BAD PEACE IS NO PEACE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 699, 8 May 1916, Page 7

BAD PEACE IS NO PEACE.

GOVERNMENT WILL CONDUCT THE WAR RESOLUTELY. PEOPLE URGED TO TRUST THEIR LEADERS. (Received May 8, 5.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 7. Mr Lloyd George, speaking at Conway, said that the number of men equipping our Navy with munitions, was almost equal to the number engaged in France* making munitions for the French Army. Replying to some of his best Liberal friends, whom his fervour in prosecuting the compulsion campaign had somewhat shocked, Mr Lloyd George emphasised that a badly-conducted war means a bad peace, which is no peace. In conducting a war a Government should not only be resolute, but should appear resolute; and ready to face the horrors of war. If they had confidence in their leaders, the spirit of the nation would be the propellant of its armies. It was therefore important that, whatever happened, the people should be confident that the Government is doing its best, in the firmest and most resolute manner, to conduct the war to a victorious end.