The Butler weekly times., 1917-12-27
ENTENTE AIMS SET FORTH BY
LLOYD GEORGE
Allies Will Demand Complete Restor-
alton of Territory And Conn.,
pensation-

Allies Will Demand Complete Restor-
alton of Territory And Conn.,
pensation.
London, Dec. 2o-Speaking in the
house of Commons today David
Lloyd George, the British prime minr
lister, said that the margin of losseS
at sea was narrowing. The sinkings
by submarines, he declared, was de-
creasing, while shipbuilding was in
creasing.
The premier said the sinking of
submarines was increasing. Although
the merchant tonnage was down by
20 per cent, he added, the loss had
been only E per cent Of imports over
that of last year.
Regarding the military situation,
Mr. Lloyd George said it was idle to
pretend that the hopes formed had
been realized. This disappointment
he attributed to the Russian collapse.
The Germans, the premier said,
had only one success, which was due
to surprise, and this was now engag-
ing inquiry The Germans, he stat
ed, had lost 100000 prisoners, valu
able positions and hundreds of guns,
Complete restoration If the terri
tories taken by the enemy, together
with compensation, was demanded
by Premier Lloyd George in explain
ing the war aims of the government.
The premier said that the losses in
shipping had been lighter by hun
dreds of thousands of tons than he
had anticipated in his August esti-
mats. The premier said that if the
Russian army had fulfilled the expec-
tations of its generals by this time
the pride of the German military
power would have been completely
humblcd.
On the whole the British campaign
had not achieved the expectations
formed, he said, but there had been
military successes in Palestine which
would have a permanent effect on the
history of the world. Jeruselam, he
stated, never would be restored to the
Turks.
After referring to the Italian re-
verses, the premier said it would be
necessary for Great Britain to make
great sacrifices to strengthen
armies in the coming year. The need
would arise to increase the nations
man power by taking some men now
exempted.
The premier's speech was delivered
when adjournment for the holidays
was moved in the house of commons
this afternoon. He dealt first with
the problems Of food. Two circum-
stances, he said, had contributed late
ly to the gravity of the situation-the
failure to obtain margarine and butter
from Holland and Denmark and the
fact that England had been required
to make sacrifices in order to supply
deficiencies OF her allies. Owing to
the efforts of the food controller an
Improvement was visible in circum-
stances which had caused so much
anxiety in the last few days. More
tea was coming in and it was hoped
by increased manufacture to improve
the situation as regards margarine
shortly.
Owing to the food difficulties in
Germany, the premier went on, the
physical decoration of workmen there
had been so marked that the output
per man had been decreased by 80
per cent
As for the British casualties, Mr..
Lloyd George said, they had not
amounted to more than onc-fourth or
one-fifth Of the Germans Opposed
to Germany, Austria and their allies,
he asserted, were man power and re-
serves more than double those which
the Teutonic allies possessed.
The government, said the premier,
would confer next week with trades
unions on the man-power proposals.
The advent of America into worlds
politics, the premier declared. was all
event which would loom large in the
future. This was true also of the es-
tablishmcnt of the international
council at Versailles.
AS for the disposition of the Ger
man colonies. the premier said that
must be settled by the peace congress.
The future trustees of those countries
must take into account the sentiments
of the people themselves.
The premier told his hearers that a
league of nations in which Germany
was represented by triumphant mill
tarism would be hollow farce.
Great Britain did not enter the war,
the premier asserted, to increase by a
yard the territory of anyone else, but
because of the belief that Brittain's
honor, the question of standing by
her word, was involved.