The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-20
ENGLANOS WAR
AIMS ANNOUNCED
Premier Lloyd George Says
There Must be Guarantee
Of Future Worlds
Peace.
OF KAISER
Complete Restoration and compensa-
tIon for the Territories
Which Have Been
Invaded.
OF KAISER

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, Dec. 2O.-England's wal
aims rest primarily on the necessity
that the allies have security from
Germany for a future worlds peace.
AS outlined in the house OF COM
mons this afternoon by Premier
Lloyd-George, this security can only
be attained by destruction Of Ger
many's military power and demo-
cratization of the German govern
! ment.
..The wishes, desires and interests,
of the inhabitants OF the German col
lonies must be a dominant factor In
the settlement of their future gov-
eminent, England's prime ministe.
said.
Mesopotomia and Armenia should
neve be returned to Turkish rule,
The question of the German colonies
is for discussion at the. Information
peace conference. The trustees OF
German colonies must consider senti-
ments of the people themselves
whether they may desire to return
20 their former masters"
I'VE demand the complete restora-
ton and compensation for territories
that have been TAKEN" LoydGeorge
asserted.
A great crowd, both on the floor
and in the galleries heard him vigor-
ously set forth the objects for which
England proposed to fight to the
last.
To fight this fight, the premier
declared, solemnly:
1T will be necessary to call up
many Of those at present exempted.
1--WE must have security from Ger
many for future worlds peace" the
premier decla1ed. emphasizing his
momentous word with ringing tones.
"One guarantee for such a worlds
peace must be the destruction of her
military power. Another must be
the demonstration of German gov,
eminent" i ~.
Lloyd-George was frank in admit.
ting the allies disappointment OF
their military hopes this year
which he attributed to the collapse
Of Russia. He held, however, that
the single military success which the
enemy had been able to achieve
that at Cambrai-had been due to
surprise and added hat this German
stroke and the British failure to
fend it off, was now under investiga-
ton. Germany, he said, had lost
100000 men taken prisoner during
the year.
British losses have been not more
than one-fourth of those of Germany,
the prime minister continued.
Our man power and ser are
more than double those OF the CEN
trail powers"
The submarine situation, the Welsh
| statesman viewed optimistically. He
said the food shortage had been great
ly improved.
IIoydGeorge's speech came as a
direct result of questions raised In
the house Of commons by Sir VIM
| Collins and other liberals. These
leaders met last night and decided
if it were possible to have the pre-
mier make his long advertised war
aims address today.
TGreat Britain's war aims, as thus
outlined, agree with those of the
United States as outlined in several
speeches by President Wilson cul-
minating in his address to congress,
| December 4, in these particulars:
Restoration Of occupied lands and
! compensation for damage done.
characterization of Germany and
overthrow Of militarism.
Every nationality of people to be
permitted to work out their own
Misunderstanding to colonies. The
president, however, did not mention
| colonies in his message to congress.
Following President Wilson's out,
line Of war aims on December 4, the
United Press London dispatches ex-
clusively stated that Lloyd-George
before Christmas would outline
those IF the British empire.l