The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
GERMANY RUINED INSIDE AND OUT,
 SAYSLL0YD GEORGE
Issue Settled, With Austria Broken, Turkey Shattered and Kaiser and Crown
 Prince No More

London, November 9.-(British Wireless Service. )-Premier Lloyd George and Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, were speakers tonight at a banquet which followed the lord mayors victory show.
 "I have no news for you,'' said the premier to the banqueters, who were eX- pecting an announcement from him re- garding the possible signing of an armi- stice with Germany. Owing to the rapid and triumphant advance of the allied troops and to their relentless pursuit. the German envoys have not been able to get through, and other means have had to be devised to enable them to cross the lines. Owing to these circumstances I have nothing to say to you this eve ming as to the result of the arnistice. But, for all that, it does not matter.
 "The issue is settled. In the spring nel ports were being threatened and the steel of the enemy was pointed at our hearts.
 "It is autumn. The capital of Turkey is now almost within gunfire of our ships Austria is shattered and broken. The Kaiser and the crown prince have abdi- cated. (Prince Max's decree said that the Kaiser had decided to abdicate.) A sue cessor has not been found and re- B0Hcy Has been pfOcldlIlleu.
 This is judgment--the greatest judg- ment in the world"
 Germany, said the premier, has choice today, but will have none tomorrow. She Nhas been ruined inside and outside.
 An army and an armament, formidably created" continued the premier. .'are now hardly an army or an armament at all. Abdication was only part of the way. The great general staff Germany mobil- ized to frighten us Is reaching it's nat ural end at a moment when it is faced by ruin, and can get out only by imme- diate surrender.
 Germany may continue to increase the volume sDf suffering she has already caused; she may possibly resist little longer. But the longer she resists the more quickly will her cities become as the fair lands she has so wantonly devas- tated.
 There will be just terms that will pre- vent such wantonness again. We will do no wrong if we abandon no right.
 We have no designs on the German people but we mean to secure beyond all doubt the freedom of our own people. The reckless that place the world in such awful agony must expect stern reclSon- ing.
 When the conditions were considered all the representative parts of the em- plf6 We're CCNSuiteu r OE years we nave had great brotherhood of suffering; we are now going to have a great broth erhood of joy.
 ''The next few years are charged with fate for Britain and the empire. Let US banish all factions and lift up this country to position it never held before, Let the British empire keep it's head and all will be right with the world"
 The first lord of the admiralty made interesting disclosures. He said that those who were charged with tha sponsibility, waited hourly for the Eos sibility of a naval Armageddon. YTte whole stage was set for grea' battle, but something was wrong. shs arm that was going to try the last 6es- perate gambling stroke was paralyzed
 'The German navy, I am as con,sae ad as am standing here tonight sal fks first lord, was ordered out and the fsn would not come
 Half the German fleet, he decss sfse was flying the red flag-and the man fleet was flying the red fla. A. cause it realized that it was not CT eli in good cause