New Britain herald., 1917-09-07
Cessation Of War Out Of Question
Till Prussia Is Crushed
WOULD ONLY BE eARMISTICE
Would Afford Germany Opportunity
to Invent More Deadly Machines of
Sir Edward Insists.

London, Sept. 7.-Coincident with
the announcement that Premier
Lloyd George will deliver an import
ant speech on the war aims Of the
Allies at Birkenhead today, promin-
ence is given by the newspapers to a
statement by Sir Edward Carson to a
correspondent in which Sir Edward
declares:
There is a great deal of very loose
and mischievous talk about peace.
Some people seem to imagine we have
only to conclude a treaty with Ger
many and all will be we'll. But
should like to ask, what is to come
then? Are the nations of the world
to proceed with preparations for the
next conf1ict-to pursue their re-
searches in science to the expansion
and creation Of still more deadly
weapons of war for destruction; to
spend their resources in the creation
submarines for the destruction Of un-
fortified towns and the murder of the
innocent women and children that in
habit them; to take advantage of the
experiences gained in this war in the
Improvement of lethal and poisonous
gases for the destruction of humani-
ty? And are we to live in daily ter
TOR that at any moment another con-
f1ict- may arise which might almost
lead to the extinction of civilization
itself?
''The truth is, a treaty Of peace does
not necessarily secure peace in the
only sense wherein it can be of any
real use to progress and humanity.
We talk platitudes about a league of
nations to enforce peace without con-
sidering conditions essential to. its
success, but there was g. league OF
nations to protect Belgium-there
were solemn treaties and conventions
at The Hague to apply the principles
of humanity as far as possible In war
and give effect to International law.
How did these avail on the outbreak
of the war?
Kadser's Word Worth Nothing.
Sir Edward then quotes the Ger
man emperor as saying there Is no
International law, that treaties are
scraps of paper and so forth, and
adds:
IT have not yet seen a single sug-
gestion made as to how in future
these calamities are to be prevented
from recurring If the lawless temper
of the Germans remains unrepentant
and their power to repeat their crimes
remains what it has been in the past
relatively to the rest of the world.
President Wilson is right when he
| declares no terms signed by the
present rulers Of Germany would af-
ford the slightest security for the
peace OF the world, and nothing Is
| more certain than that just in pro-
| portion as the military defeat OF Ger
many is incomplete the duration OF
peace will be short. Whatever terms
Germany might now bring herself to
1 accept in order to recuperate her
strength for another aggression, her
people would soon forget such econ
omic privations as they have had to
endure and would remain convinced
they proved themselves tnvincible.
Sir Edward asserted that 'if this
war is to put an end to all war, Ger
manv militarism must be sufficiently
crushed to make fresh aggression by
her impossible for long time te
come, and until it is no longer pos
| sible for the German people them
selves to be deluded by the legend OF
their invincibility in arms
In conclusion Sir Edward said tha'
it was obvious that Great Brtair
must carry on the war until such
victory is attained as will remove vir'
tuallv all danger Of war In the future
"and anv man who tries, whatever
his motive be, to distract the atten
ton of the country from this goal Of
deliverance is the worst enemy Of
real peace"