The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE DIS
CUSSES DIFFICULTY AND iM.
PROVING PROSPECTS.
PLEADS FOR IRELAND
Settlement Of Troublesome Question
Essential to Peace Of World Finan-
ces, Munitions, Food, Submarines
and American Help.

discussed the military situation the /
Irish question and others on the major |
problems with which the government |
is now engaged The premiers |
speech was i'm acknowledgment of the /
comforting on him the freedom OF the /
city Of London. Referring to Ireland, !
the premier said:
I'VE must convert Ireland from a |
suspicious surly, dangerous neighbor |
to cheerful, loyal comrade. Settle |
meut Of the Irish question is essential !
for the peace Of the world and essen. |
tial TO a speedy victory in the war |
! appeal to the patriotism Of all men
to sink everything for the one purpose
of getting this question out Of the
way
Tribute to Financiers.
Mr. LlOyd-George paid a tribute to
! the financial community through help
Of which, he said, British credit had
survived the financial panic OF the
early days Of the war This commune
| ty, he said, took an honorable part in
| the triumph OF the last war loan
which was the most remarkable finan.
cial exploit ever witnessed. After al
luding to the organization OF the min.
istry of munitions, the premier said
Nov, thank God, our men have
real chance in the fight The story
| is now very different from what it was
in the early stages Of the war Before
June 1915 we lost eightyfour guns
and a considerable number of prison
crs Since that date we have not lost
! a single gun, while we have captured
four hundred Regarding prisoners,
we have taken at least ten to one. The
tide has now turned Victory is com
ing increasingly nearer
Statistics OF Battles
During the first eighteen days of
the Somme battle we captured 1000
prisoners and eighty-four guns During
the first eighteen days of the Arras
battle our captures were $4,000 men
and 23O guns, while we gained four
times as much ground. This means
not only ultimate victory. 1t means
victory is going to be won at less loss
and our chances are growing as our
equipment is improving and the Ger.
mans know It. That is the explanation
of the despair which has driven them
to black piracy on the high seas.
This is the next job we have to deal
with Our minimum problem is to
feed a population Of 45,000,0O0 in
country which is not self-supporting.
to provide the necessary material for
our armies and keep the seas free for
/ tho frnnunArf az ha g
selves and our allies. That has had
10 be done against the swarm of nj
rates moving unseen under the track.
less seas. There is no doubt we have
lost many ships, hut they brought Am
erica in and ! am perfectly satisfied
with the balance. America, after
great patience, came to the conclu
sion there was no use of waving neu.
tral flag in the teeth Of a shark and
she is definitely with us to pull down
the menace once for ALL
Submarine Problem.
THE best brains Of America and
Britain are concentrated on this prob.
lem. There was never a human prob.
lem which was not soluble and | don't
believe this Is am exception 10 the rule.
but We must proceed on the assump.
tion that nothing could be- discovered
, TO put 1t down, and that is where the
, public comes in
Dealing with the effort Of the gov.
} ernment to make the country selfsup.
porting, the premier said that as q re.
suit OF the guarantees 10 the farmer
} and the farm laborer a million fresh
acres Of land had been brought under
cultivation, which was equal to pro.
; ducing two million tons of food
i do not say that the war Is
; going to continue through 1915" Mr..
I Lloyd'George went on but we must
take no chances We have taken far
, too many II the German knew that
by holding out until the end of 1915
) he could win, he would hold out. but
5 II he knows that the longer he holds
, out the worse 1t will be for him. peace
3 viii come much earlier"
Increasing Acreage.
The premier said the government
was taking steps for the harvest of
1918, and that If the plans were car
lrled out there would be three million
more acres OF land In cultivation and
the government could guarantee that
( without a ton of ioodsmffs coming
from abroad no one would starve. But
the country must help In husbandinl
, foodtsuffs.
We have got 10 economize our shin
ping until We have discovered meth
cd OF destroying this ocean basilsk.'
said the premier. Tie then outlined
the steps already taken in this direc
tion by which eleven million tons o
. imports would be cut off lie adiet
d that the shipping controller had mad,
. arrangements under which Great Brit
y ain would get three times. perhap,
four times, as many new ships thi
: year as last He continued
q The Germans think we are don,
, for but they do not know the rae,
, they are dealing with am confiden
that II our present program is carried
u out the submarine campaign is heat