New-York tribune., 1918-09-13
Premier, at Manchester, AS.
serts Durable Peace
Must Be Imposed
Rulers of Germany
Will Be Punished
Treaty Must Not Be Drawn
Either by the Too Rad
ical or Too Moderate

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 1o.--
"Nothing but heart failure on the part
of the British nation can prevent our
achieving a real victory" said Premier
Lloyd George, speaking to- day in Man
chester.
The Premier said that the British
casualties in the last offensive in
France were one-fifth what they were
in 1915.
Premier Lloyd George said he was ali
for league of nations, and that in fact
league already had been begun. The
British Empire, he said, was league
of free nations, and the Allied countries
fighting the battle for international
right we're now league of free
nations.
"To end all wars" the Premier said
Eve must impose durable peace on
our enemies. The Prussian military
power must not only be beaten, but
Germany herself must know and the
German people must know that their
rulers have outraged the laws of hu.
manity and that Prussian strength
cannot protect them from punishment
Must Be the Last War
"This must be the last war;" Mr.
Lloyd George said. "Don't let us be
misled that the establishment of a
league of nations without power will in
itself secure the world against a catas-
trophe. 4 league of nations with the
Prussian military power triumphant
would be league of fox and geese
one fox and many geese. The geese
would greatly diminish in numbers"
Continuing, the Premier said:
eve shall neither accept for our
selves nor impose upon our foes a
Brest-Ltovsk treaty"
The only sure foundation for a
league of nations, the Premier said
was a victory for the Allies. Peace
must be of kind he added, that COM
mends itself to the commonscnse con-
science Of the nations. AS whole it
must not be dictated by extreme men
on either side.
Spurns Dishonorable Peace
"We cannot" he continued, "allow
the 'Bolsheviks' to force on us peace
so humiliating as to dishonor the ma
tional flag and to make repetition of
the horrors of this war inevitable
When satisfactory peace has been Sc
cured we can proceed with a clear con-
science to build up new world"
"The news is distinctly good, really
good" said the Premier. eve are going
through long tunnel and are not at
the end of the journey. There are some
steep gradients to climb. 1t may be
that the tunnel will be dark, but it
will be short now that the worst is
over"
Mr.. Lloyd George delivered his ad-
dress on the occasion of his receiving
the freedom of the city, for which
purpose he had journeyed to Man
chester. He was greeted warmly by
the citizens, who crowded the streets
he passed through and who filled the
Hippodrome, where the presentation
was made.
The Premier recalled that his last
visit to Manchester was paid in June
Of 1915, when he appealed to the en-.
ginccrs to organize for the war. He
had not gone into this work personally
with any eagerness, and in fact he did
not mind. saying that he went into it
reluctantly.
Life of Britain at Stake
Having realized the character of the
challenge, however, he felt it was a
thing not to be done in any half
hearted way, as the life of Great
Britain, her honor. the fate of the
empire and the destiny of the human
race hung on the issue of the war.
After pointing out that while there
might be difficulties ahead, the way
through would, in the Premier's belief
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