Arizona republican., 1918-08-08
BRITISH PEER AIRS VIEWS LIN
 WAR SITUATION
Prime Minister Lloyd George
 Characterizes Foch's
 Counter Offensive Most Brilliant of the War
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

LONDON. Aug 7-David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, to- day in a speech before the House of Commons, reviewed extensively the war situation. He referred particular Y to what had been accomplished in the recent drive by the allied forces on the Soissons-Reim salient, to the destruction of German submarines. of which 150 ha ] been accounted for since the war began-more than half of these in the last year-and the part the Americans now were playing and would play later in the fight for the cause of democracy.
 He would be a sanguine man on the German general staff who would now predict that Germany could obtain military decision this year. the premier declared. as he characterized Marshal Foch's counter offensive as "the most brilliant in the annals of the war"
 Germany Can Never Triumph Reverting to peace. Lloyd George said the people who had made the war l still were in evidence and that they 1 could have no peace so long as they were predominant in the councils of 1 the enemy. Speaking of the part the | British navy mad played he said until 1 all the allies were defeated at sea Ger many could never triumph.
 When Great Britain decided to throw her whole weight into the war, he con- tinued, she did so because of an out rage on international rights. Had she not taken this decision, the whole course of the war would have been diff ferent. He pictured the part the navies have played in the war and said he did ,nf htv1l- hot ivn6 that if the allies were defeated on the water the war would be over.
 If Submarines Had Succeeded
 T wish to point to the necessity of not impairing in the slightest degree the efficiency, strength and growth of the British navy and mercantile ma rine. During the past two years Ger many has made two distinct attempts to force a decision-one on the land and une on the sea- The land offen- sive might have been disastrous, but the sea offensive, if it had succeeded, would have been final. If the subma- rines had succeeded our armies in France would have withered away. No Americans could have come over to assist us and the French troops. Am munition could not have been shipped, and we could not have sent the neces- | France and Italy to manufacture muni- tiOns.
 Navy Country's First Charge
 "I would like to point out, in dealing with the army and its growth, that the maintenance of the navy and the mer- l cantile marine is the first charge on the resources of the country. Our
 military effort has been subject to
 the demands of those obligations on
 our resources in men and material yet. since August, 1914, including those already with the colors. Great Britain alone has raised for the army ! and navy 6.250, 0,000 men, for the most part voluntarily. The dominions con- , tributed 1.00e,000 and India 1.250, 900. If America were to call to the col ors the same number of men as Great Britain, in proportion to population, it , , would mean nearly 15,000, 900 men. Fought Germany's Best Troops "On the western front. after the en- emy had been relieved of all apprehen-
 sion on the eastern front because of , the Brest-Litovsk peace. the Germans !. l brought all their best divisions against us and our allies. Therefore, when the German offensive began March 21, the
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