Arizona republican., 1918-01-06
PREMIER'S. TALK VERY EP0CHAL
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 Great Britain's war aims were set forth yesterday by Premier Lloyd | George in the broadest and at the same time most specific manner in which they have vet been stated. In one of the most striking and comprehensive litterances of the war the premier made it clear what the British nation and empire would regard as just and durable peace This, he declared, must be achieved by the establishment of sanctity of treaties, territorial adjust ments on the basis of self-government and the limitation of armaments guar anteed by an international organiza- ton.
 Great Britain was not fighting said the premier. to disrupt Germany, de- stroy Austria Hungary or to take Tur- keys capital or her home lands from her The desire instead, he insisted, was 10 turn Germany from her schemes of military domination to ben efficient tasks in the world and to set tie the territorial questions of the war in a way that would do justice to the various nationalities affected.
 In effect a reply to and rejection of the peace terms of the central powers as voiced by their spokesman recently at Brest-LitoVsk the premier's speech was f0 rthe most part an affirmative utterance. In great detail he went into the many problems calling for solution if the peace he had in mind was to be forthcoming.
 Thus he indicated Belgium must be completely restored and reparation made to her as far as possible; France must have the wrong of 1S71-the talk ing from her of Alsace-Lorraine- lighted; an independent Poland must be established, including all of Polish nationality who desire to join in it; the peoples of such regions as Arabia, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Armenia who have been under Turkish domina- lion must have their separate nation conditions recognized; the wishes and interests of the natives of the German colonies must be primarily regarded by the peace conference; the claims of Italy for reunion for those of her own race and language must be regarded as vital. Rumania, Serbia and Monte legro must be restored.
 All these and other like adjustments the premier showed would be carried out in accordance with the principle of government, or the consent of the governed, the enunciation of which may be taken as the keynote of his speech. This form of settlement he declared should replace the old system of negotiations at a council table by a sew schemers trying to promote the in- terests of one dynasty or another
 Regret that Russia was no longer fighting on the sides of the allies was expressed by the premier. who declared only Russia's own people would save her now from falling ultimately under Prussian domination.
 In beginning the premier pointed out that he was speaking merely for the British government. He had been al pains to consult representatives opin- ion of all sections of thought, befor; framing his utterances, and thus Wa' speaking the mind of the nation an( the empire.
 An interesting development of tht day was the complication at Brest LitOvsk where the peace negotiators 0 the central powers arrived for a re sumption of the conferences with tn Russians only to find the Russian rep resentatives not there. Instead, a mes sage was awaiting them proposing tn transfer of the negotiations to Stock holm. It appeared later, however, ac cOrding to German advices, that tn Russian delegates, on learning that tn Germans had returned to Brest-Lit ovsk were starting from Petrograd fo the former place, accompanied by Leo Trotzky, the BolsheViki foreign min ister.l
 Military operations of a major na ture are virtually al standstill on a the fronts. None of the official state ments record anything but minor op etrations.