The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-12-27
Premier Lloyd George Declares
Germany Must Give Up Con-
quests and Pay.
NO PEACE WITH JUNKERS
Reports to President Wilson Call for
More Speed by Amerca-War De-
partment Has Shakeup-Bol-
sheviki Continue Neeotia-
tons With Germany
While Civil War
In Russia
Spreads.
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD.


Fully agreeing with the stand taken
by President Wilson Premier Lloyd
George told the house Of commons
Thursday that peace cannot be made
with the present rulers of Germany
and that the war must go on until the
mllitarist caste In Prussia has been
completely broken. Germany, he de
Clared, must be forced to give up the
lands she has invaded and compensate
for losses, and the disposition of her
former colonial possessions must be
settled i'm the peace conference and
with regard To the desires of their in
habitants. MeSopOtamia, Armenia and
Jerusalem can never be given back TO
Turkey, he said, but Great Britain did
not enter the war for the territorial
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of any nation.
Reviewing the military situation, Mr.
Lloyd George admitted that il was
serious, mainly because of the detec-
ton of Russia, and he warned Britain
that Is man power would have to be
increased TO the limit and that the
pledges given to labor in 1916 regard
ing men exempted must be altered or
Cancelled. The results of the British
campaign. he admitted had not come
up to expectations, but, looking at the
brighter side, Germany has had but
one victory, the surprise attack south
Of Cambria, German workers have de-
Perforated about 33 per cent because
Of poor food, the permanent losses of
the German army have been four or
five times as great as those sustained
by the British, the losses of the ItaI-
iaus are not to be compared with those
Of the Austrians, and the submarine
campaign is gradually being overcome
America Urged to Get Up Speed.
President Wilson and his admins
tratiOn received several impressive
warnings last week that America must
get up more speed. These came rom
delegates TO the recent interalled con
ference in Paris. First to report was
Colonel House, the chairman of the
delegation. and though the details of
his statement were not made public, il
Is known that he laid before Mr.. Will
allies must exert their maximum
strength in the quickest possible time,
| and that their war activities must be
co-Ordnated and waste and delay re-
| duced to a minimum.
Next, Balnbridge Colby of the ship
ping board and Vance Mccormick of
| the war trade board went to the White
| House and presented to the president
| the information on shipping they had
| obtained abroad. This embraced The
| fact that the submarine campaign has
| intcrfered with allied war activities to
n greater extent than England and
| France have admitted. Mr.. Wilson is
reported to have been greatly i'm
pressed with the information given and
it became evident to him that the sep
| building program must he enlarged and
| It's carrying out FASTENED.
Shskeup in War Department.
Meanwhile senate and house commit
tees continued their inquiry into our
war preparations. with results that
were more TO the credit of the navy
than of the army department. Revela-
| tons made concerning the delays In
procuring and distributing supplies and
arms for the army, together with the
presidents talks with Colonel House
whose influence Is great--probably
| Justly so-may be said to have led Ia
the changes In the war department
which put General Cocktails Mt the
head of the quartermaster general
bureau and Gen. c. b. Wheeler in