The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-07-06
ALLIES TEACH GER
MAN ARMY HUMILITY

Dundee, June 30.-"We have driven
the great army of Germany under
ground" said Premier Lloyd George
in a speech here today. "When a
great army is driven to these tactics
it is the beginning of the end; it
means that we are pounding a sense
of inferiority into every pore of the
German military mind.
at is good for the war, it is even
better for after the war. AS long as
the Prussians have an idea of superb
GRITTY in their minds Europe will not
be decent place for people to live
in peace. 1t will be easier after this"
Prussian Learning Humility.
The Prussian, said Lloyd George,
has many virtues, but sense of hui
mility has never been among them.
The premier added that the Prussian
is now being taught the virtue of hu-
mility with fierce and relentless lash,
Lloyd George said that, if neces-
sary, the government would resort to
the exchequer in order that the price
of bread should be within the compass
of the bulk of the people
Speaking of the sacrifices the peo-
pie had been called on to make in the
war, Lloyd George said there had been
no privations in this country thus far,
and that while there were privations
in Germany and Austria, those coun-
tries were still fighting. Men re-
stricted in their Injuries should not
give themselves the airs of men who
are enduring tortures. Complaints
did not come from the men who were
making the real sacrifices, but the
country was entitled to ask the gov
crnment that restrictions and limita-
tons should have a genuine war pur-
pose; and he included in that the de-
mobilization after the war. That
rule he had applied to every restric-
ton that had been made.
Touches on Drink Question"
The restriction of horse racing, the
premier said, was entirely a question
of the extent to which it could be per-
mitted without Interfering with the
work of the war. Anything beyond
that would be irritating and mischiev-
Gus, anything short of it inadequate
to meet the case.
"If you apply these principles to the
question of drink" he continued, "you
will find that it will work out all
right. No man in his senses would
sacrifice the food of the country for
any drink, however alluring it may
be-" -. '.
The second condition which The
country was entitled to ask from the
government, the premier said, was
that it should not permit the burdens
Of the country to be increased by what
was called profteering as distinct
from profit. Profteering was unfair
in peace; in war it was an outrage.
That was why the government had
taken action to restrict profits and
to deal very drasticalIy with
unfair profiteering in food.
Defines Wars Purpose.
The third condition which the peo-
pie were entitled to expect, Lloyd |
George went on, was that food must |
be brought within the reach of the
people. Present prices were largely |
dependent on prices over which the |
government had no control, in Amer
~" VI ClSCNhClS, uut hJepS SUCH as
were within its power had been taken
by the government to keep the prices
Of food within bounds.
The premier said the people must
not shirk under the burden of the
struggle, but lift their eyes to Great /
Briton's purpose, which was clearer
than ever. He continued:
1--WE are fighting for the rights of |
men and women and we shall win. |
always knew the struggle would be a |
prolonged one and made plans on that /
resumption, but with continuous per-
'istence and unfaltering will we shall !
win."
The premier alluded to the attitude
which the Germans adopted in 1870
Il, when Alsace and Lorraine-those
french provinces-were dragged from
France" he continued:
"The doctrine of 1870 is the doc
rine of today, and it is the doctrine
We are fighting. So it is with Italy,
Who wants to live with those of her
'eople and so also with the Poles, who
want to resume the thread of their
lation independence. 1t is our will
hat they shall. And so it is with
1esopotamia and Palestine. That is
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