Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
LLOYD Georges Triumph.


Truly heartening was the reception by the
British parliament of Premier Lloyd Georges
speech in defense of his recent Paris utterance
that for time raised a storm of criticism at
home 1t demonstrates that England is behind
the premier in the wisdom of the course he has
taken for permanent inter-allied council to have
general oversight of the further progress of the
war. In pointing out the advantages of such a
council in his Paris speech he brought strikingly
to the fore the past plumbers of England and its
allies and gave sharp warning against their recur-
renee. Lack of co-ordinated control of the affairs
the various allied fronts he gave as the reason
for many of the sad disasters that the Entente
cause has suffered. His frankness in turning the
light on weak spots in the management of the
war as a combined effort against Germany brought
an answering protest from certain British politi-
clans and certain portion of the British press
But the fighting premier in his speech before
parliament again fought his way to success con-
vincing parliament and the British people that he
was right both in his condemnation of past errors
and his advocacy, of an allied war council as
means of preventing future ones. His action may
be properly described the beginning of a big
forward drive for lifting the out of the con-
fines of mere national self-interest and national
jealousies and for placing it upon the open and
effective plane of international inter-allied con-
cert of action against the common foe. That
great gain will be effected thereby no thoughtful
student of the course Of the doubt. 1t
took just such a pungent speech that of the
premier to jar the English people into a realiza-
ton of this Speaking in parliament to his critics
everywhere he said '... I'd.
| made up my mind to take the rights and
| took them to arouse public sentiment, not
here merely but in France Italy, and Amer
lea and to insure that this document would
become an act.
know nothing of military strategy but
do know something of political strategy and
to arouse public opinion in such matter and
convince public opinion of its desirability is
strategy not of easy kind. That is why
did it and and it has succeeded.
1 was determined to deliver a disagree
able speech that would force everybody to
talk about the scheme and it has been talked
/, about on two or three continents with the
result that America is in, Italy is in, France is
in and Great Britain is in and that is vital
President Wilson has long since recognized the
value of the interallied council and has given in
struction to Colonel House, head of this country's
war mission, to insist more co-ordinated direc-
ton of the war. II that is vital to Great Britain
as the British premier says 1t is likewise vital to
the United States who viii unquestionably assume
more and more the burden of the war and who is
entitled, therefore, to more and more say-so in
what shall be done and how it shall be done The
United States will not be content to supply mil
lions of men and billions of dollars to see them
narrow to nothing amid the play OF ss-purposes
of its allies. Georges Clemenceau who may be
considered the strong Of France is again at
the helm. Lloyd George unquestionably the
strongest in the British Empire has retained
and strengthened his hold in England Woodrow
Wilson guiding the destinies Of this nation, is
rapidly bringing to effectiveness not only its mil
itary and naval arms, but its industrial and COM
mercal resources Let but the power of these
men and the nations they represent be rounded
into teamwork and who doubt but that the end
of the war will be brought nearer?