New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

new. There will be new conditions of
life and toll, new conditions for capital
and labor alike, and new relations be-
tween both Of them and the state. Old
principles will still survive, but there
will be a new outlook and character
in the land. The men and women OF
this country will become fine building
material for the new Britain that is
to be.
There have been epochs In the his
tory Of the world when in a few raging
years the character and destiny of the
whole race have been determined for
unknown ages. This 10 one. Then let
US not be weary in we'll doing, for in
due time We shall reap il we faint not"
Fair Play Asked for Leaders
The Premier asked for fair play for
the men at the head Of affairs. For the
first time on a great scale, he said, sue
cess in business had been placed on the
same footing as success in politics as
a claim 70 high Office. They had to
strsighten out many tangles, he added.
The Premier referred to the work
done by the Ministry of Munitions, and
said that at the end of the Somme Of
fensive there had been more guns and
more munitions than when the battle
began. Tho government already had
saved many thousands Of tons of ship
ping, had arranged for construction of
new ships and had set up q great new
organization for the production Of food.
They were working hard, and 81 think
effectively, at the urgent problem OF
dealing with the piratical brutality OF
Germany on the high seas"
Lloyd George said that the one task
was to mobilize the resources Of all
the Entente Allies and utilize them for
the best purpose possible. The empire,
he said, could and would do more than
it was doing at present The Imperial
Council would be held in the course of
the next few weeks, and among other
questions to be considered by it was
the disposal of the German colonies.
He appealed to the whole nation to
support the war loan, food control and
national service plans, and asked
farmers to cultivate every available
foot Of land. The farmers, he said,
wanted their able-bodied men back, but
they could not get them, as they were
wanted in France. d.
Great Britain, said the Premier, had
suffered less than any other belligerent
country thus far, her sacrifices having
been delegated too much to the men in
the trenches. He said the nation must
give its utmost assistance to them
without delay.
Peace Possible in 1917
Peace would come in 1917, said the
Premier, if Great Britsin's enemies
knew that by holding out until 1918
they would be worse off, not better off
The Premier said he never had had
any doubts as to ultimate victory, but
that neither have | any doubts that
before that is reached there will be
many broad, turbulent rivers to cross,
and the nation must help to bridge
those rivers"
"There is much in the military stu
ation," he continued, (which must nee
essarily cause anxiety. There are the
Balkans, where one advantage after
another has been thrown away. 1t is
no ones fault in particular. All the
four countries undoubtedly have been
to blame for the present condition OF
things. The improvidence, the lack of
vision, Imagination, promptitude and
decision, the delay-all these combine
to produce this Balkan muddle.
"When we come to the sea there is
much glory in that after period OF
two and one-half years our strength Is
unbroken."
The Premier expressed regret that
the Liberals, who were his colleagues
in the Asquith Cabinet, had not been
able TO join his government, and also
satisfaction that the Laborites had de-
cided to abandon their attitude of
criticism and censure and take q share
of the responsibility of governing the
empire.
The Liberals, he said, had a special