“This has become almost » battle of the rivers,” said M r Lloyd George in a speech at Glasgow a. few weak* ago. referring to Britain a vast shipbuilding enterprises, ‘The Elbe and the Vistula and the Rhine are arrayed against the Clyde, the the Thames, the Medway, the Tyne, and the Tamar. The Clyde huilt ships and the Elbe said, ‘We will build craft which will sink your ships,’ and the Clyde said. ‘We will build ships for every ship you sink; nay, “° re », we will also build craft which will chase your ocean vermin out of the deep.’ln this struggle we back the Clyde. The British Empire was looking to the Clyde, Mr Lloyd George continued. Franco— —gallant, bravo, enduring France —was looking to Ihe Clyde, Italy was looking to the Clyde, Russia was looking to the Clyde, the world was looking to the Clyde, the democracies..of the world were looking to the Clyde: and he was sure they wonld not look in vain. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds, never fails. Lt
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9755, 3 September 1917, Page 7
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