Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-05
|sitish Premier in Address
Outlines New Basis on
Which to End Conflict.
'OT PROSEC CUTTING
WAR OF AGGRESSION
}rmans Must Give Up Poland, Must
surrender AIsaes-Lorrains and Re.
stsratierS ef Other Occupied coun-
tries Must Bs Guaranteed Germany
te % Lsft Intact But Democracy is
Desirable.

IfRyUvto 6lOyOsSO0S0Ob XIV 0VsSsSu
(prsmisr, in an epoch. making
speech delivered today, At what he
declared to bs the most critical
hour Of the war, laid Great Brit
aims war aims before the world
both more broadly and more sps-
eifieaily than they ever before have
been formulated.
a just and lasting peace was
I eritain's aim, the premier reiter-
[ atsd and this, he declared, must
b achieved by the re.estabIish-
msnt Of sanetity Of treaties, terri
J terial adjustmert on the basis Of
self k-dstersnination and the limita-
ktion Of armament carried out by
1.-THE crsation Of an international
reorganization.
II effect, the speech was reply
10 and 4 rsjsction Of the German
s9saes terms as voiced by the
dpoi<sshssn for the central powers
IL tI,S Drsst. .Litovsk oonfsrenes.
fho iastiap Rsaes WAS possibis on
Ahye haajs, Ne assorted, smphasix<
IN 1llo point that ns1se lip service
~ tlso SorsnulA of no annexations
Aod ne indsmnitiss would not surf
4 FEE.
He dsciared Athat government by
| eonoant Of the governed must b.
/ the fourdatien Of Territorial settle
msnt ,after the wat"
Backing up this idea he declared
that Great Britain proposes TO
] stand behind France in her demand
for the rightins Of the wrongs Of
I 1871. when she was deprived Of
4 Alsaes Lorraine, and by Italy In
l.sr demands for unity Of the ltaI-
ian races.
@ The premier said Poland should
I bs IN Independent state and COM
prise ~ Polish elements who
wished TO unite in Il.
London. Jan. 5.-Pfemier Lloyd
leorge, addressing the trades union
To-Day on the subject OF war aims, sa4'
that only the clearest and greatest Q
tust causes could justify even for
day this unspeakable agony Of nations
The premier continued:
I'VE ought to be able to state clearl,
md definitely not only the principles
Tor which we are fighting but thei
definite application to the war map Q
The world.
I'VE have arrived at the most critica
hour Of this terrible conflict and be
fore any government makes the fate
.ul decision as to the conditions unde
which 1t ought to terminate or continu
The struggle 1t ought TO be satisfie'
that the. conscience Of the nation !
,ehind these conditions.
Premier Lloyd-George said he ha'
taken pains to obtain the attitude o
men Of all sections Q
thought in the country.
Not War Of Asgrsssion.
The premier had read the statemen
pf labors war aims. he said. and ha'
DISCUSSED the subject Of war aims wit
former Premier Asquith and viscoun
Grey
Had the nationalist leaders in Ire
land not engaged In the tangled prob
lem of self f-government he would hay
been happy to exchange views Wit
s A. . result Of these discussions. sait
DdF. Lloyd-l3eorges aitii0 Sc seer.
nSnt alone was responsible for tn
pctJial language he proposed using
(here was q national agreement as 7
me character and purpose OF the ma
Eion,s war aims and peace conditions
He was speaking therefore not merel!
The mind Of the government but tn
mind OF the nation and the empire.