Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-04
British Premier Reiterates
War Aims Of Entente
Allies.
GERMANS sTAMMER
IN PEACE TALK
No Peace Conference Possible Until
Tsutons Learn Flrst Letter Of Alpha.
bst-vietory Must Make ln,possihls
Attack on National Liberty Premier
Declares British Nation as Whsle
Must Be Consulted In Making Psaes.

London. Aug. l.--David Lloyd.
George. the British premier. In thu
presence Of q distinguished gathering.
representative OF all parties, which
met this afternoon In Queens hall 10
mark the third anniversary Of the
declaration OF war. reiterated the aims
for which tho entente allies were fight-
Ing and indicated the only conditions
under which they would consent to &
suspension Of hostilities with the CEN
trail powers.
In the course Of hts speech Premier
Loyd-George said:
Victory must be so complete that
our national liberty never again shall
be challenged. Russia learned that an
army without discipline Is n rabbit.
There arc some here who want to
set UP committees for the British
armies and direct the conduct Of tho
~sa-. We can not allow a sectional orr
ganization to direct the war or to dic-
tate the terms OF peace. The nation -
q whole made war and the. nation ~
= whole must make peace" eS
Oi0trusto German Peace Talk.
The British prime minister said he
did not trust the German peaHe talk.
Neither tha kaiser nor the cham
ce1lox,a he declared, has ~ sajd ne.
would be satisfied with German soil.
They talk glibly about peace but stAin-
mer over the word restoration Before
we have q peace conference they, must
learn to use the word restoration. So
far they have not yot learned the first
letter OF the alphabet"
The meeting was held under the
auspices OF the national war aims
committee and was probably tho great
est patriotic demonstration Of the
year.
Germany's Ambitions Checked.
The premier on opening his address
asked what would have happened IL
Great Britain had not entered the war.
He answered this question by saying:
Europe would have been at tho
mercy Of q cruel military power. Rus
sia would have disintegrated sooner.
France would have fought bravely but
might have been overwhelmed. Amer
ica's Monroe doctrine would have been
treated as a scrap OF paper. The fact
today is that we have checked the am
bitions of Germany.
''War Is a CHASTITY business but II is
not SO bad as their peace. While they
know their plot has miscnrried this
time. the Prussian war lords have de-
termined to succeed the next time.
There must be no next time. This gem
Grafton must eliminate war from the
tragedies Of human life"
Near Summit Of Hope.
Continuing the premier said:
III we SOW seeds Of discomfort and
disunion In the nation we shall reap
defeat. A nation which falters before 1t
| reaches its goal win never become q
great people.
mo one in Great Britain. France.
Italy or Russia, or even Germany or
Austria has any idea how near we arc
today to the summit Of our hope"
As Foreign Secretary Sonnino, Of
italy, and the other representatives OF
the entente allies reached the platform.
the gathering arose and cheered again
and again, while the playing Of the ma
tional anthems of tho allies aroused
great enthusiasm.
The premier's appearance was the
signal for remarkable manifestation
Of popular fervor.