BRITAIN'S GREAT AWAKENING

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2678, 26 January 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN'S GREAT AWAKENING

PRODIGIOUS EFFORT TO BE MADE STRIKING DECLARATION BY THE CHIEF MUNITIONER Bjr T«leßraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. January, 25, 8.45 p.m.) n • ' London, January 24. Mr. Lloyd George (Minister of Munitions), in a striking interview, said: We are going to win. Britain is preparing to put her whole weight into the war, and Germany will feel it in a very short time. It will be an effort such as Britain has never made; before—a, truly prodigious effort. Before the war we had the greatest fleot in the world; now, we have one of the greatest armies-, which will soon be about the best-equipped in the world. "But that is not all. A new industrial 'Britain is being developed. Under the great pressure of the war we are increasing and improving our industrial resources almost incredibly. We have introduced scores of millions' worth of automatio machinery which' will have an enormous effect on our industries when the war is over. In addition, we are adding to our already great army of industrial workers. We shall need them all to repair the ravages of the war,' and the therefore, instead of being impoverished, will be richer ineverything constituting real wealth—it will be a hotter organised, equipped, and trained nation, and a better-disciplined nation. The Two C ermanys. "I fought the doctrine of force when I thought that this country applied it to South Africa, but I have favour ed this war because I have seen that it is the only meaus of destroying this hideous German civilisation. Every happening since lias confirmed what Mr. Asquith has called 'our great decision.' There were two Germanys before the war—one an industrial, commercial, and intellectual Germany, which was conquering the world by the success of methods. _ The example of that conquest would havo proved a genuine blessing. But side by side With the Germany we admired was the military Germany. These two could not live together. The rapid and beneficent development of the first Germany meant the overthrow of the old barbarous Germany, and militarist Germany has made a desperate effort to reestablish its predominance. It started by spending money on its army and navy. l We saw that this meant that, tho militarists were determined to strike at the earliest moment. The Allies are now as firmly united as ever." He refusod to believe in the possibility of industrial trouble. "I am convinced that a very small fraction has en tertained the idea of so hampering' our gallant troops. This idea of , industrial compulsion is tho merest bogey, employed by those who wish to create trouble. If the militarists of Germany win, their triuipph will be permanent. Wo shall witness the triumph of a pernicious and;-potent ideal. Tho Germany of the quiet, pacific development will'vanish, and we shall see tho Germany of warriors seeking fresh hemispheres to conquer. If we overthrow G orman militarism now, it is bccause our command of the £ea has given us tone to reorganise and make good our unprepa redness. If the command of tho sea had not been ours we would have been over-run as easily as wero the Balkans. Within three months London would have fallen as easily as did Belgrade.

\ "If," lie concluded, "Germany wins this war, Europe will bo helpless, and the command of the sea will be taken from Britain. Perhaps in that event the Monroe Doctrine will not fare any better ' than the British Fleet. The Allies are engaged in a mighty effort to dig a grave for the wicked lie that might is right. Wo shall not cease to strive to the uttermost until we have .dug that grave deep and wide."