THE WAR OUTLOOK.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14544, 24 October 1917, Page 5

THE WAR OUTLOOK.

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VICTORIOUS PEACE NOT YET IN

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ENEMY MACHINATIONS AMONG

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Speaking at the Albert Hall on ths war outlook, tt c Premier. said: "We must all know that it is essential for the future of the ln~,man race that a decision bo reached now that-brute force must be dethroned for ever, tl: at our children sliallnot be condemned to terrors which even the most vivid imagination dare not portray. Such a settlement is not within immediate

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read. Germany would only make peace now on terms which would enable her to benefit by the present war, and that would be an encouragement for any buccaneering empire in the future to repeat the experiment. The failure of Napoleon tauglt France an unforgettable lesson, and a similar lesson must be bwnt into the heart and memory of every Prussian befoYe this war ends.

"The main questions of the war arcnot territorial adjustments or indemnities, but pre-eminently the question is tfce destruction of the false idea which intimidated and enslaved Europe, or would have done so if it had been triumphant. This year I had hoped Aye migt.t have broken that terrible power. We have been looking ■forward-to a, great converging movement which would accomplish that purpose. The temporary collapse of the Russian military power postponed our topes, but time is on our side. Two factors have contributed to it, the advent of America, and the increasing failure of submarinism. Our monthly shipping losses are now not much over one-third of the losses recorded in April. Tie losses of German submarines have been more than three times the losses for the whole of last year. Arrangements have been made whereby tte' British shipping turned out in 1918 will be four times the total of- 191 G. America is doing the same.

"Germany's enemies pr-oduce the world's food supplies and raw materials, and even if the German war machine succeeded, which it will not, tins federation of free peoples could, by withholding their products, reduce Germany to impotence and desolation, and they would do so if necessary. However, the Allies must husband their resources until Russia recovers and America is ready.

"We must beware of people who are trying to sow dissension. Tie enemy on most of the battlefronts has organised with deadly care and ingenuity an offensive behind the lines. I know what I am talking about. France discovered it in time. Look out for Boloism in all shapes and - forms. The enemy is attempting to divide tie nations and pit one ally against another, but I am glad to say that the Allie9 are working in the greatest harmony. We are Holding one of the most important military and political interAllied conferences ever held, wtose decisions will affect the whole course of the war, and may determine the ultimate issue."