Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24
GREAT ATTACK
At HAND, SAYS
LLOYD GEORGE
Hints That Germans Are Very
Strong, But Allies Are Conf
dent of Results.
u. s. HELP IN FUT URE
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II, tssociated Press 70 Every Evening
Edinburgh Scotland May ~ We
nte on the eve of "A great German At
tnck SAYS Premier Lloyd George IN
m address delivered here today on re-
eeivlng The freedom Of the city hose
who know best whnt the prospects are
feel most confident about the result
SncaknR of the time necessary for
the nitcd States 10 prepare for full
participation IN the war. the premier said
tint. after ali her exertion, America ~
the present moment dId no. have what
was equivalent 70 one-ffth of the fighting
strength which the enemy had received
owing 10 the collapse uf Russin lie
added that il took time 10 tran 8nd
equip armies. and TINT American help
could not be reokoned on for some tlme
The pretnier's statements about the
submarine situation were most optimistic
He said that in April the output Of ship
ping for the first time exceeded the losses
4 can honcstl, say the premier
declared, that the government has
neglected 10 possible means for finding
out whet her there is any honorable outlet
ont II this war, its horrors and tragedies
tor the Gcrmpns. As we'll as for rs.
tile next few weeks vii be a race between
Hlndenburg and President Wilson The
Germans are strainlnX every muscle to
reach ne goal first ou the eye nt Aneri-
ran hclp becoming available for The Al-
lies
Nr Lloyd f,eorge vas received wifh
great cnthusiazn. the people rising and
cheering again and agsln
Slnee hc had taken otiice, hc said
f,fent Britain and beer allies bAd had ~
deal with two adverse circumstance
The collapse of Russia Ind been of en0r-
nous help 10 lie enemy ~ . time when
the rnanIoWer of All the belllgerents was
almost at tie pmnt Of exhaustion The
other adverse Development WINS lnrestrct-
ed submarine warfare 2 perfectly m
examplcd proceeding which the Allies had
no nght to expect even from Germany
In the whole history If piracy he re-
marked, there was no example ot conduct
ike that
Mr. Llovd George read report he had
Just received from the Admiralty, n which
II was said AS regards the meeting of
enemy submarines that Is going on safis-
factorily
That, said the premier had been the
official language since the beginning of
the wear The naval staff vas confident
that the Allied navies were sinking more
submarines than the navy was able 70
build As a means of lnfiictIng injury,
the submarines was still formidable, but ns
a danger which might mean the winning
or losing Or the war. he declared. the
Allies could rule il our NOT only were
submarines being sunk faster than he
Germans could build them. but the Allies
as whole were constructing merchant
ships faster than the Germans could des
troy them
Nlr LLOYD George said he telt happier
than al any other time during the war
over the prospects Of making the most
effective use of the whole forces of the
alliance
we are dealing with ruthless Prus-
sian despotism that ls out for plundcr,
loot and plllage, he said Treaties res
tram them just az little today NJ IN the
day OF Belgium They do not intend 70
bring the war 10 an end until their basket
is rs full as il can hold
From the data AZ present available, the
premier told his hearers, the Admiralty
was of the opinion that IN the month OF
April record had been made in the des-
truction Of enemy submarines