The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-29
EXPRESSIONS OF CONFERENCE
 CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT
Before Peace Can Be Considered There Must Be Offers of Restitu. ton and Restoration of Belgium at the Expense of oermany-sesmen Representative is Severe in His Re . marks.

London, Dec. 2S.-Premier Lloyd George, in a letter which he sent to- !, day to the special national labor con ference declared;
 Achievement of the purposes for which the allies are fighting is essen tial to the future freedom and peace of mankind"
 The premier also asserted that statement on war aims could be made only in agreement with Great Brit aims allies The question of issuing a fresh joint declaration, he added, was being constantly kept in view by the entente allied governments.
 The premier's statement is regard ed as the British reply to the Ger man peace offer
 The labor conference was convened here today by the parliamentary com mittee of the trades union congress and the executive of the labor party to consider memorandum on war aims" A prOnouncemento was adopt ed with virtually unanimous show of hands, declaring that in continu- ing the war labor is actuated by determination to make the world safe for democracy hereafter. No sym pathy was expressed in the text of the statement with attempts to con vert the war into one of conquest, but 1t insisted tha restitution and repara- tion. and also certain territorial re- adjustments, are necessary if the re- newal of ornaments and war is to| be avoided.
 The conference was attended by 75O delegates and was expected tol place on record an expression of opinion from British labor on the war aims of this country. It's adoption of the memorandum is considered es- pecially significant fin view of the peace negotiations between Germany and Russia.
 The statement placed at the fore front, a demand for the restoration and rehabilitation of Belgium at the expense of Germany. It also dealt with Alsace-L Lorraine, Italy, the Bal kans, Poland, Turkey and German Aferican colonies similar to those suggested in earlier discussions on the subject. The original memoran- dunn was discussed and adopted early | in August at special conference or the labor party and was sequel to the abortive Stockholm conference last summer. Its terms have since been considerably amended by sub committees, but the main features had been retained in the memoran- dum discussed today.
 It had been confidently believed however. that todays action of the conference would be taken, notWith- standing amendments from the mae pendent labor party and several radl- cal proposals from the British social- ist labor party.
 Mir. Lloyd Georges letter said that to his mind the ideals for which we are fighting today are precisely those for which the British empire entered the war"
 "We accepted the challenge thrown down by Prussia" the letter contln- ned "in order to free the world once and all from the intolerable menace of militaristic civilization and to make possible a lasting peace by restorlhs the liberty of oppressed nationaiities and by enforcing respect for those laws and treaties which are the pro- lection of all nations, whether great or small"
 The premier concluded that he was never more convinced that the pur-- poses for which the allies were con tinuing the war were not imperlal- istic or vindictive, but that thelr ,chiavement was essential to the fu-