The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-21
WAR AIMS Of
GREAT BRITAIN
In Full Accord With President
Wilson'S Outline of What
We Are Fighting
For.
LLOYD D-GEoRGE's PLEDGE
Commercial War to Follow Armed
T War Is Thing Which Ma
| ture viii Take
i Care Of.
LLoYD-GEoRGE's PLEDGE

lBy Lowell MeIlett, United Press
STAFF Correspondent
LONDON, Dec. 21.-Great Britain
Is in full accord with President VII
sons outline of war aims that the
fight OF the worlds democracies to
victory is not toward realization Of
selfish desires.
Britain seeks no territorial extension
except that which an international
peace conference agrees is necessary
to future security.
The United Press is in a position to
state today that Lloyd Georges pledges
are those developed by practically un-
animous views of all government
circles.
OF all tho ringing utterances of the
premier in his war aims speech Of
yesterday, including the demand Of
restoration and compensation for In
vaded territories-those which, in ef-
feet, pledged adherence to President
Wilson's announced principles that
nationalities should be permitted 70
WORK out their own destinies were re
garded today as most striking.
In thus putting England cards on
the table, the United Press is able to
present this outline Of Great Brftain's
position from various high sources fol-
lowing the prime minister's revolu-
tionary announcement OF England's
colonial policy, while the German col
onies are regarded as non-returnable,
because the peace conference must
British Union Of South Africa, yet
further territory, she demands only
o1{ M fIov, ne hn cko DIM M ~
German military outposts.
Britain is also not in sympathy
with the tmperialistic demands attri-
buted to minorities in other allied
countries. She agrees that certain ter
ritorial readjustments are necessary
but only for the purpose Of guaran-
teeing future security.
Regarding Alsace-Lorraine, England
holds if the Germanized portion of
Lorraine desires to remain German,
that section should be allowed to be
German empire. But the British en-
Lorraine. as well as all Of Alsace, un-
mistakably belongs to France.
In the Balkans, adjustment of ter
ritorial boundaries is held by Great
Britain to be a problem for decision OF
the international peace body-but with
adherence to President Wilson's prin-
ciple of lines of nations to be drawn on
the basis of nationality Of the peoples
thereof. 1t is felt that the Balkan
countries could never come to an
agreement among themselves.
An actual return of Italia-Irredenda
is supported by Britain-including
| Trieste and the Trentino. But Eng
land cannot support Italian claims for
Dalmatia and other territory OF this
character.
Poland, In the British view, is to be
permitted to work out her own des'
| tfn1es-but the same right must be &C
corded Courland and Lithunia-
AS to President Wilson's view as
to a commercial war on Germany, af
ter the armed war, there is general be
lief in British official circles that ma
ture will take care Of this-but GER
tainly it was pointed out, twenty-one
nations of the world, now opposed to
Germany, will not be willing immed
lately to resume business relations
with their enemy.
Regarding Belgium, full reparatior
after REIMBURSEMENT Is the policy in
sisted upon. The British government
1t was held, endorses fully the recen
declarations on this point by the Brit
ish labor party-the extreme liberals
Of British politics. The labor party's
full war aims attitude as to restoration
Of land and Investigations of cruel
ties on land and sea is endorsed by
British officialdom.
There Is general approval Of the pla1
for protectorate Of christian power
over the Holy Land, henceforth.
/ Practically Identical.
i[By ]. w. T. Mason, Written for tn
United Press.l
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The estat
lishment Of responsible popular go,
ernment in Germany is now the prir
cipal necessity for the formal openin
D Of peace negotiations.
President Wilson has inspired a ne'
declaration of Great Britain's wa
aims, which are practically identics
,