The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-04-18


1lln0enhsRg IAne-Ternas snuggle
(Ino fue Ireedom from Autocracy Of
lrunpianim.
London, April 13.--As the first
Dr>tlsh prime minister to salute the
ADnerican nation - comrade In arms,
David Lloyd George. EngIand's great
lessoeratic leader. speaking before
.neAAble assembly brought together by
~ AmsSlcan Luncheon club today.
asossed intense snthusiasm by his
Ssashing dsnunciation Of Prussia and
~ warm Welcome OF America on an
elly = tAs war.
sfhe advent Of the United States
7 inee ne war" hs said, ''sivss the nnal
oonsnp % the character Of the con-
~ - : struggle against autocracy
>otsagheut the world"
'erhe most characteristic Of all
q 1tumtan institutions II the Hinden-
\ rute line What 10 . Hindenburs
nne9 a Hindsnburg line is q lire
(pnlWn a territories Of other people.
yoenlng than that the inhabitants of
Col,o tcrsstertss shall not cross Il at
no1ll g thsir livss. That line has been
y foArqWp aeroo Europe for 50 years.
r. i1dny lands.
>1oot Darops. after enduring this
z ~ oonera&ionA made up it, mind at
4 ~ tnot IL Hindsnburg line must be
4. ttps aione the legitimate frontiers
y ~ oornoany. This has been an un-
\ ~ .aoht for the emancipation Of
~ md the emancipation OF the
N ~ 1lndsnburg limo was drawn
n MI the shores Of America and
J A>noe1e4as we're told they must not
Syjs ~ and America said. What Is
<11nt AnsricA said. The place for
(D1ol Ilns = not the Atlantic. but on the
4 tAH,o and We mean to roll II up
<xae' 'thsy have started.
4 t,1..khers are two great facts which
ellnch the argument that this u q
oFeet strussle for freedom. Tho first
/, - ~ lAct that America has come In.
80 would not have come in other
49,. The second 10 the Russian rev.
oouklon ~
IN Gen. Won Hindenhurg's words.
Amssica carries no weight. He means
t4e& she has no ships to carry It's
Ve6<ht II y not wise always to as
SsSps that even the German general
aon - has happened 90 often. have
nAats calculations that they have no
rioht 70 make. and, therefore. II
behpovss the whole Of the allies.
0rsAt Britain and America notably.
60 80 that that reckoning Of Ger.
vSu Hlndsnburg 10 false reckoning
''1bs road TO victory. the absolute
sagufancs Of victory. has to be found
IN one -ships--and q second
Wosd-ships-and third word
sAips. With that keenness which
oharsctsrises your nation I see that
thsy fully realize that and see to-
6Ay that they have already made ar
Taugsaaents to build ships by the
thouan nd--l.ooo. 1000. tonners for
the Atlantic. believe that the Ger
mans and their military advisers are
2 already beginning to realize hat this
" smother Of their miscalculations
which ID going to lead them to dis
Aater and ruin.
Knowing for three years what our
dlmcultics have been. what our
anxisties have been and what our
feass have been. am the last man
IN the world TO say that the succor
which 10 given from America Ia not
IN itsslf something to rejoice at and
70 rejoice at greatly. But I also say
that can see more in the knowledge
that America is going to win right
20 be at the conference table when
thsss terms of peace are discussed.
That conference will settle the destiny
Of nations and course Of human life
for God knows how many ages. 1t
yculd have been a tragedy. a tragedy
for mankind. II America had not been
there and there with all her influence
I and her power.
Il can see peace. not peace to be
tsginning Of war. not peace which
VIII be an endless preparation for
strife and bloodshed. but reni
peace.
To-day we are waging one of the
most devastating wars that the world
has ever seen. Tomorrow. tomorrow,