New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-13
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 49, 1915

vision of opinion upon any resolution
arrived at.
II must speak cautiously" the pre-
mier continued, because military de-
cisions are involved.
II wish there had been someone in
Germany or Austria whose ears were
glued to sthe keyhole of the war
counciINf Germany and Austria and
we published their decisions in the
newspapers. A man who~ had done
that could giveAus information which
would be worth twenty army corps.
[ must talk with caution because it
might give information to the enemy.
l. would rather that the responsibility
was on other shoulders than mine.
TO give away such information
concerning the, enlargement of the
duties of the Versailles counciD is.
treason beyond description, and r de-
cline to do it. There is no ARMY
whose security more depends upon
these decisions being carried out than
the British army which holding the
most important part of the line"
Il should like any member of this
house to point out anything in these
speeches which he could possibly re-
gard as proof that the Central Pow
ers are prepared to make peace on
terms he would regard as just and
reasonable. I fail to find anything of
the kind, and it is with the most pro-
found regret that I say so.
But the government does not re-
cede in the least from the statement
of war aims they already have made.
They will consider these as the aims
and ideals for which we are fighting
and there is every indication that the
nation as a whole is prepared to ac-
cept them as a. fair, just and moder-
ate statement, and until there is some
better proof than is supplied by the
speeches of the statesmen of the Gem
trail Powers that theySare prepared to
consider them, it wjASbe our ragrer-
table duty to conti1hA MAKING an
preparations necessary III orsfakap .es-
tablish international rightsss as - Is
Premier Lloyd George then turned
! to the question of the Versailles con
| ference and said he was not prepared
| to enlarge upon the extended duties of
I that body. He said it was giving no
| military information to say shat until
| the present year the Allies, had not
I had a preponderance on the western
| front and no attack Whicht&the Ger
| mans could bring to bear supons the
| British OR French armies ScouId not
4 have been dealt with in the main by
4 the reserves of the respective armies
Hf"That situation is entireTNdhanged .
/ he said. IF we had not dealt with
| that situation we should have been
| guilty of gross dereliction of duty. y
| In conclusion Premier Lloyd
George said that if the house and
i country are dissatisfied with the COM
i duct Of the war and if they think
f1oro 49,; e.r
it better, it was their business to put
| the other government into power. e.
ITO make such a demand for the
first time in the fourth wear of the
war is the best proof that the Ger
! man empire or these at present con-
trolling it is not in q mood to dis
| cuss reasonable trems of peace |
| regret it profoundly, but there is no
| use in crying peace when there is no
peace.
These terms were examined care
( fully and were examined with Il real
| desire to find something in them
| which indicated the Central Powers
were prepared to come somewhere
! near a basis Of agreement, and 1
| confess the examination of these two
| speeches proved profoundly disap-
| pointing to these who were sincerely
| cIIlAlOuS 70 tllltl ally real anu ScIl
| resire for peace in them
THE action of Germany with ref
| erence to Russia proves that all her
| declarations about annexatiOns,
indernnities or contributions have no
real meaning. No answer has been
given regarding BELGIUM which any
! one can regard satisfactory. No an
| sWer has been given with regard to
| Poland the legitimate French
claim for the restoration of her lost
provinces. Not g word is said about
the men of the Italian race and
tongue now under the Austrian yoke.
| When you come to Turkey, SO far
! from Won Hertling Or Czernin indi-
eating they were prepared to recog-
nize the rights of the Arabs in Meso-
potamia and Arabia, it was a pure
denial of those rights and an indica-
ton that they were determined to
maintain what they called the integ-
| rity of Turkey
FATHER AND SON