New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22

/ gian, the sword must be Belgian and
the soil must be Belgian"
Speaking in denunciatory tones OF
the shams contained in the speech OF
DR.. Michaelis, the Premier said:
"The Chancellor tries to stimulate
and encourage his people by doping
them with illusions, and Germany VIII
find that her hopes are just as mucn
/ illusions as others which have been dis
PEELED. The U-boats are TO put Eng
! land out Of business. Owing to sub
! longer, according to the German Chan
cellor. Well, am sorry to disillusion
him at the outset of his career, but
truth compels me to do it. Gradually,
but surely, we are increasing our pro-
duction and diminishing our losses at
sea-"
Turning to the Chancellor's state
ment regarding the U-bost war, Mr..
Lloyd George said that April was the
height of German piratical triumph.
The Germans could look back to that
month as a month Of glory.
"Since then" he continued, 1--WE have
| faced longer days, which increased our
difficulties enormously on the high
seas, but, although our apprehensions
were great, we have gradually de-
/ creased our losses, and, although we
/ have had only three weeks Of July,
compared with three weeks in April,
/ our losses are less than one-half.
"This year we have turned out four
! times as many ships as last year. In
/ the last two months Of this year we
/ should turn out as many ships as we
3 did in the whole twelve months OF last
year. Next year we should turn out
six times as many ships as last year.
/ "Our food supply for l9l7-l8 Is al
7 ready secured. With reasonable econ
omy there Is a programme of cultiva-
tion which will make the food supplies
4 for I9l8-'19 secure, even il our losses
are greater.
Waiting for New Speech
Germany is not going to drive Great
Britain out of the fight until liberty
| has been re-established throughout the
world. The Germans are making the
same mistake in Understanding Amer
/ ica's efforts in the war as they did
I about Great Britain. II won't be long
: before Michaelis will have to deliver
I different speech. That is what we are
waiting and fighting for. The freer
/ Germany Is the better we like 1t. We
1 could make peace with 1ree germany
I Germany dominated by autocracy we
can never make terms with
/ With special reference TO Belgium,
the Premier said the world would
never forget the service rendered by
that country to international rights
She had suffered three years OF .op-
preston; her deliverance was coming
! hut Il must be complete. The. junker
had thrown the old Chancellor into the
waste paper basket, with his scrap OF
! naner. and II would not be long before
: iunkerdom followed.
Mr.. Lloyd George paid tribute to the
na,riotic work Of the brilliant Russian
statesman, Kerensky, in his leadership
Of the Russian democracy. and de-
clared that in the great coming
stTngrIs in the East and West every
Germsn soldier must know in his hear'
that il he fought on he would be dying
FOR military autocracy and hghuns
against the federation Of free peoples
on the other hand, every Belgian sol,
der and every Russian soldier khew
that he was fighting for the freeooI
and Independence OF his native isnd
"The future Of mankind" concIudeG
the Premier, as ours to maintain and
: defendn