Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-03
POLITICS IN ENGLAND.
Lloyd George Tells Where He STANDS
On Different Questions.

Lloyd George Tells Where He Stands
On Different Questions.
David Lloyd George. the British
prime minister, in a speech ct Newcas
tie last Friday. said the victory OF th'
Entente Allies had been due to ths
ceaseless valor Of their men and tha
il would be q lesson to anybody whS
ia the future thought that they. as th'
Prussian war lords hoped. could over
look this little island in their reckon
ing"
I'VE are now approaching the peace
conference" the premier continued
The price Of victory Is not vengeance
nor retribution. It is prevention.
First Of all what about those people
whom we have received without ques'
ton for years to our shores; to whom
we have given equal rights with oul
own sons and daughters and wht
abused that hospitality to betray th'
land, to plot against security. TO SPY
upon IL and to gain such information
as enabled the Prussian war lords tt
Iinflict not punishment but damage anc
injury upon the land that had received
them as guests? Never again."
Mr.. Lloyd George said that the in
terests of security and fair play de-
manded that it should be made per-
fectly clear that the people who acteo
in this way merited punishment fol
the damage they had inflicted.
Question Of lndemnities.
The second question was the ques
ton of indemnities, the premier added
In every court Of justice throughou
the world the party which lost has hac
to bear the cost Of the litigation. Wher
Germany defeated France she estab
lished the principle and there was M
doubt that the principle was the righ
one. Germany must pay the cost o.
the war up to the limit Of her capacity
But 1 must use one word OF warn
ing" said Mr.. Lloyd George. I'VE have
to consider Germany's capacity. "het
ever happens Germany is not to be al
lowed to pay the indemnity by dump
ing cheap goods upon u.s. That Is th'
only limit in principle we are layint
down. She must not be allowed to pay
for her wanton damage and devasta
ton by dumping cheap goods anc
wrecking our industries.
There is a third and last point 1!
no one to be made responsible for thl:
war? Somebody has been responsible
for a war that has taken the lives o.
millions of the best young men Of Eu'
rope. Is not any one to be made re
sponsible for that? II not, all I car
say Is that IL that is the case there il
one justice for the poor wretchec
criminal and another for kings ant
emperors."
Mr.. Lloyd George declared that there
were two offenses against the law o.
nations that had been committed
lone" he said. ''is the crime agains
humanity in the deliberate plotting o.
the great war. The other Is the out
rage upon international law. 1t is
crime, a brutal crime, TO devastate th'
lands Of another. Whoever did tina
ought to be responsible for 1t.
Crime Against Humanity.
THE submarine warfare did no
mean only the sinking Of ships. but
was a crime against humanity in tina
lit sank thousands Of harmless mer
chaatmen. In the whole history o
warfare between nations that had new
er been sanctioned. 1t is rank pirac!
and the pirates must receive the pun
ishment.
II mean to see that the men who di'
not treat our prisoners with humanit!
are to be made responsible. I wan
this country to go to court with cleai
conscience, and she will do so. Their
Is not a stain on her record. We will
not be afraid to appear before any tri
bunal.
Now these are the things which W
have TO investigate. We mean that tn
Investigation shall be an impartial one
a perfectly fair one. We also meal
that it shall be a stern one, and that
shall 20 on to the final reckoning.
I'VE have got so to act now that mel
in the future who feel tempted to fol
low the example Of the rulers VIII
plunged the world into this war will
know what is awaiting them at the en-
of it. We shall have to see tha
this terrible war. which has In
Ificted so much destruction on tn
world; which has arrested the cours
of civilization and in many ways put
back; which has left It's mark
upon the minds. upon the physiqu
land the hearts Of myriads in man
Hands that this generation will not Sc
obliterated-we must see by the actol
we take now, just, fearless and relent
less that II Is a crime that shall neve
again be repeated in the history Of tn
world
The premier. In defending tn
Unionist members Of the cabinet. sal
he would trust those men who for tw
years had helped him to carry ou
great and progressive measures unit
he saw better reason than he d.
now for suspecting them.
Asked what about free trader" tn
premier added:
IT am prepared to examine ever
problem, to cast aside any prejudice
or preconceived ideas ard examin
hem purely upon the facts as the wa
has revealed them to u.s."
Vice Admiral William s. Sims, com
nander Of the American naval force
n Europe since the United States won
o war. has been selected for promo
ZION to the rank Of admiral when
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