Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-12
PREMIER GEORGE
|. CLAIMS THAT SUM
FROM TEUT0NS
Wealth of German Empire
Estimated and Found
insufficient.
WILL INSIST ENGLAND
RETAIN HER BIG NAVY
Holds 1t Is Defensive Weapon
and Is Never Used as
Offensive.
CONsCRIPTION is TO CEASE
Peace Conference to Leave Mark
Upon Entire World, Declares
British Leader in Address.
DESCRIPTION is TO CEASE
Peace Conference to Leave Mark
Upon Entire World, Declares I,
British Leader in Address.
IBy Associated Press.


bill of the allies against Germany ;is
24OoO000.O0O pounds. according to the
British Prime Minister. David LLOYD
George. who presented this and other
interesting facts before a large gather
ing here to-day. The cost of the war
to Great Britain was 5000, ,O0o, 900
pounds.
Before the war. the estimate -ot
wealth of Germany. said the Premier,
was between 1o.oOo,ooo,ooO and CO.,
100000 pounds. So. If the whole
we1ln wealth of of, Germany ,r were taken. there
amount. a.. Therefore, he, had used the
words: Germany should pay to the
"tm9st wnnn limit nit Of n-iM her capseity."
dressing an overflow meeting lie said
Great Britain would be guilty of%a
great folly folly II she gave up her navy.S
Wilson," 80 s}.;[
The Premier rcplied Well hona. 4.
to TO-. meet him in a fortnight. will tell
Wherever the request comes from, from.
We tcct;nS IIs not as going to give up the pro.
Britain is concerned" 90
The eX-Kaiser, and his accompliscs.
ns Inc said. should he tried for the crime
that President Wilson would agise
with 4h,t the allies demand e that eHaos.
ministers and possibly the military aSi
naval chiefs, as well as the RoSal
refugee. refugee The Premier's speech foi-
rH1cr '8Ssi CONFERENCE TO &c. e.
LEAVE MARK UPoN woRnn
THE decision that will be takensjn
the next few months in. the peace corr
the world. Ages to come will be a6ig
TO reap reap the fruits of it.
The war has cost Germany less
200. 900 $4,000. 600, ,oooS2a gigantic
"T;he German bill, believe. ,s s,x
defensible that the person who is In
ine iss whrong ,han ,na and has lost should pay
to be in the right and has won.
\ British commission was appointed
to investigate che capacity of Germany
ana l have received its report
First. AS far as justice is concerned.
we have an absolute right to demand
the whole cost of the war from Gel:-
many. -
,,., Second: Sc, We propose to demand the
whole ,c2,s CO cost Of the war from Germany.
Third; When You come to the exact-,
way that it does not do more harm 10
the country that receives it than n to
Fourth The M eommittese i, paitts IT. appointed
by the British Cabinet believes that
that can be done.
"FifthIour allies, are In the same
boat, We shall put our demands all 1
together and whatever they are. tliess6
must come in front OF the German YaT.
The Premier said the first consid1s
GRAFTON IN the minds of the allies would
be the interests S Of the people upoR
not the interests of the German peo,.
pie who had made war and had Been
guilty or the crime.
PREMIER VOICES VIEWS
ON CONSUMPTION PLAN
With regard to conscription tha
Prime Minister said: ''' es
The English military service act
emerge, emergency. When that emergency is
passed the act Will lapse. and there is
no Intention to renew it,
Whether conscription will be re-
CURED T IN the future In any shape of
form htn, depends. not upon the opinions
peace terms that are to be made.
What drove us to CONSUMPTION waa
the the existence OF conscript armies ON
the world into war. They could not
have great military machines without
tempting the men at the heads to try
Germans felt that there was nothing
TO resist their perfect military ma.
YOU want to prevent the horrors of
this war being repeated. you must put
tinent of Europe. - z.
The first thing to do is to prevent
Tue repetition or the plumbers of the
past by making 1t impossibia to havs
those great conscript armies In the
future. - M
= We; We had not the machinery for an
onensive war. Our navy was defeI-
sive weapon. and not an offensive one.
and that was why we do not meanito
give IL up. JosyEls
rrov 1We ,nTaseon naye kept pit thsss he islands tree
mean to take no risks in the future. ~
With regnrd to the ex- Kaiser" Mr.
Lloyd George said: There is absolutsW
no nc doubt tha, he has committed
There Is absolutely no doubt that no
ought to be held responsible for 1t as
far as the European allies arc con-.
homo that America win
take the same view when President Il
Wilson arrives, as to the demand that
will be put forward on the part 81 s
all European allies to make the Kaisers
and his accomplices responsible Tor
this terrible crime" SJBit
FRANCE TO DEMAND
BoUNDARIEs OF 1914
France intends TO demand at tho
,eace conference the permanent ins
corporatiop, without plebiscite. OF Az
sacc and Lorraine. with the frortIera
aS they existed In 1874. .before a vi .fs3s