New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
Germany Not Ready
to Quit Except on
Terms Benefit
ing Her
Must Decide Fate
OF the World Now
Destruction of U-Boats
Doubled, Ravages
Checked, Asserts
Premier
By Arthur S. Draper

scanning the horizon anxiously, and I
cannot see any terms in sight which
would lead to an enduring peace"
This was the declaration of Premier
Lloyd George to-day in launching the
great autumn campaign for national
economy. The Prime Minister and An
drew Bonar Law, Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer, addressed a tremendous gath
ering, which filled gigantic Albert Hall
to overfiowing. Both told the audience
that the only terms of peace in sight
now would end in an armed and arming
truce.
1--WE must end this thing once for
ALL" declared the Premier, "or you
men and women here to-day may live
to see the end of civilization in
more terrible ard more horrible war
to come"
Lloyd George drove the audience to
the greatest pitch Of enthusiasm when.
after declaring that France had learned
through Napoleon's failure that might
/, could not triumph over right, he ex-
claimed dramatically: "A similar les
son must be burned into the heart and
memory Of every Prussian before this
war is over"
The Premier then uttered the IA
nous phrase which punctuated his
Glasgow speech last February: Time
is on our side" Through the magni-
tude of American war preparations,
he asserted, time was one Of the all
important factors in the war.
The destruction of submarines is in
creasing, while their ravages have been
greatly checked, he said, giving facts
to prove his assertions. Moreover, he
added, both the United States and
Great Britain have increased their
shpbuilding fourfold.
Reply to Pope Still Stands
At the same time, replying to ques-
tions in the House of Commons to-day,
A. J. Balfour, Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, said:
There seems to be no reason at
present for adding anything 10 the
acknowledgement already sent by the
British government to the Pope's peace
proposals.
The Premier, who received tremen-
dous reception, declared that the mag
nitude Of the enthusiasm gathering in
the fourth year of the war was the
best proof of the determination OF this
country to prosecute the w6r until vic
tory was achieved. The cost of the war
was gigantic; it was heavy to-day and
would be heavy tomorrow.
One hundred and twenty thousand
workers on war savings committees
fine army-were doing splendid work,
and he thanked them for their labors
in connection with the las, war loan.
which had been most successful, and
also in connection with the food econ
omy campaign, which had resulted in
a saving in food supplies of from to 7
per cent. That III itself meant a saw
ing OF hundreds OF thousands of tons.
Way to Shorten the War
The valor of Great Britain. he said,
would be enormously enhanced by the
quickening inspiration OF righteous
war; Another solscing fact was that
the gigantic debt would be debt which
Brtons owed to themselves, as Great
Britain was borrowing daily from her
children. After drawing q comparison
between the extravagances of war time
! and peace time and making a plea for
! economy, the Premier said:
"The way to shorten the war is 10
/ prepare as IL the struggle were going
I TO be long one. | am not going TO
! predict when the end of the war will
! come; no man in his senses would pro-
/ long it one hour il there were an
| opportunity for a real and lasting
peace. But il must be a lasting peace.
1t must not be peace which would be
the prelude to a new and more devas-
tating war.
"This war is terrible be,ond all con-
ception. But terrible as il is in itself
it is still more terr- BILE IN the possiSil-
ties which il has revealed of new hor-
rors on land and sea and in the air.
Menace of Another War
"I ask those who are should
there be any-for premature peace Il
reflect for moment what might hap
pen if We made an unsatisfactory settle
ment-all the bes. scient fic brains ir
the land, stimulated by national rivalry
national hatred, national hopes, devot
ing their energies for ten. twenty
thirty years to magnify ,he destruc.:v,
powers Of these horrible agents, who
had been only just disclosed. We mcst
settle this once for all"
The Premier said that eyes must r,
kept steadfastly on the great purpos,
Of the war. which was the destrueties