Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-20
LLOYD GEORGES HINT.

.ll,r.e t - n land has been lsa-u.ns in the bitter school of experience essons may have for the asking, says the Chicago Tribune.
 Let respectfully suggest" he said that it is worth good deal study blunders. to begin where now"
 No truer word. no more important advice could ho
 iven to the American government reonle at tr'e fateful moment England was where we are in Jriv 1914 She had greater navy a larger army. Her m'i tary system less defective than Yet. like she had citizen army of modern proportion and or
 modern large artillery. great reservN0 -f m"n'tions ard armrment
 More than that her economic or7a~i-ation lie o"-- wholly unftted to cone with staggerng task o' it is made Like her reonle we-o
 rapped the comfortable habits of peace They wer" rich self-indugent and indifferent the demands of rational defense to sions of aprroachine die aster.
 Write rara"rarh, ermmari7rr Fn~1and's "ona't'-~ -1rnl nnd mno~al the of tho root "atast~o-' of 1914 strike the word Enran1 substitute am"-
 md there no other change The description may stand.
 Then came the avalanche of the world Since August 1914 England has grimy marching throu0h the ruins of her former self England. She hos day by day lessons branded letters of blood and fire She was giant fat with peace Now she giant stripped lean muscled, with her shinin~ 'mpenentrable shield her army sword keen death her economic organs healthy refrigerated her heart beating strong with national pride and purpose.
 This is one of the miracles of this epic time. Are going ignore pass through the dark ness and agony to learn the same lessons?
 Something of England's moral strength cannot gan doubtless ecept by paying the price, But certainly the material concrete lessons of her ganzation England has made modern army out of pacic untrained mob civilians We have exactly the problem before Her military organization wss not fit for the task She has remodeled it until it is fit She tried the volunteer system under the most favor able conditions After months of confusion, disorganza on of business private injustice, and military disap pontment necency and ghastly sacrifice of life, she learned her lesson, abolished volunaryism and estab ished conscripton Her organization of supply who'll ly inadeuae. Englands indivdualism, like our owr, her reliance upon laissex faire, like own. blocked has transformed her organization She has mastered her tremendous forces and made machinery which directs them effectively toward the accomplishment of her purpose.
 Not only has England army trained to the highest point of modern efficiency equipped with every device of warfare always fully supplied but she has all her economic functions directed and controlled SC that they the whole nation, the navy, the army, and the people at home.
 We have assumed a tremendous responsibility both present and We have eaped into the center of the world conflict at critical moment and have leaped unprepared We have, therefore titan problem ourselves fit in the shortest possible tme We cannot afford to blunder. We cannot afford ignore the lessons taught by agonzing experience to the peoples war We must learn from them and espe cially from England. how create modern army and how organize control of economic forces that strength may be applied to winning the war ana our domestic conditions may be kept healthy and ug- orous
 We have conferences with the allies statesmen They should help efficient organization of all the nations powers American initiative and energy we believe will do wonders with the aid the lessons of experience. There is class of in congress who apparently learn nothing. Their mental caliber is small allow the great lessons of contemporary events to register the president, the abler in congress and especially the leading in the great American activities control the conduct of this war and they will seek and a great deal of help from Englands experience
 take Lloyd Georges friendly hint. Let us try begin the beginning, but to begin at least not far from where England is