Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-08
YANKEES LAUDED
BY LLOYD GEORGE
Declares Allies Are De.
!, pending on Americans for
Final Victory
GIVE COURAGE TO ALL
.Valor and Skill Exhibited in
Recent Fighting Win
+. - Admiration g,t-'
GIVE COURAGE TO ALL
Special Gable TO Evening Public Ledger
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Premier Lloyd George. speaking last
night at the Primers Pension Fund
dinner said:
The previous speaker has referred to
our allies and dwelt upon the services
rendered by the latest of our great al
lies. I have only Just returned from
France and met a French statesman who
had been at the front shortly after a
battle in which the Americans took part
He was full OF admiration, not merely OF
their superb valor, but Of the trained
skill with which they attacked and de-
feated the foe. = tCheers). -
His report of the conduct OF the
troops. a division that had been in ac-
ton for the first time. was one OF the
most encouraging things I have heard
clear Hear ,. because they are COM
ing in steadily. There is a great flow, and
we are depending upon them, and the
fact that we know that when they ap-
pear in the battleline they will fight in
a way which is worthy of the great ira
ditions Of their great country Is in itself
a source OF support and sustenance and
encouragement TO all Of those who with
anxious hearts are watching the con-
fict which is going on in France.
The toast TO which you have done
me the honor to associate my name is
success to tha Allied cause If for any
cause tne Allies we're not to succeed II
wouio pe sorry world to live in. Most
times people are inclined to exaggerate
events OF the day. but there are occa-
slons "hen generations or men under
es.'mate tne signincance or events. You
caI'not eHasgerate the importance or
slshihcance OF the ISSUES with which we
are confronted To-Day
IN the past you have had In the
nlstory or the world great struggles for
don'nation OF a certain civilization, a
the rate OF the world and the destiny
or man and OF the lives OF untold mill
ilons ior generations nave been fash-
loneo upon tne tr'uinph or taiiure OF this
cause. rake the time OF turkish mill
tar! power IN the past or the Saracens
attempt 70. trample down and overrun
the cNiiAation OF the west. Nations
were wiped out, great countries devas-
tated. fou mad untold misery and
"retchedhess throughout vast tracts OF
terr''ory LOT ages: Az last tpat TIDE
was stemmed. SupposinR that had
1ailed' Wnat a difference II would have
MADE for european civilization today.
Az this hour there is struggle with
mere brutal than almost any other which
mas oeen sought 10 be imposed upon
Europe-the Prussian military ideal
win Hs cia'n Tor iloerty, Its claim Tor
human right. Its claim for humanity.
IL they were 10 succeed today you
would ming oack human civilization into
the dark dungeons "t the past
The crisis Is not past but with stout
heart we shall win through. and then
woe to the plague In the interest OF
civilization, In the interests OF the hu-
man race. II must De stamped out. You
cannot allow It to come again to darken
the lives OF millions and to desolate
millions OF homes. That is what we
are fighting for.
This Is country which has faced
a great crisis In the past We hear
about Ludendorn's hammer blows. Ham,
mer blows crack and crumble poor ma
terial. Hammer blows harden and con-
arlt LOT 10