But
terrible as it is in itself, it is still
more terrible in the possibilities which
L has revealed OF new horrors on land
and sea and in the air.
II ask those who are pressing
should there be any-for a premature
peace to reflect for moment what
might happen If we made an unsatis-
factory settlement-all the best scien
titic brains in the lands, stimulated by
national rivalry. national hatred. ma
tional hopes, devotins their energies
for ten, twenty, thirty years to magnify
the destructive powers of these hor-
rlble agents. whose power Is only just
disclosed. We must settle this once
for all"
POINTS TO IMPORTANCE
OF AMERICAS ENTRANCE
In pointing to the Importance of
Amertca's entrance into the war the
Premier spoke of the swift growth Of
Eritain's Contemplate little army"
and Of the vastness OF Amerfca's re-
sources.
The resources of the United States
in man power alone, he said, were
twice those of Great Britain. II peace
were to be concluded at this stage, the
speaker asserted. Germany would only
benefit by the war, and that would zen
courage every buccanecring empire in
the future to repeat the experiment.
81 had hopd," he continued, that
the enemy's terrible power might be
broken this year, but the temporary
collapse OF the Russian military power
has postponed victory"
lloyd George dwclt with empha-
sis upon the absolute harmony of ac-
sion and thought on the part of the
allies.