The Washington times., 1917-08-05
NO PEACE Until
ENEMY DISGORGES,
GEORGE DECLARES

LONDON. Aug. 5-The German
government must learn to utter the
word restoration" before the allies
can give any eountenanee to a Ger
man plea for peace. This was the
keynote OF the speech made by Lloyd
George At Queens Hall
Optimism breathed through the pre-
mier's speech a. well as a grim de-
termination to sec Il through"
mo one in any Of the belligerent
Countries" he asserted. had any idea
how near we are TO the summit OF
our hope" which he described as the
elimination OF war from the tragedies
Of human life and the assurance that
there would be no next time" for
prepared German mIlitArism to spring
upon an unwary and liberty-ioving
world.
The direct aim Of the war he phras-
ed as a fight ''to defeat the most
dangerous conspiracy ever plotted
against the liberty Of nations" and
while he admitted that war was q
terrible and repulsive business. he
denied that It could possibly be $50
ghastly a. . German peace"
Saved Monroe Doctrine.
He pictured the world catastrophe
which would have occurred had Great
Britain remained neutral after the in
vasion of Belgium and spoke partieu-
larry Of America's Monroe doctrine,
which would have vanished before
German world-conquest-
In the course OF his speech. Pre-
mIer Lloyd George said:
Victory must Be 80 complete that
our national liberty never again shall
be challenged.
Russia learned that an army with
out discipline II q rabble-
There are some here who want to
set up committees for the British-
army and direct the conduct Of the
war. We can not allow . sectional
organisation TO direct the war or to
dictate the terms Of peace. The ma
ton a. a whole made war and the
nation as a whole must make peace.
Continuing, Mr.. Lloyd George said:
mo one In Great Britain. France,
italy and Russia. or even in Germany
ana Austria, has any idea how near
we are today to the summit OF our
hope"
Tribute to Italy.
The premier paid . tribute to
italy. whose greatness, he said. was
in itself additional security for peace
and liberty throughout the world
The Kaiser now adopts different
Ianguage-hghting to protect German
soil. Even now neither he nor his
new chancellor has said they would
be satisfied with German soil. They
talked glibly OF peace. but stammered
when they came to the word 'restor-
alton Before we enter q peace con-
ference they must learn to utter that
word to begin with. Our gallant fell
lows are gradually going to cure the
Kaiser Of his stutter. Restoration -
the irst letter; then we will talk.
war IL CHASTITY business, but II
Is not as grim as a bad peace There
Is an end to a horrible war, but bad
peace will go on and on. staggering
from one war to another. The Prus-
sian war lords have not yet abandon
ed their ambitions They are only
the postponement OF the
Of their ambitions.
HOn all the roads ever confronted
there are ups and downs, and no
doubt the Russian collapse Is rather
a deem glen, and I am not sure that We
have reachsd its darkest level But
across the valley / can see the ascent
ave OF this country cannot allow
sectional organizations to make war
or make peace. The nation a.
whole has made war sacrifices, pretty
evenly divided among all classes, and
the nation as q whole must make
peace"