Arizona republican., 1917-12-15
BRITAIN MUST STAND BRUNT OF FIGHTING UNTIL AMERICAN FORCES REACH WAR FRONTS
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 LONDON. Dec. IA David Lloyd George. the British prime minister. to- night before the benehers of the Greys Inn. pronounced his latest word in the new phase of the peace discussion which was launched by the Marquis Of LansooWne's recent notable letter. For mer Premier Asquith had followed the MarQnis of Lansdowne with an utter ance which coupled the policy of the Marquis with that of President Wilson, and found agreement between the two
 The premier's speech was pointed, as all his words are. He also endorsed President Wilson but found no com mon ground in the paths of President Wilson and the Marquis of Lansdowne toward peace
 It was with painful amszement." the premier said, that he had read the Marquis of Lansdownes letter He de- elared thar the danger to the country was not from the very active minority Of extreme pacifists, but from men Who think there is a. half way house between victory and defeat The pre- mler gave warning against making terms with the triumphant outlaw and against peace overtures to Prus- sia at the very moment when the Prus- sian military spirit is drunk with boastfulness"
 MT. Lloyd George said he saw no prospect for world safety in a league of peace in which the criminal was stronger than the law. He saw the critical stage of the war at the time when Germany is straining to strike between the withdrawal of the Rus sians and the entrance of the Ameri- can democracy and said the destiny of me world depended on what Great | Britain and America could accomplish | in sbipbuilding during the next year ] The premier was silent as regards . new and specific statement of war aims. which the Marquis of Lansdowns l had urged and for which pacifists are making demands.
 The premier said that a call must be made on the nation for great sacrifices and more fighting men were needed until the American forces arrive to offset the burden that had been cast i on the allies by the defection of Russia and the reverses in Italy.
 The allies now must defend all fronts i against the enemy and have a mobile army for any point of emergency, the premier said, and he added that the d. | lies had superiority in man power in ] France on the battle front and there
 were considerab ble British reserves at home.
 Premier Lloyd George. who was speaking at the dinner of the Crews l Inn Benchers, said:
 IT this is the worst moment it iS because Russia has stepped out and | America is only preparing to come in. l Every hour that passes will see the gap formed by the retirement of the ] Russians filled by the valiant sons of
 the great republic. Germany knows it
 and Austria knows it, hence the des-
 perate efforts that they are making to
 force the issue before America is | ready"
 In his reference to the effect uf
 Lord Lansdowne's letter the premier
 said he did not fear the exterme pac- fists but that there was an active mi
 nority of people busying themselves
 With the view that the letter was sup posed to advocate, and who thought
 that they had discovered a leader in the action of forcing the country into
 a premature and a vanquished peace 'f warn the nation said the pre- mier to watch men who think there
 is a half way house between victory and defeat. There is no such half way
 house. These are the men who think
 the war can be ended now by some sort
 of peace the setting up of a League
 of Nations with conditions as to arbi-
 tration for disputes enG provisions for disarmament and with a covenant on
 the part of all nations to sign a treaty
 along these lines.
 That is the right policy after vic
 tory. Without victory it would be
 farce. Who would sign such treaty :?
 | presume, among others. the people
 who have so far successfully broken
 the last. Who would enforce the new
 treaty? l presume the nations that
 have so far not quite succeeded in en-
 forcing the last.
 ITO end the war entered upon and
 to enforce a treaty without repara-
 tion for infringement of that treaty
 merely by entering into a. more sweep
 ing treaty would, indeed, be 8 farce
 in the setting of tragedy.
 We are not misled by mere words
 like disarmament, arbitration and simi
 lar terms. You cannot wage war or
 secure peace by mere words. We ought 1 never to have started unless we meant,
 at all hazards. to complete our task.
 "Of course our enemies are ready to
 accept peace leaving them with some of the richest provinces and the fair , est cities of Russia in their pockets Ii is idle to talk of security under such conditions There is no protection for . life or property in a state where the , criminal is more powerful than the law. , ! The law of nations ,s no exception. We are dealing with a criminal state
 now and there will always be crimina
 states until the reward of international
 crime becomes too psecarious to make it profitable and the punishment of internation crime become too sure to
 make it attractive.
 5 We are confronted with the alter 3 native of abasing ourselves in terror f before the lawlessness which means 5 ultimately a world intimidated by sue cessful bandits or going through with ] our task to establish a righteous and Continued on Page Two)