The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-23
AMERICANS WILL
SURPRISE KAISER
STRENGTH or UNITED STATES Is
UNDERESTIMATED, LLOYD
GEORGE DECLARES.

London. July 29.--The British prime
minister, David Lloyd George. in his
address at the great patriotic demon
stration in Queens Han. in commem1.
ration of Belgian independence day"
declared that the Germans We're making
the same mistake in Understanding
Americas efforts in the war as they
had made about Great Britain in the
beginning "They said we would not
fight" continued Mr. Lloyd George
land If we did, we could not We had
no army and we could not raise one,
and they need not worry about Britain.
I think they have discovered their mis-.
take about us, and they are now just
going through the same process with
America.
Question for Kaiser.
II want 10 put this TO them: r.
Great Britain, not very large coun-
try, while she is maintaining and
equipping and even building up equip.
ment for an army Of millions afeld
and in reserve in full fighting array
while she is maintaining the largest
navy in the world, can organize in the
third year Of an exhausting war to turn
out millions Of tons Of new shipping
is America with twice the population
OF this country, with endless natural
resources going to be beaten merely be-
cause she puts forth no efforts? The
man who talks like that knows not
America Otherwise he would not say
IT,"
Referring TO the German chancellor's
sneering remark that America has no
ships and no army and that when Am
erica has an army II viii have no ships
to bring them across the sea, the pre-.
mier said:
He knows America as little as the
Germans knew Great Britain"
Far from Being Starved.
Far from begging starved by the l.
boats, Mr. Lloyd George declared Great
Britan's food supply for 1917 and 1918
was already secured; production was
increasing and losses at sea were dim.
inishing. He had sought in the chan.
cellors speech for something which he
could hope for the ending Of the bloody
struggle.
But" he declared, Il see in It
sham independence for Belgium, a shan
democracy for Germany a sham peace
for Europe, and say that Europe has
not sacrificed millions Of her gallant
sons to set up a sanctuary for sham
A great crowd had gathered in the ex-
pectation that the premier would reply
to the German chancellor's speech ami
his utterances were greeted at times
enthusiastically.
Mr.. Lloyd George asked what hope
there was in the chancellor's speech of
peace. II mean an honorable peace,
which is the only possible peace" he
said. 1T is a dexterous speech. a fac,
ingall-ways speech.
Duplicity Explained.
There are phrases for those who
earnestly desire peace, many Of then',
but there are phrases which the mill
tary powers Of Germany will under.
stand phrases about making the from
tiers Of Germany secure That's the
phrase which annexed Alsace-Lorraine;
that's the phrase which has drenched
Europe in blood since 1914; that's the
phrase-lf they dare-that will annex
Belgium and Courland: that's the phrase
that win once more precipitate Europe
into a welter OF blood within a genera
tion unless that phrase is wiped out by
the craftsmanship Of Europe"
Turning 10 the chancellors statement
regarding the U-boat war, Mr.. Lloyd
George said that April was the height
OF German piratical triumph. The Ger.
mans could look back to that month
as a month Of glory. "Since then"
he continued. I'VE have faced longer
daylight days. which increased our dis
ficulties enormously on the high seas
but although our apprehensions We're
great, We have gradually decreased our
losses. and for three weeks Of July,
compared with three weeks in April
our losses are less than one-half."
Pays Tribute TO Kerensly.
Mr.. Lloyd-George paid tribute 20 the
patriotic work OF the brilliant Russian
statesman Kerensky in his leadership
OF the Russian democracy and declared
that In the great coming struggle In the
east and west, every German soldiec
must know IN his heart that II he
fought on he would be dying for mill
tary autocracy and fighting against
the federation OF free peoples On the
other hand, every Belgian soldier and
every Russian soldier knew that he was
fighting for the freedom and independ'
ence OF his native land.
"The future OF mankind" concluded
the premier "is ours TO maintain and
defend"