Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-05
aims OF Allies
ARE Defined BY
british premier
Before Great Patriotic Demon
stratiOn Lloyd Georges Ad-
dress Marks Termination
of Third Year of War.

London, Aug 4.-David Lloyd
George, the British premier, in the
presence of distinguished gathering,
representative of all parties which
met this afternoon in Queens Hall
to mark the third anniversary of the
declaration OF war, reiterated the
aims for which the entente allies
were fighting and indicated the only
conditions under which they would
consent to suspension of hostilities
with the central powers.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the National War Aims
committee and was probably the
greatest patriotic demonstration of
the year. The expectation had been
that the premicr's speech would be
a most important one.
The marquis of Crewe, leader OF
the liberal party i'll the House of
Lords, was chosen to preside. He was
supported by the archbishop of Can
terbury. twenty members of the gov
ernment and 100 members OF Parlia-
ment.
Baron Sonnino, the Italian foreign
minister, and Nlkola Pachtch, the
Serbian. premier, were invited guests.
Allies Must Not Stop.
In the course of his speech Pre-
mier Lloyd George said:
Victory must be so complete that
our national liberty never again shall
be challenged.
Russia learned that an army with
out discipline is rabbit.
There are some here who want
to set up committees for the British
army and direct the conduct of the
war. We cannot allow a sectional or
ganization to direct the war or to
dictate the terms of peace. The ma
ton as a whole made war and the
nation as a whole must make peace"
The British prime minister said he
did not trust the German peace talk,
Neither the kaiser nor the chan
cellor," he declared, has yet said lie
would be satisfied with German soil.
They talk glbly about peace but
stammcr over the word restoration.
Before we have peace conference
they must learn to use the word res
toration. So far they have not learned
even the first letter of the alphabet"
Germans Would Try Again.
"War is a CHASTITY business, but it
is not as bad as their peace. While
they know their plot has miscarried
this time, the Prussian war lords have
determined to succeed the next time.
There must be no next time. This
generation must eliminate war from
the tragedies of human life"
Continuing, Mr.. Lloyd George
said
"If we SOW seeds of discomfort and
disunion in the nation we shall reap
defeat A nation which falters be-
fore it reaches its purpose will never
become great people.
mo one in Great Britain, France,
Italy and Russia, or even in Ger
many and Austria, has any idea how
near we are today to the summit of
our hope"
Tremendous Enthusiasm Aroused.
As Foreign Minister Sonnino of
Italy and the other representatives of
the entente allies reached the plat
form the gathering rose and cheered
again and again, while the playing of
the national anthem5 of the allies
aroused tremendous enthusiasm.
Premier Lloyd Georges appearance
was the signal for remarkable man.
Hesitation of popular fervor.
The premier on opening his address
asked what would have happened if
Great Britain had not entered the
war. He answered this question by
saying:
Europe would have been at the
mercy of a cruel military power. Rus
sia would have dsintegrated sooner.
France would have fought bravely,
but might have been overwhelmed.
Americas Monroe doctrine would
have been treated as scrap of paper.
The fact today is that we have
checked the ambitions of Germany"