The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25
SEES NO SIGN OF
LASTING PEACE
Lloyd George Says Terms Would
Only Mean Truce.
MORE 'FRlGHTFUL WAR LATER
Premier Declares Russian Military
Collapse Prevents Entente Vic
tory This Year-Says Amer.
lea Is Big Factor.

London, Oct 23.--'I have scanned
the horizon intently," Premier Lloyd
George stated, end can see no terms
In sight which will lead to enduring
peace. The only terms now possible
would mean an armed truce ending in
an even more frightful struggle
rs The prime minister was addressing
an enthusiastic mass meeting of TO-
600 persons in Albert hall, called to
inaugurate nationwide campaign of
economy.
The premier said he had hoped the
enemy's terrible power might be bro
ken this year, bVt that the temporary
collapse of the Russian military power
han postponed this hope. Time. how
ever, was on the side of the allies, no,
added. Time once was neutral, but
two things had changed this-namely,
the advent of America, whose man
power was the best fighting material
In the world and the Increasing fail
ure of the German submarine war.
Allies In Harmony.
The allies were working in the
greatest harmony, Mr.. Lloyd George
continued. He said they were on the
eve of the most important inter-allied.
conference ever held, at which for the
first time representatives of America
and of the Russian democracy would
represent. He stated that the confer
ence meant TO determine the ultimate
Issue of the war.
The premier declared that Germany
would make peace now only on terms
which would enable ii to benefit by
the war. He asserted that that would
ing empire in the future to repeat the
experiment.
More than twice as many German
submarines were lost in the first ten
months of this year as in all of last
year, Mr.. Lloyd-GeOrge stated. The
British tonnage lost monthly now was
not much more than one-third of the
total destroyed lirst April.
The war, said the premier. was ter
rible in itself, but more terrible in the
possibilities 1t revealed of new hor-
rors on land and sea and in the air.
Must 5e Settled Now. '@
1t must be settled now, once for all,
he declared. If the war should be
renewed after 30 years more of Scien-
tific application it would mean the
death of civilization. Brute force must
be dethrOned forever.
To realize what the advent Of Amer
lea meant, he. went on, it was neccs-
Sary only to look back on the rapid
growth of the little British army.
America was now starting, and its re-
sources in man power were twice those
of Britain.
British shipbuilding, said The pre-
mier, had increased fourfold and Amer
lean had done likewise.
. Beware Of "5oioism."
Mr. Lloyd-George said that "BOlO"
ism" in all its shapes and forms should
be looked out for.
'Beware of people who try to SOW
dissension, distrust and suspicion" he
warned. 1.-The enemy is trying to rat
tie our nerves. Keep steady, and we
shall win" f@%
The way TO shorten the war, the
premier insisted. was to prepare for
long war He added:
81 am not going to predict when the,
war will end. No man in his senses
would prolong the war an hour longer
thnn is necessary to. secure lasting
peace, but 1t must be a lasting peace,
not n prelude 10, "a more devastating
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