The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS
 GERMAN ATTITUDE
 WILL CHANGE SOON
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sacrificed millions of her gallant sons to
 set up a sanctuary for sham" A great crowd had gathered in the ex- pectation that the premier would reply
 to the German chancellor's speech and his utterances were greeted at times en- husiastically
 Mir. Lloyd George asked what hope there
 was in the chancelors speech of peace. { TWO-FACE SPEECH "I mean an honorable peace, which is
 the only possible peace" he said. Tt is a dexterous speech, facing all ways speech. There are phrases for those who
 earnestly desire peace. many of them, but there are phrases which the mili tary powers of Germany will understand, phrases about making the frontiers of
 Germany secure. That's the phrase which annexed Alsace-Lorraine; that's the
 phrase which has drenched Europe in blood since 1914; that's the phrase-if they
 dare-that will annex Belgium and Cour- land; that's the phrase which will once
 more precipitate Europe into a welter of blood within generation unless that phrase is wiped out by the statesman ship of Europe.
 PHRASES FOR BOTH
 There are phrases for men of demo- cratic minds, but there are phrases to satisfy the junkers, and there are other phrases which mean nothing It is the speech of man waiting on the military issue. It's a speech that may be made
 better by improving the military situa- tion, and if the Germans win, in the west. if they destroy the Russian army In
 the east, if the Turks drive Great Britain
 out of Mesopotamia and if the U-boats sink more merchant ships, then that speech, believe me, means annexation all around and military autocracy more firm ly established than ever.
 What manner of government the Ger
 mans choose to rule over them is en-
 trely is a matter for the German people themselves. But as to what manner of government we can trust to make peace, that is our business. Democracy is it. self guarantee of peace, but if it can not be got in Germany, then we must se-
 cure other guarantees as substitute" MILITARISM LEADING The speech of the German chancellor, continued Premier Lloyd George, meant that for tke moment the military party in Germany had won and showed that those in charge of affairs had elected for war. There was no hope for Belgium in the Machaelis speech, but the determination of the allies said the premier, was that Belgium must be restored as a free and independent country.
 'We must not have Belgian scabbard for the German sword" he declared ''the lscabbard must be Belgian, the sword must be Belgian, and the soil must be Bel gian.''
 Speaking in denunciatory tones of the
 skams contained in the speech of pr. Michaelis. the premier said "The chancellor tried to stimulate and encourage his people by doping them with illusions and Germany will find that her hopes are just as much illusions as oth- CTS which have been dispelled. The u- boats are to put England out of business. owing to submarine attacks We cannot last much longer, according to the Ger man chancellor, but truth cQmpels me to do it. Gradually, but surely, we are in creasing our production and diminishing our losses at sea-
 U-BOAT QUESTION Turning to the chancellor's statement
 regarding the U-boat war, MT. Lloyd
 George said that April was the height of German piratical triumph. The Germans
 could look back to that month as month
 of glory
 Since then" he continued. i've have gradually decreased our losses and, all though 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