The Yale expositor., 1918-01-10
BRITISH PREMIER
Tells WAR aims
OUTLINES ALLIES TERMS, IN
SPEECH BEFORE LABOR
CONFERENCE.
DENIES PLAN TO CRUSH TEUT0NS
Demands Sanctlty of Treaty, World
League to Abolish War-People
to Choose Own Rulers.

London-Great Britain's war aims
are set forth by Premier Lloyd George
in the broadcast and at the same time
most specific manner in which they
have yet been stated.
In one Of the most striking and CON-
prehensive utterances of the war,
made before the British laborite
man power" conference, the premier
made it clear what the British ma
ton and empire would regard as a
just and durable peace. This, he said,
must be achieved by re-establishment
OF the sanctity of treaties, territorial
adjustments on the basis of self-gov-
eminent and the limitation Of arma-
ments guaranteed by an international
organization.
Great Britain was not fighting, said
the premier, to disrupt Germany, de.
troy Austria Hungary or take Turkeys
capital or her home lands from her.
The desire, instead, he insisted, was
to turn Germany from her schemes of
military domination to benefcient
tasks in the world and to settle the
territorial questions of the war in a
way that would do justice to the var.
ious nationalities affected.
Reject Terms.
In effect, reply to and rejection
of the peace terms OF the central
powers as voiced by their spokesman
recently at BrestLitovsk, the pre-
miers speech was for the most part
an affirmative utterance. In great de-
tail 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 1871-the
taking from her of Alsace-Lorraine-
righted, 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 domi-
nation, must have their separate ma
tional conditions recognized; the
wishes and interests of the natives OF
the German colonies must be primar-
lily 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 Montenegro must be re-
stored.
Would be Self-Government.
All these and other like adjust
ments, the premier showed, would be
carried out in accordance with the
principle of elf-government, or the
consent OF the governed, the enuncia-
ton Of which may be taken as the
keynote of his speech. This form OF
settlement, he said, should replace
the old system Of negotiations at
council table by few schemers try.
ing to promote the interests Of one
dynasty or another.
Regret that Russia was no longer
fighting on the side Of the allies was
expressed by the premier, who said
that only Russia's own people could
save her now from falling ultimately
under Prussia's domination.
In beginning, the premier pointed
out that he was speaking not merely
for the British government. He had
been at pains to consult representa-
tive opinion of all sections of thought,
before framing his utterances, and
thus was speaking the mind of the ma
ton and the empire.