Licking Valley courier., 1917-12-27
Premier Lloyd George Declares
Germany Must Give Up Con-
quests and Pay.
NO PEACE With JyNKERs
Reports to President Wilson Call for
More Speed by Amerlca-War De.
partment Has shskeup-BoI-
shevikl Continue Negotla-
tions With Germany
While Civil War
In. Russia
Spreads.
py coward w. 7PIcKARD.

Fully agreeing with the stand taken
BY Presiaent WILSON, PremIeg LLOYD
George told tie house OF commons
Thursday that peace cannot be made
with the present rulers of Germany
and that the war must 30 on until the
mllitarist caste In Prussia has been
completely broken. Germany, he de-
clared, must be forced to give up the
lands she has invaded and compensate
for losses, and the disposition OF her
former colonial possessions must be
settled in the peace conference and
with regard to the desires of their In
habiunts. Mesopotamia, Armenia and
Jerusalem cun never be given back In
Turkey, he said, but Great Britain did
not enter the war for the territorial
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of any nation.
Reviewing the military situatlon' Mr..
Lloyd George admitted that II was
serious. mainly because of the defec-
ton Of Russia, and he warned Britain
that its man power would have to he
pledges given to labor In 1916 regard.
ing men exempted must be altered or
cancelled The results Of the British
campaign. he admitted, had not come
up to expectations, but, looking at the
,brightcr side, Germany has had but
one victory, the surprise attack south
OF Cambria, German workers have de-
tcrlorated about 33 per cent because
Of poor food, the permanent losses Of
the German army have been four or
five times Us great MS those sustained
by the British, the losses of the lml-
ianS are not tO,be compared with those
of the AuStrians, and the submarine
campaign Is gradually being overcome.
America Urged to Get Up Speed.
President Wilson and his admins
tration received several impressive
warnings last week that America must
get up more speed. These came from
delegates to tie recent nterallled con.
ference In Paris, First to report was
Colonel House, the chairman Of the
delegation, and though the details Of
his statement were not made public II
| Is known that he laid before Mr. vii.
son fucts and figures that proved the
allies must sexert their maximum
strength IN the quickest possible time
and that their war activities must he
oo-ordInOted and waste and delay re-
duced TO mlnllnum.
Next, BNinbfldgo Colby OF the ship
/ ping board and Vance Mccormick OF
the war trade board went TO the White
i House and presented to the president
the Information on shipping they had
obtained abroad. This embraced III,
\, fact that the submarine campaign has
interfered with allied war activities I,
n greater extent than England ont
.tFrance have admitted Mr. Wilson 4
!, reported to have. been greatly i'm
pressed with the Information given an,
itbecame evident to him that the ship
building program must be enlarged un,
its carrying out fastened
i shakeup In War Department,
Y !. Meanwhile senate and house commit
tees continued their inquiry into on
wnr preparations, With results 0a
were mare TO the credit OF the nav
than of the army department.. RcyclH
tlons nude concerning the delays Il
procurihgAnd ddlsributlng suppllessm
nfnls fcfhe army togethec. with N
presidents talRsSwitli Colonel HOUSE
whos6 naue6cc IS great- prUbabl
Justly so--rnay be said to have led I
The chcngos IN The war deportmeu
: witch pm, General Goethals, Mt th
head OF Che quariernaster general
bureau and Gen. c. u. Wheeler :