Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-01-19
Lloyd George
Re-StdteS the
Allied Aims
OBy Review Leased wirel


LONDON. Jan. 1S.AddreSSing the
final conference OF the Representatives
of the trades unions effected BY the
man-power hil which passed the
house Of commons last night. David
Lloyd-GeOrge. the British prime minis
ter today gave the governments rea-
sons for the necessity OF raising more
men for the army and also referred
at length to his own and the recent
speech OF President Wilson regarding
the war aims of the entente allies
and the United States
After thanking the representatives
for the spirit in which they had met
the government. the premier said
there was no other alternative for rails
ing men. except either by raising the
military age or of sending wounded
men back and back again 10 the fir.
ing line.
As To the urgency of raising more
men Mr.. LlOyd-George said that he
and his colleagues. who are on the
watch tower could not deny ~ and
that unless the need should be urgent
they would not have bOrught forward
the demand now.
Theer are men who thought it
should have been done before" said
Mr.. Lloyd-GeOrge. There are men
who believe we ought 10 do il on
much more sweeping scale. There
are a few who say we ought
not to do it at all. and there are some
who say both things simultaneously.
Governments View.
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would be folly to withdraw men form
the industries one hour sooner than
the need arose. On the other hand.
it would be treason TO the state. tres-
son to our country. TO democracy and
TO the cause of freedom il when the
need did arise we had not made the
demand.
Il assume that all of YOU here in
your hearts believe that the war aims
declared by that great labor confer
ence represent the minimum Of justice
which YOU can possibly accept as a
settlement OF this terrible dispute. II
We are able to defeat the German
forces. if We are not able TO resist the
military power Of Prussia. is there any
man here in the possession Of his wits
" LLO NNAlCNE~ that NA4C u N0AA
the least of them-wOuld be enforceds
The HindenbUrs Check.
i am not talking about the demands
OF the imperislists; I am not talking
about the demands OF the extreme war
men who want to grab everything and
annex the earth and all of the heavenly
armament. am talking about the
moderate demands Of the most paeifist
souls in this assembly. Try to cash
that cheQue az the Hindenburg bank
Il will be returned dishOnOred. What
ever terms are set forward by any
pacifist orators in these lands. YOU
viii not get them cashed by Won Lud-
endOrff or the kaiser or any OF these
great magnates unless YOU have got
the power to enforce them.
Il felt very strongly that the time
had come for re-Stating our war aims
and for re-Stating them in a way that
would carry with us all the moderate
rational opinion of this land and all
other lands. Almost simultaneously
the same idea came 10 President vii
son and without any opportunity OF
previous consultation. because there
was none.
President Wilson and myself laid
down what was substantially the same
program of demands FOR the termina-
tion OF this war.
How has that program been re
ceiveds Throughout the whole Of the
allied countries il has been received
with acclaim. There has hardly been
a voice raised in criticism except from
a few men who wish that I had made
more extreme demands.
The socialists Of France. the social
lists OF Italy as well as the socialists
OF this country. have in the main ac-
cepted them as very fair general de
mands we put forward.
Germany's Attitude.
What has been their reception in
GERMANY beg YOU to consider this,
especially those who think that we
are responsible for perpetuating this
horror. would not nave this war
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