BRITAIN'S RESOLUTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16881, 20 June 1918, Page 6

BRITAIN'S RESOLUTION.

WILL FIGHT TO THE END.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S SPEECH

LONDON, June 9. The Prime Minister. Mr. Lloyd (-forge, spoke at a dinner of the Printers' Pension Association. He said: — The present generation of Britishers have made unsurpassed sacrifices, together with our allies, for a great purpose and a high) ideal. One of the most encouraging things! is the superb valour and the trained skill with which the Americans have taken their part in the struggle and have defeated the foe. This is more encouraging, because the Americans are coming in steadily. There is a great flow, and we I arc depending upon them. If for any' cause the allies were not to succeed, this j would be a sorry world to live in. It is' impossible to exaggerate the importance i or the significance of the issues with which | we are confronted to-day. The fate of the world, the destinies of men. and the I lives of future generations will be fashioned , by the failure or triumph of our cause. 1 lie struggle to-day is more material. sordid, and brutal than almost any which has been imposed upon Europe. If the I enemy are successful, civilisation will be' flung back into the dark dungeons of the; past. We are paying a big, sad, harrow-j ing price for victory ; but the sum total of human wretchedness which has been paid I for victory will not equal in value what , we are defending to-day. The crisis is not past. But with a stout heart we shall win through. Then woe to the plague! I In the interests of the human race it must' be stamped out. The world cannot allow it to come again to darken the lives of I millions, and desolate millions of homes, j That is what we are fighting for. There is good ore in British hearts, which has stood the test of centuries. It will stand: this one. So will that great and gallant j people across the Channel who are fighting ! for the honour of their native land—fighting without flinching. 1 have seen them. ! I never saw signs of wavering in any j Frenchman in France. They have full i courage and determination to fight through j to the end. Meanwhile let us be one I people; one in aim, one in courage, and one in resolve never to give in. Let Bri- j tain stand like a breakwater against this! torrent, and Cod willing we will break it j in twain. This is a united Britain. We! have sunk political differences. Although; controversies will recur after the war, the' deluge will have swept awav old landmarks, and there will be different methods of dealing with things.