The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-11-30
LLOYD GEORGE
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London, Nov. 30.-David Lloyt
George, the British Prime Minister
in speech at Newcastle yesterday
said the victory Of the entente allies
had been due to the ceaseless valol
of their men and that it would be /
lesson to anybody who in the future
thought that they, as the PrussiaJ
war lords hoped, could overlooh
! this little island in their reckoning.
I'VE are now approaching the
peace conference" the premier con
tinued. "The price of victory Is moi
vengeance nor retribution. 1t IL
prevention First Of all, what abou
those people whom we have received
without question for years to ouI
shore, to whom we gave equal rights
with our own sons and daughters
and who abused that hospitality to
betray the land, to plot against Sc
curity, to spy upon It and to gain
such information as. enabled the
Prussian war lards in infict, not
punishment, but damage and injury
upon the land that had received
them as guests? Never again."
Mr.. Lloyd George said the inter
ests Of security and fair play de-
manded that it should be made per-
fectly clear that the people who act
cd in this way merited punishment
for the damage thed had inflicted.
The second question was the ques-
tion of indemnities, the Premier
added. In every court Of justice
throughout the world the party
which lost has had to bear the cost
of the litigation. When Germany
defeated France she established the
principle, and there was no doubt
that the principle was the right one
Germany must pay the cost of the
war up to the limit of her capacity.
But | must use Cne word OF war;.
ing" said Mr. Lloyd George. I'VE
have to consider the question OF
Germany's capacity. Whatever hap
pens Germany is not TO he allowed
to pay the indemnity by dumping
cheap goods upon us. That is the
only limit in principle we are laying
down. She must not be allowed to
pay for her wanton damage and de-
yastation by dumping cheap goods
and wrecking our industries.
There is "a third and last point.
Is no one to bemade responsible for
the war? Somebody has been re-
sponSible for war that has taken
the lives of millions of the best
young men of Europe. Is not any
one TO be made responsible for that!
If not all can say is that ii that Il
the case, there is one justice for the
poor wretched criminal and another
for Kinks and Emperors."
Mr., Lloyd George declared that
there were two offences against the
law OF nations that had been com
mitted. One" he said, "is thecrome
against humanity in the deliberate
plotting of the great war. The 9TH
er is the outrage upon International
law. 1t is crime, brutal crime,
to devastate the lands of another
Whoever did that ought to be re-
spoasible for it.
THE submarine warfare did not
mean only the sinking of ships but
1t was crime against humanity in
that it sank thousands of harmless
In the whole history
of warfare between nations that had
never been sanctioned. 1t is rank
piracy and the pirates must receive
the punishment.
Il mean to see that the men who
did not treat the prisoners with hui
manity are to be made responsible.
| want this country to go to court
with a clean conscience, and she
will do so. There is not a stain on
her record We will not be afraid
to appear before any tribunal.
Now, these are the things which
we have to investigate. We mean
that the investigation shall be an |
impartial one, a perfectly fair one.
We also mean that 1t shall be q
stern one, and that 1t shall 90 on 10 |
The final reckoning.
I'VE have got so to act now that
men In the future who feel tempted
% follow the example of the rulers
who plunger the world into this warl
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