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aide there wax no Idea that we should
,-jSer be able to employ a ureater force'
nan six divisions. When there was a
VcxiMlon In the House about the Brit-
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W:.VSi.a t ronl rinnirpr fn thp mnrn minute
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and constantly described events on
and to overlook the part which the
British navy Is nlaylnc In this conflict.
'.. rvnere are two Krem siruKgies iieinR enr
'.. .fled on. one on land and one on sen.
V One Is carried on almost before our eyes.
iJi, Incidents are pictured from day to day
by men who are engaged especially for
the purpose of describing them. Kvery
turn In events Is portrayed, unlike the
other strURBle, that takes place on a
vast wilderness of sea over hundreds of
thousands of square miles, with no one
, to witness It or to describe except those
Who take part In the nerce striiKKle.
"It has been prolonged four years
without a break. No darkness arrests It.
No weather and no winter stops It. The
navy goes Into no winter quarters. The
fight Is going on without cease.
"I do not think that many realize that
that Is the decisive struggle of the war.
Upon Its Issue the fate of the war de
pends. If the Allies are defeated, the
war would not be oer until they are
beaten. These flernians can never tri
umph (cheers), and In tho main this
momentous deciding struggle is carried
on by the British navy
"There la a disposition over lure to
take the British navy for granted, ex
actly as we took the sea for granted, and
In this there Is no renl effort to under
stand the gigantic errort which Is In
volved In constructing. In strengthening".
in Increasing, in repairing, in supplying,
In maintaining and manning mat great
machine.
130 lT-llnt Destroyed
"When the war started the Brltih
navy had a tonnage of 2,500.00". It now
has 8,000.000, Including the auxiliary
fleet. Kvery trade route of the world
Is controlled by Its ships. Take the
blockade alone. From Shetland to Green
land, from Oreenland to Iceland, from
Iceland to the coast of Norway, the
most savage waters In the world al
ways angry- For four years these seas
have been Incessantly controlled hy the
British fleet, who have set up an Im
nenetrable barrier. Klsewher BritNh
shipping has been engaged In patrolling,
mine laying, mine sweeping, escorting,
chasing submarines over vast and track
less areas. They have destroyed at
least 1B0 of these ocean submarine pests,
more than half In the course of the last
year.
"I will give you a figure which In
dicates the gigantic character of the
work done by the British navy In the
month of June alone. Ships of the
British navy steamed 8.000,000 miles To
this must be added the great effort" of
the mercantile marine which has now
become a branch of th" British navy.
It faced the samp dangers in caring
for the Allies, as well as ourselves.
"Most of the American troops who
have so gallantly acquitted themselves
In France In the recent conflicts were
carried on British ships.
"It Is difficult to make those who don't
Understand ships comprehend what a
gigantic effort It means to keep this
Immense machine going. There Is
rather a tenrtencv to divide our efforts
" .Into two branches men for the army.
ships for the navy.
"I wonder how many people tinder-1
tanu ine nurniifr oi nifn reiiuirrii iu
man the British navy and the British
mercantile marine. At least l.r.00,000.
Probably eight or nine hundred thou
sand were men of military age. We
have made every attempt to comb out
when there was a great pressure, but we
found that It was Impossible to do so
without letting the British fleet down.
To let the British ftet down was to let
the Allies down.
On .Mnrch 21 the enemy has been re
lieved of nil apnrehenslon on his east-
ern front by the peace of Brest-Litovsk.
He had brought all his best divisions
from the east. Ho was combing out the
best men from the remaining divisions
and bringing them to the west. Most of
these men had enjoyed n long rest on the
eastern front and had devoted their time
to training and preparing specially for
the great blow which was to be directed
against the Allied armies.
"On March 21 we had In front of us
the flower of the Oermnn armv. rested.
trained specially and equipped for the
campaign, uur troops were tired by a
prolonged offensive under the most ex-
iiiiunung conditions any troops ever
fought under. Virtually the whole Brit
Ish front was new ground which had
ben won from the enemy. There had
hn noe time to set up defenses, and these
tired troops, Instead of resting, had to
aig demises.
Tonsldcrnble American forces had
oeen expected by spring As a matter
of fact, on March 21 mere was onlv one
American division In the line. There
were three or four divisions behind the
line, who were brought up after the nt
(acit began
"The weather conditions were the
most favorable for tnc enemy that they
could have chosen I'nltcd" command
was ont an established fact. In suite of
all endeavors to arhleve it, and each
general was mainly concerned with the
defense of his own front, so when the
mow came the reserves of the Allied
army as a whole were not available to
meet It where it fell.
would succeed In Its objective nnd en
able Germany to obtnln a military
decision.
"I do not wish to go beyond that, but
I should like to say one or two things
about the elements of success, because
they have their bearing on the future.
Tho first was the rapidity with which
the losses were made up, and second, the
rapidity with which the American troops
were brought over, and these two are
esscntlnl parts of the German miscal
culation. "The OermnnB calculated that we
could not make up our losses nnd that
the Americans could not be brought up
over.
Clermnns Mlnrillrlllnted
"What was the object'? The object
wn to attain a military decision this
year before the American army could
come tii. How was that to Iip achieved?
FliM of all, by driving n wedge between
the two armies; then, having separated
the British and French forces, over
whelming the British armv and nfter-
w.inl dealing with tho French army
"That was the plan. If the first of
these objects had been attained, ami the
British army had been overwhelmed, the
American forces could not have arrived
in time to save the French army That
was the German calculation, and let us
not forget, In the light of what hap
pened afterward, that it was not such on
impossible estimate.
"But how did tiie German plan pros
per? There have been four haul months
of such fighting as has never been seen
on Hie face of I his globe, not merely In
the magnitude of the armies, the losses
Inflicted and sustained, the vijor dis
played, but In the issues which hung In
tiie balance.
"What has happened? At first the
German army achieved considerable suc
c"ss. We had anxious moments, very
anxious moments, and those who knew
the most were most anxious The losses
were considerable In men and In mate
rials and in number of prisoners cap
tured, far beyond any anticipation which
could havp bppn made and v hlch wp
could have bepn called upon to provide
for Had they not immediately been
made up the second German hlow might
very well have overwhelmed the British
army.
Nernnd German MUraleulatlnn
"Look what has been done. In Feb
ruary the Americans brought over 48,
000 men, I think. In January It was
still fewer and the German general staff,
which seems fairly well Informed, came
to the conclusion that If what was said
In the British press of our having no
men was true, and they knew what was
being brought over In American ships
was true, and If what a certain section
of the press said about our having no
ships was true, then the destruction of
the Allied army was a certainty. That
was one of the uses of a good press
(Uiughter) It Is a mistake to con-'
tradlct them. That was their second
miscalculation. j
"Now, what happened? Scon after the
blow on March 21 the British Govern
ment made n special appeal to President
Wilson to send men over, even If theyj
were not formed Into divisions, so that
they could be brigaded Into British nnd
French fotmatlons President Wilson re-1
spondeil by return cable. (Cheers ) II
was prompt. It was decisive, but lie .
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of the carrying It was true that we ;
had no ships to spare, but we Impressed
upon the shipping controller the neces
sity of getting every American soldier
over, anil he pulled ships out of tratles I
where thy were quite essential In order
to catr over the American troops. Do
not let any one Imagine we have ships
to spare, because there has been a ir.ss
of 200.001) tons per month In essential i
cargoes, which means 2.500.000 per
annum with the result we have -just I
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"The Germans during the last two
years have made two distinct attempts
to force a decision, one on the sea, the
other on land. They attempted the
land offensive, because the sea offensive
failed, but they knew that the sea of
fensive would be the more vital of the
two. The land offensive might have
been disastrous. The other, if It had
succeeded, would have been final. If the
submarines had succeeded, our army In
France would have withered away, no
Americans could have come over to as
sist us, ammunition coultl not have been
Stnt across, nor the necessary coal and
material to enable France and Italy
to manufacture munitions. France and
England would have been starved. The
war would have been over before that
Stage could have been reached.
"I am not minimising the great assist
nee rendered by the great navies of
America, France, Italy and Japan, but
the British fleet Is so Incomparably
greater, and Its operations are on a scale
of so much greater magnitude, that I
dwell specially on this in order that the
mainstay of these Fpeclal efforts should
be realized.
"The American naval mission which
came over here the other day saw a good
deal of the efforts of the British navy,
.and were immensely struck with the
vastneas of the work which was being
done. They were specially anxious that
steps should be taken to make known
not merely here, hut In America, the gi
gantic character of the task which Is
being undertaken.
Allied Triumph at Sea Complete
"Unless the Allies had been completely
triumphant from the outbreak of the
war at sea no effort on land would have
saved us. The British fleet was mainly
responsible for that complete triumph.
Any destruction of our resources which
would have impaired In the least this
.triumph would have been ruinous to the
caufce of the Allies.
"I will now say a word about our
effort on land. Our military effort has
to be subject to our resources in men and
;T material. We had difficulties to con
Wfront us. We were not a military na-
rWf UOIl in me BriiBC ui 111 iiuuuua ill luc
..Continent, We had a small army. What
"have we accomplished?
J 'Since August, 1914, including those
i'already with the colors, this country has
raised for the army and navy In Great
;$t Britain alone no less than 6,250,000 men.
,t'f Most of these were raised by voluntary
sg recruiting, a most unexampia feat In
SO5" the history of any country. In a word.
Idea of what this
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were to call to the colors the same num.
4 ,'r ' men ln Proportion to her popula-
LfiA&tnn If wnliM mpftn npnrlv IK nnn nan .r
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irasaen. ine dominions nave contributed
itvX,PO,000 more. Let me say, before leav.
the Dominions, how valuable has
the aid of the Dominion represents.
Ives serving' ln our councils during the
hstnzious months we have nassed throntrh
.vJtS "I trust it will be possible for them
k. Sta remain for some time longer, Inas-
;.. -muvn as. iiiipuiiniit. missions in ine com-iVf-
TUW winter and next year will make
.', Jrf" tbeir presence Invaluable. India has sent
VHS1.J50,000 -men since the beginning of
litii m war.
!:. tx Military Situation Bevlewed
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afs a- ?" s io wto present military
F.-nWwtlon. Its essential facts are well
i.uui ycrnupa x may ue permittee:
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KemnrUnble rent of Transport
"Before the battle was over. In a fort
night's time 2C8.000 men were thrown
across the channel, one of the most re
markable feats of British shipping, and
the organization of our British transport
and for the War Office In a month's
time .IBS, 000 men had been thrown
across the channel. A fresh gun had
been put back for every gun that was
lost, and every deficiency In a machine
gun not merely supplied, but the num
ber Increased, and at this moment there
are more guns nnd more machine-guns
than the army In Franco ever had,
"It was the first German miscalcula
tion. They had calculated that we
could not do It, and we owe a debt of
gratitude to a section of the press for
misleading the enemy. They were
foolish enough to believe it. The Ger
mans believed we had no men to make
up the dlficlency, and they made their
plans accordingly and attacked
"They hll here, they hit there Tlipy
lilt In the south, they hit In the center,
they hit In the north Why. thev
thought they were destroying the British
army nnd that there was nothing be- !
hind It In six weeks they were hurlec I
back, fought to a standstill by the
British army Thev were defeated In
two or three of the most sanguinary j
battles or the war, and they were left
with unhealthy salients under the fire
of our guns nnd we extended our lines.
"Their purpose was to overwhelm the
British army They declared It. and
they announced In all their Inspired
press that they were going to do It By
May 1 they had left us to go south to
make another attack They knew it
could not be done. It is one of the finest
chapters of tenacious valor In the whole
story of the British army. Our losses
were great We took a step which only
the emergency could have Justified, that
Is the sending of lads of eighteen and
twenty who had received five or six
months' training Into the line."
Mr. Hogge "And giving their mothers
nothing" (Cries of order.)
PrnUe for Americans
"I forget how many thousand troops
have ben brought over since the battle.
mostly in British ships. In July Ito.yuoo
Amei leans were brought over, of which
188,000 were carried In Hiltlsh ships
That was the second element In the
restoration of the situation, because
every one knows how valiantly these
troops have fought. It Is not merely
that they fought with courage, every
one expected that of the American armv.
but they fought with a trained skill that
no one ever expected or had a right to
expect. The men are brave, but their
oftlcrs. who. after all. are not trained
officers In the ordinary sense of the term,
have shown skill and knowledge and
management of their men under trying
conditions which you could hardly expect
from men who have not had a good deal
of the experience of war.
"That Is one of the most remarkable
facts In the fighting of the American
troops at the present moment What Is
the other element that has made for
success? I'nlty of command, at last
achieved, bul after a long struggle. The
wortl generalissimo Is a misleading one.
There Is no generalissimo in the real
sense of the term. A generalissimo Is
a man who has complete command over
his army and appoints generals and
dismisses generals, controls not merely
the fighting In the field, but the troops
behind the lines
LLOYD-GEORGEISMS
"The Hermans can never triumph, nnd In the main the momentous
dccidlne struggle i.s carried on by the British nnvy."
"When tho war started the British navy had a tonnage of 2,500,000.
It now has 8,000,000."
"The British navy has destroyed at lenst 160 of these ocean Hub
marine pests, at lenst half In the course of the Inst year." .
"In tho month of June alone, ships of the British navy steamed 8,000,000
miles."
"If the submarines had succeeded, our army In Franco would have
withered awny. No Americans could have come to assist us. Franco and
Kngland would have been starred. The war would have been over before
that stage could have been reached."
"Since August, 1914, Great Britain alone has raised for tho army nnd
nnvy no less than (1,250,000 men. This would be the cqulvnlent for
America of nn army of 15,000,000 men."
"It is not merely that they (the Americans) fought with courage, but
they fought with a trained skill that no one ever expected. That is one of
the most remarkable facts ln the fighting of American troops nt the
present moment."
"It Is too early to predict that the German effort Is exhausted, nnd It
would he a mistake for us to Imagine It. There Is no use fostering fnlse
confidence."
"The Americans have nlrendy n powerful army, a tried and vlctorl ma
army ln France, equal to the best troops In the field, and there will be no
oreiiK in tho Increase in that army until America will have an army not
far short of the German army Itself."
"The economic position of the Central Powers and their allies Is one
of despair."
"Russia has been a great disappointment. Russia hns become a tangle
to their feet."
"We have not the slightest desire to Interfere with the Russian people
nnd we have certnlnly no Intention of Imposing upon them nny particular
government. That is n matter entirely for themselves."
"The people who made the war are still prosecuting their sjnlstcr
alms. You cannot have peace as long ns they are predominant In the
councils of our chief enemy."
"I believe In a league of nations, hut whether or not It will be n success
depends on the conditions under which it Is set up. What is the good of a
league of nations If every time you came to a decision the. Prussian sword
would clank under the council table?"
"We nil want peace, but It must be a pence that is durable. To be
durable It must be Just. It must be more, there must be power behind It, a
power that pnn enforce Its decrees."
"And when you have demonstrated, even to the enemy, thnt such u
power docs exist, durable peace will come, but no sooner."
tlons for severing the British army and
ultimately destroying It.
"Think what a difference It would
have made If some of VImy ridge had
been in the hands of the Germans on
March 21. It would have made all the
difference In the world. That was the
first experiment In unity of command,
and It achieved great results, especially
for the British army.
Btow Untied Controversy
"Then came the various effort3 at
Versailles and afterwards the unfortu
nate controversy which raged around the
efforts In February of last year. We
had no time to reap the benefit of it be
fore the great blow fell. The contro
versy was In the army Itself, hut the
Germans succeeded by their blow in
convincing the most obdurate of tho es
sential need of unltv or command, and
from the moment that General Foch ab
sumed strategic command the fortunes
of the Allied nrmlcs were restored.
There have been, perhaps, mishaps like
toe i-nateau-Thlerry disaster since, but
by masterly handling of reserves of
French, Italian and American troops, as
well as British, he gradually baffled the
German efforts, and It has ended in the
disastrous retreat from the Marne, which
has lU'OdUced Sllcl, n wnltl, r,f pnndrlnna
"That is not the position of General and enthusiasm ln Allied countries and
Foch and it is not a position he aspired I such depression in enemy lands,
to In the oidinary sense of the term I "It Is too early to predict that the
that has not happened, and I am still i German effort Is exhausted, and It would
of the opnlon that It Is not desirable I he a mistake for us to Imagine It. There
that It should obtain No one has I Is no use In fostering false confidence,
claimed It or asked for It. What has The Germans have still powerful forces
been established has been merely In reserve, not so many as they had, zut
strategic command, nnd that has an- (although It Is early to say that their
swered every purpose, as the Germans efforts are over, It Is not too early to say
know too well to their cost. that the chance of March 21 will not
come to them again.
. . noon l.olllll fn flrnlnn Armv
since Mnrch 21. They are begging for
Austrian support, rather humiliating for
the great German army, which was to
destroy the Allied armies by May.
"Some of Germany's allies are now
becoming a burden to Germany, rather
than a support. They are now becom
ing disillusionized as to German In
vincibility. Germany promised great
things to her allies this year. We can
see the effects. Suddenly there was a
withdrawal of all peace tenders. When
you probed jou found they were not
there. What had happened? Germany
said to her people, 'Don't you worry
about peace, we can dictate It ln a few
months. We mean to have a great
offensive In the west that will destroy
the Allied armies.
"Peace talk suddenly ceased. You
could not hear a whisper and the tinkles
r.f the telephone bells stopped. (Laugh
ter nnd cheers.)
"The great promise has failed. The
economic position of the Central Powers
and their allies Is one of despair and
their harvests arc not too good nnd they
arc short of many essentials. Militarily
they are past the height of their endeav
ors. At sea they know they have failed.
lttiARln a Great Disappointment
"Russia has been a great- disappoint
ment. Russia has become a tangle to
their feet. Russia is broken Into a num
ber of diffused and Ill-defined entitles
that make that part of diplomacy ex
ceedingly difficult. In relation to that
vast country there Is no de Jure govern
ment there. They attempted to set up
one by election. No sooner did the clec-
tlnn I.I.. ..I . .. ...
'""'"" pince man me constituent ns
lembly was dispersed by force.
"The Idea that we are behaving hos
tllely toward a great democratic govern
ment hns nothing In common with the
!-!? 0t the ease- Ther8 ' no demo
cratic government In Russia now. What
ever its professions, it Is a government
, Ft' nnct 0"r on,-v "olley wa"
,lt ih tho do fa government, nnd
.Em.. not. easy' We hnv, "ft ine
s Igntest desire to Interfere with the Rus-
llL,'!COP,' amI we naVe certainly no
...Vti I imposing upon them any
fl,cu'ar government. That is a ma-t
ter entirely for themselves, but when
e see Germany Imposing her authority
on large tracia .,, ..ni.ni. .
?!,. f exnlolt them to the detri
ment of the Allies, against the will of
ine people, we feel at any rate that the
"usslan people ought to be free to de
cide for themselves.
,ilnecent 'vents. v0icnt they are,
m trate that ll,ey 'Bard he "er
,,.".,? 1" mara"ders, and the Russian
ni i . mor ,""1 ,"or'" seeking Allied
assistance. w nin .,,. t.aEt4nA .
"n?er..,'very hc'P I" our power to lib
erate them from this cruel oppression.
Cseclm-srmak Motrment
The Czecho-Slovak movement Is a
xery remarknhiA mn,f.,nnnt ti, ..t..
aeslre of the Czccho-Slovoks was to leave
Russia and to come to the west to fight
ror tho Allies. They asked us for ships
and ,ve made arrangements to get ships
tiiinB mem away. I sav ihs be.
cause I wish to make It clear that we
are not exploiting the Czecho-SIovaks
In order to Interfere with Russian In
ternal affairs. We. took shliis away
from very Important nnd essential work
elsewhere In order to send them to
Vladivostok.
"Acting undoubtedly under German
duress the Bolshevist Government re
fused to nilow them to get to Archangel
and Vladivostok. If the Czecho-SIovaks
have now become the center of activities
which are hostile to the Bolshevist Gov
ernment In Russia the Bolshevist Gov-i-rnment
have themselves to blame and
no one else. The first thing thev asked
the Czecho-SIovaks to tlo was to dis
arm. They would have been lunatics If
mey nao nanueti over their arms. You
cannot blame the Czecho-SIovaks for
getting assistance whenever and from
Wherever they could In order to save
themselves.
"We are told that Siberia Is Bolshe
vist. If that Is so, why don't the Si
berians support that Government? They
could not get a decent sized army, and
so German and Austrian prisoners have
been ordered to attack th -.,
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oiuvhkh una to prevent them
to Vladivostok.
getting
"l want to make that clear, because
there has been some criticism of the
uuuuii ui me i-resiuent of tho United
States in the decision he has taken
In conjunction with Japan to send forces
to Vladivostok In order to rescue the
Czecho-SIovaks from the plight that
iney nave Deen nut Into hv the nr.
ganlzatlon of German and Austrlnn
prisoners of war.
Not Time to nlnctiM Pence
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..o umy a icw words to say
about what has been eald about peace.
There are people who seem to consider
any effort to make peace as In itself
dishonorable and treason to their coun
try. That attitude must be steadfastly
discouraged, but Is this a moment I
put It to those who only want nn
honorable peace when such a peace
could be made? Why did we go Into
the war? Because the Instinct nn.i
conscience of the Brit sh neonle told
them that something which Is funda
mental to human happiness nnd to hu
man progress was put In Jeonardv hv
the. great military power of Germany.
litat win remain Indelible as long as
the caste that made the war Is In
supreme command ln Germany.
"Has there been any change ln that
respect? I.ct us take recent events, such
as the treaty of Brest-Lltovsk. when
some German statesmen went In, I be
lieve, .with intention of negotiating a
peace which, according to their minds,
would be fair. What happened? As
soon as there was any Indication that
there wan to be anything but a humili
ating and drastic peace Imposed upon
Russia the German high command swept
aside Count von Hcrtllng, Von Kuehl-.
mann nnd Czernln and Imposed their
own terms. The next step was the hu
miliating and enslaving peace Imposed
upon Rumania.
councils of our chief enemy. -I'arnr,
Iage of Notions
,hLueyr1 ,n n IcaBUe of nations, but
whether a league of nations Is going to
clif."Ccess ,r not wl" dcnen1 upon ths
conditions under which It Is set up. Som
. .; ," llnve Deen members of renre-'.l
HPiunrii'A niAti,i --
'" "-".-"linen lor a generation.
Jery one knows that when any great
decision is to be tnken what determine
u Is not so much what Is said as tha
fact that there Is some power behind It
wnich takes a certain view nnd hn. th
power to enforce thnt view. It Is the i
electorate here. f.
"In AnV IftntTlln n H.lt.H. I.. .'. . (X
care that It is not th.. uh ti, .. r&l
thing might conceivably happen to- a
- -- ."..... uu.caa juu siariea
under favorable conditions. You might
enter It, the Germans are not saying It
In words, but saying It In their actions.
e have Invaded your lands, we have
devastated them, w0 have trampled you
tinder foot, you failed to drive us back,
you made no Impression upon our
nrmles, they were absolutely Intact when
peace xvas declared : had It not been for
our economic difficulties you would never jq
nave won, and we will tako irreat car
next year that we shall not be short orV
runner, corn nnd other essentials.' """
"Every time you came to a decision
the Prussian sword would clank on the
council tnble. What Is the good of en
tering Into a league of nations of that
sort? We all want peace, but It must
be a peace which Is durable. We don't
wnnt to put this generation or the next
through the horrors of war. To be
durable It must bo Just. It must ba
more, there must be power behind it, a
power that can enforce its decrees, and
all who enter that conference must know
that Inside that league such a power
does exist. And when you have
demonstrated even to the enemy that
such a power does exist durable peace
will then come, but no sooner."
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"Tho third test Is what happened after
Baron Kuehlmann's speech in the
Reichstag. In which ho X'entured to sav
things Which I should have thought per
fectly obvious to any one who had wit
nessed the course of the War from the
point of view of the Germans. In a few
days ho was swept away. What did that
mean 7 It meant that tho people who
made the war were still prosecuting their
sinister alms. You cannot have peace as
long as they are predominant In the
ABATING CAMP NUISANCE
Trenton, Aug. 8. Governor Edge haa
been advised by the State Department
of Health that the War Department Is
carrying out the suggestions made by'
tho New Jersey department as to the
nuisance occasioned by the discharge of
sewage from Camp Dlx Into Crowswlcka
Creek ln such a manner that It Is cer
tain that the nuisance complained of
will soon be abated.
The State health authorities have no.
titled the War Department that the prac
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dangerous to the homes bordering on the
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Nlvelle sn Experiment
"Our first experiment In this direction
was last year when General Nlvelle was
commander-in-chief of the French army.
He was In command of the greater army
and was chosen to command the whole,
l.le Direct Is I'nssed
Mr Lloyd George "That Is not true."
Mr. Hogge "It Is true."
Mr. Lloyd George "It Is a monstrous
lie
Mr. Hogge "It Is true; It's n lie to
say it l not true." (Cries of order.)
Mr. Lloyd George, proceeding.
"I remembr coming at 9 o'clock one
dark night from Boulogne after I had
been to see the generals. I saw these
boys coming up by torchlight from the
boat straight to France No sooner were
they there than these lads had to face
veteran and victorious troops. No vet
erans ever fought with greater courage
and with greater splendor than these
lads to help hurl back these legions that
had fought to destroy the British army.
We must all be proud of the hoys who
so upheld the honor of their British na
tive land and helped to save the cause of
the Allies from disaster.
"After an experience of six weeks'
fighting It is a remarkable fact when
you know what the German plan was
they left the British army alone, for
three or four months. They may and
probably will come back, but that is
because they have failed elsewhere, anil '
before I quit that part of the subject let '
me recognize the assistance we have had i
from our gallant allies. No one knows
better than those who fought In that
campaign how Invaluable was the aid
received from the gallant French army ,
In both these great battles. I onl dwell i
on the part which the British forces took
because in the main the fighting was
theirs and the losses were ln the main
theirs. After the first of May they ,
turned to attack me French. There I
never has been since the 21st of March j
an offensive conducted by forces of the
same magnitude. '
Foeh'n Victory Acknowledged I
"In the first attacK on the French
army they were a considerable success
What has happened since then'? Not
merely have they been rought to a stand,
still, but General Foch If I may call
him by his new title, and I am sure
everybody will join in sending a message
of congratulations on the title he won by '
such skill, such resource and such genius i
Marshal Foch, by his counter-stroke, I
which is one of the brilliant events of t
the war. has driven the enemy back, i
ine enemy, wno wan to capture uaiais
and Paris by dates which vary according
to the temper of the prophets from May
to August August being the latest to
capture Paris, destroy the British army
and overwhelm the French, Is now re
treating". "Ttievdngeryili pot over, but he would
X . InEuAHBIlInn 1MHA t tkk'f1!PMsn sill-
and apart from that we were fightin
French territory.
"General Nlvelle was an exceedingly
able and experienced officer He was
the man who commanded in the struggle
around Verdin which resulted in a
dlsastious defeat for the German army,
and he bad a great strategic plan for
a combined attack on the German army
In April of last year, and he was the
first general In this war who devised a
plan of attack on a wide front, which
the Germans have followed with such
success since then. And when the at
tack took place unity of command was
established during the battle, which was
to come to an entl after the battle was
over.
"These conditions cannot now be re- ,
produced for the German general staff '
The Americans have already a powerful '
army, and a tried army, and a vie- I
torlous army In France (cheers) equal
on no ine nest troops in the field and grow- '
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break In the Increase of that aimy until ,
I . . ...!.... ...1.1 .- . a '
siiu-i iki win nuve Hn army not tar '
short. If nt all, of the German army
Itself (cheers).
"On the other hand. Germany can
never maintain the ame number of
divisions. They are already reduced
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"Taking the battle as a whole. 50.000
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