New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
arrangements made for countering the
coming blow Of the Germans.

arrangements made for countering the
coming blow Of the Germans.
He declared that Germany's Vioia-
ton Of her engagement not to remove
troops from the Eastern front had TO DC
borne in mind when there was any dis
cussion OF terms of peace, because IL
had real bearing upon guarantees
The situation had been changed com
pletely by those reinforcements, ne as
serted.
Upon the decisions of the Supreme
War Council. the Premier reminded the
House, depended millions OF gallant
lives, the honor and safety OF the coun-
try and the war aims upon which the
future of the world was dependent. II
information in this particular were to
be given to the enemy, he would prefer
that the responsibility be placed upon
other shoulders.
The change in the military situation
hrough. about by the sending OF Ger
man troops from the East to the West
was a factor which must be considered,
the Premier said, and it was essential
that the whole strength of the Alieo
army of France, Great Britain. Amer
lea and Italy should be made available
conc. Arrangements should be made
under which the Allies would treat
Abeir army as one to meet the danger
Nd menace, wherever it should come.
Asquith Protests
scene occurred during the Pre-
.Xtr's remarks in which he declined
to divulge the decisions of the Supreme
War Council, information which the
enemy would pay any money to get.
Amidst the cheering former Premier
Asquith rose to protest in the strong
est terms against the insinuatlon that
he had asked for such information. He
only desired to know in what respect
the functions of the Council had been
permanently enlarged, he said.
Mr.. Lloyd George said that he re-
ioiced in repUdating any personal IN
putation, and that he desired to with
draw any thing which seemed to sup
port such suggestion.
The former Premier, H. n. Asqulth,
commenting on the latest Developments
Of the general situation, said that a
rumber of salient and novel facts had
emerged since the beginning of the
war.
eve have had restatement of the
peace aims in behalf of this country by
the Premier" he said "a statement in
spirit and the letter, and on behalf OF
the United States by President Wilson
We have had. in addition, replies to
these statements by Czernin and Won
Hertling. We had next a resumption
CT the BrestLitovsk negotiations, which
resulted in treaty between the Cen
trail Powers and the Ukraine"
After referring to the fact that Rus
sa was no longer in the war, he said:
And, finally, we read this morning
two remarkable and sharply contrasted
declarations by great and responsible
persons; firstly, declaration by the
German Emperor. The Emperor's as
piration for friendship with other ma
tons is confined in its expression to
neighboring nations. That phrase does
not seem to include ourselves at rst
sight, but perhaps 1t has been a lapse
Of speech.
Who Is Behind the Kaiser:
What is more important for US te
note is that past experience has taught
US that it might be a great mistake te
assume that what the Emperor said as
condition of peace is what the Ger
man people and the German Reichstaa
really think and feel.'
Mr. Asquith then referred to Presi
dent Wilson's address of yesterday
The President Disseminated justly
both in regard to the tone and sub
stance between the declarations of the
German and Austrian spokesman. i
would seem as though, as President
Wilson said, the military party in Ger
many alone rejected and would have
nothing to do with peace based upor
lines which, in principle, at any rate
the whole of the rest of the world i:
ready to accept.
1T is such peace only, and a new
y,$o II, ,al Io1.
it would bring about, that would com
pensate for the sacrifice which justi
fed, even necessi tated, the prolonga
ton of the war
"The peace for which we are ightin,
must be a clean and lasting peace, rest
ing on foundations Of internationa
Justice That is not only our opinion
we VIII vigorously and scrupulousl
observe those principles in continuin
the war"
I'VE are all desirous that while tn
war lasts and the purposes for whic
we entered it are still unachieved
should be prosecuted with the bes
resources at our disposal. Anon
these, in the first place, we must b
given leadership. There have bee
many criticisms, just and unjust, upo
the conduct of the war during the las
year, but in the military field ther
has been nothing which has been dor
or left undone that has in the lea:
shaken the confidence of the empire
those two great soldiers, Haie and Rol
ertson.
For more than two years. agans
all the vicissitudes of fortune that du1
ing the time nave befalen the allie
cause, they have proved over and owe
again their possession in q preeminer
degree Of the qualities of resigh
tenacity, patience and unperturbed r,
solve which went furthest to win an