South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-19
GO ON OR GO
UNDER SAYS
LLOYD GEORGE
Tells British Labor 1t Might as
Well Quit Fighting if
Not With All Its
Might.
Associated Press Service +:


LONDON. Jan. 1s.-Addressing
the final conference of the repre-
sentatives of the trades unions af-
fected by the man power bill which
passed the house of commons
Thursday night David Lloyd George,
the British prime minister, Friday
gave the governments reasons for
the necessity of raising more men
for the army and also referred at
length TO his own and the recent
speech of Prest Wilson regarding
the war aims of the entente allies
and the United States.
After thanking the representa-
tives for the spirit in which they
had met the government. the pre-
mier said there was no other alter
native for raising men except either
by raising the military age or of
sending wounded men back and
back again 20 the firing line.
More Men Big Need.
AS TO the urgency of raising more
men Mr. Lloyd George said that he
and his colleagues, who are on the
watch tower could not deny it and
that unless the need had been ur-
gent they would not have brought
forward the demand now.
There are men who thought il
should have been done before" said
Mr.. Lloyd George. There are men
who believe we ought TO do il on
much more sweeping scale There
are a few who say we ought not
to do it at all, and there are some
who say both things simultaneously.
"The governments view is this:
II would be folly 10 withdraw men
from the industries one hour soon.
er than the need arose. On the
ether hand il would be treason to
the state, treason 10 our country,
TO democracy and TO the cause of
| freedom if when the need did arise
we had not made the demand
Must Win to Attain Aims.
Il assume that all of you here
! your hearts believe that the war
aims declared by that great labor
| conference represent the minimum
of justice. which you can possibly
accept as a settlement of this ter
rible dispute II we are not able
| to defeat the German forces; II
we are not able 10 resist the mill
tary power Of Prussia is there any
man here in the possession Of his
wits who believes that one of your
terms-the least OF them-wOuld
| be enforced?
"I am not talking about the de
mands of the imperialists: I am not
talking about the demands Of the
extreme war men who want 20 grab
everything and annex the earth and
all OF the heavenly armament /
am talking about the moderate de-
mands of the most pacifst souls in
| this assembly. Try to cash that
cheque at the HindeEburg bank. II
will be returned dishonoTed. What
ever terms are set forward by any
pacifst orator in these lands, you
will not get them cashed by Won
. Ludendorff or the kaiser or any Of
these great magnates unless YOU
have got the power 10 enforce them.
Time to Restate War Aims.
II felt very strongly that the time
had come for restating our war
aims and for restating them in a
way that would carry with us all
! the moderate rational opinion Of
! this land and other lands.
Almost simultaneously the sa anne
| idea came TO Pres't Wilson and
without any opportunity of previous
consultation because there was none.
"Pres't Wilson AMI myself laid
/ down what was substantially the
| same program Of demands for the
| termination of this war.
How has that program been re-
! ceived2 throughout the whole OF
( the allied countries. ii has been. re-
ceived with acclaim. There has
hardly been a voice raised in crit
! icism except from a few men who
wish that 1 hac made some extreme
demands.
! The socialists OF France the so
/ cialists OF Italy. as we'll as the SO
cialists of this country. have in the
main accepted them as very fair
! general demands TO put forward.
Ridiculed i'm Germany.
What has been their reception in
/ Germany beg YOU 70 consider
/ this. especially those who pnink that
! We are responsible for perpeLuating
this horror. I would not have this
/ war. for one second, on my soul II
I could stop IL Eonorably. The only
enemy comment has been: Behold
how England is weakening. Go on
and they viii come down..
Again there has been no re-
I sponse from any man in any posi-
tion in Germany that indicates a
desire on the part OF the ruling pow
ers I'm that land 10 approach the
problem in a spirit OF equity.
we demand ;he restoration Or
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