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mo PEACE With
HUN WAR MAKERS
Cannot Negotiate With Sword
CIanking,Says BritishPremier.
ALLIES WILL AID RUSSIA
Lloyd George Calls Foch's Recent o.
fensive Most Brilliant Feat of War.
$50 U-Boats Destroyed.

London, Aug. S.-Until all the allies
are defeated at sea, David Lloyd
George. the prime minister. said. Ger
many could never triumph.
The premier was making a state
ment on the war situation in the house
of commons.
In abiding to peace, he said the
people who had made the war were
still in evidence, and they could not
have peace so long as they We're pre-
dominant in the councils of the enc
my.
Every one wanted peace. but il must
be a peace that was just and durable
one with power behind it.
The German people and Germany's
allies We're beginning to be diSillusion
ed In March, Germany was promis
ing great things and the peace tenta-
tiveS of her allies We're withdrawn.
The promise had failed, and the
German harvest was short. although
militarily the Germans had been at
the heights of their power.
Russia had become log to the
feet of Germany. The Russian peo-
pie had resented the interference of
Germany and were more and more
seeking allied help.
"We will not hesitate TO give it TO
them wherever it is possible" he
added
Abiding to the Czecho- Slovaks. the
premier explained that their only
desire was to quit Russia and help
the allies on the western front. The
Bolshevik government had resented
the attempt of the allies to assist
them TO get away. Therefore, the
Bolsheviki had only themselves to
blame for the CZecho-SlOvak hostility.
The premier wanted this made clear,
he said because there had been criti-
cism of President Wilson's decision to
join the allies in the Vladivostok
movement.
Mr.. Lloyd George declared himself
a believer in a league Of nations, but
said its success depended upon the
conditions, in which it was set up. He
cOntended it was useless to negotiate
peace with the German sword clank-
ing at the council table"
The Germans, the premier said, had
attempted their land offensive because
the submarine offensive had failed.
General Foch, by his counter stroke
has driven the enemy back. Although
the danger was not over, she would be
sanguine man on the German gen
eral staff who would now predict that
Germany could obtain a military vic
tory" He characterized General
Foch's counter C.-cnsive as the most
brilliant in the, annals of the war;
1t was too early to say the Ger
man effort has been exhausted. The
Germans still had powerful forces in
reserve, but it was not too early to
say the chance which they had on
March 81 would not again present it
self.
The American army would soon be
not far short Of the German army it
self.
In July, 100000 American troops
had been brought over, $4,000 of them
n British ships.
Since August, 1914, including those
already with the colOrs, Great Britain
alone had raised for the army and
navy 6250,00O men, for the most par;
voluntarily. The Dominion had con
ributed 100000 men and India l.
30, 900 men.
One hundred and fifty German sub
marines have been destroyed, Mr.,
lloyd George announced, more thar
half in the last year.
Dealing with the German offensive
AGAINST the British, Mr.. Lloyd George
said ut first there were many anxious
n.omentS The losses were consider
allie in men and material. But in Il
month, before the battle was over, he
added $4,000 men had been sent
across the channel to take the places
If those lost, and in six weeks the
Germans had been hurled back and
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