Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1918 — SEES VICTORY IN A MONTH [ARTICLE]

SEES VICTORY IN A MONTH

BRITISH PREMIER ASSURES MANUFACTURES BATTLE FAVORABLE TO ALLIES. ■• i y London, Aug. I—-“No man shook boast until the battle is over. But all men who know are pleased at the way it is going. For another month’s time, however, we must remain anxious.” Premier Lloyd George made this declaration yesterday in an address to manufacturers, which has been made public by the press bureau. The premier continued: “The longer the war lasts the sterner will be the economic terms we will impose on the enemy. “The sooner the enemy realizes this the better it will be for him. He is fighting to impose his own economic terms on the allies and he will never succeed.” Referring to the Paris resolution for an allied economic agreement after the war, he said: “Up to the present time America has expressed no opinion on this matter, and it is vitally important that the policy of America and that of this country should be in complete agreement on economic as well as other problems.

“An agreement among the allies means that the economic fate of the world will be in the hands of the great allied powers, federated together at present. “We must be in a position to determine conditions which we regard as fair without having them imposed upon us by the will of the enemy. “If the enemy continues fighting, which imposes greater burdens upon us, destroying our young manlood, then he is guilty also of outrages which shock humanity and make it difficult to shake hands with lim after the war, and sterner terms than ever must be imposed against lim. “We must necessarily, in whatever policy we proclaim, keep in touch and be in complete accord first with our dominions, and, second, with our allies. “There is a good deal of discussion about a league of nations. I am certainly one of those who beieve in it. But there are two eagues of nations already in existence—the British Empire and the great alliance against the central powers. “Do not let us make the mistake of dissolving partnership the moment the fight is over. “The world won’t be right immediately. The allies must get in closer touch with each other and remain so.” Regarding raw/ materials and equipment of transports, the Premier said: “I think that we ought to see that the people who have been fighting together should be served first. We must keep the partnership going and lelp each other to the vend, so that the brotherhood shall remain intact.”