Show TALK OF PEACE UNDER BAN IN GREAT BRITAIN BRI TAIN In Signed Statement Attorney General Carson Declares War Will WillBe Be Carried Carried Car Car- ried ned to Successful Conclusion r LO JONDON T ONDON ON July 31 Sir Sir ir Edward C Carson attorney ey general in the A Asquith cabinet has prepared for the Associated e Press a signed statement giving a n broad outline of the first year of the war from the British standpoint standpoint standpoint stand stand- point point- together with expression of the unalterable purpose of the British go government and people to carry carryon on the tho war to a successful conclusion The fhe statement follows T r fT Tn I 1 t 41 e. e TO O I 9 i SIR IR EDWARD CARSON attorney attorney ney ne general in British coalition cabinet t who at end of first firt year ear of conflict in Europe proclaims unalterable un tin- alterable ble purpose of British government gov gov- and people to carry cany var war warto varto to successful conclusion c y V hs' hs t q I I I v v 11 b c v t i i nic n A 11 i L it lip n ti what will bo be the result To SUC such I queS questions lons as these an any British subject t can give hc but one answer and that Is IsI I that the war will last until the thc cause of t the il allies has been brought to to tol a successful Issue and I- I Europe and tho the world worl have havo been relieved from crom the the Ideals In Involved tl in the aggression of ot Pruss Prussian Ian domination Word Pence I edThe ed d. d I The word peace does docs es C not enter into our vocabulary JorS at th the present plesent time It ItIs itis Is 18 b from froni our our conversation as something immoral and nd Impossible un under under under un- un der existing l And yet t we weare weare are arc the most p aco ac lo people I In Inthe Inthe inthe the wOl world d. d a nati nation n which throughout tho glo globe e wl within It m runny many dominions has Inculcated g and ana social Anti and Industrial T progress and the fr free exercise In in its widest sense of ot civil ll azul and aud religious li liberty ert nt oh to 10 See S Taller nU r Rightly or wr nJ we have In the the tho ther past o de devoted cd our cn energies and our fn- fn r not oLt 3 rations for fOI war wr but to th that t Asocial r progress s which makes m for tho tIm happiness and the contentment contentment con con- of ot thc of or our people And Arid this no doubt in jt t the 1 reason wh why other nations imagine that we as as' as asa a nation of ot shopkeepers ke pers are arc too Indolent and nod apathetic to tight for tor and maintain main main- tain these priceless liberties won b by the themen themen themen men men wh who laid Jard the t foundation of or our vast ast empire But they ther arc c el entirely mistaken In in informing informing forming an any such uch estimate of oC the temperament tern tem pr r determination of our people peo peo- pIe Great Britain hates war wac an and no nation mitton ent enters ls l's more reluctantly upon pon It lt horrible and devastating operations but butt vat at t the same time fl no nation naHan wh when n nIt It L Is drI to war by the machinations 0 of Its foes toes who desire to filch tr from m mIt It t or Its champions co-champions o of liberty lIbertS an any portion of oC their inherited freedom Is Ismore Ismore s smore more resolved ed to see the matter through a at whatever cr cost to a successful suc sue issue Dominate SeniA SeDRA SeamA Seam Seni A year ear of war has transformed rm-ed rm Great Britain Of Ot our navy y I J need hardly harln speak It las l upheld to th tho fullest s extent the great tra traditions which tin fill the pages of ot history in the past It has driven tt Its Its' enemies off enemies off o the theseas theseas theseas seas seas It Jt holds hol s vast V oceans ans free for tor al almost almost al- al l- l most th tho uninterrupted of ot n neutral powers and it ha preserved ed these highways s 's for lor Its own supplies of or orm m material and food tood almost without t In Interruption In- In term 0 ri I do not minimize the peril of at the submarines which Li iJ s In process of ot be beIng being belag be- be ing lag dealt with through the careful nn and zealous watchfulness of ot our admiralty but while the submarine has enabled the Germans to commit savage and In Inhuman In human atrocities contrary to tho thc laws of at civilization and against the settled rules of ot international law lav It has done nothing nothing- to affect the vast commerce of or our empire The German submarine submarIno attack has signally failed to hamper our military operations Under tho the protection of of our navy y hundreds s of or thousands of ot otmen men have havo been heen brought to the tight fight area from the most distant parts of at tho the empire Troop ships are arc crossing dall dally daily to France antI and not n It single ship not a single soldier has been lost Jost inthe In Inthe Inthe the passage The manner In which our troops have hn received their supplies Is Isa Isa Isa a source of or cUon to U us il and vexation to our enemies In At the tho commencement of oC the war warwe warwe we were not and never did to tobe tobe tobe be a military nation An expeditionary expedition expedition- ary an force of oC men and a small territorial arm army of ot men for tr de defense de- de tense tenso against hl a invasion lon Was as all we wo could boast of but today Great Britain teems with military camps In which millions of men of ot the finest material are being trained and equipped to cope with every e emergency me igo ncy No othor other nation in the world orld over oyer overproduced overproduced produced or hoped to produce a volunteer volun volun- teer arm army of or such proportions Each da day brings to tho the colors thousands of men who had never thought of at military service before and each lay day as our enemy enemy en en- emy eniy grows weaker the Infancy nc of ot our eur strength Is growing Into manhood and with increasing virility and prowess No 10 doubt some people are enough to be bc Influenced h by the misrepresentations misrepresentations misrepresentations which are z a 1 part of tho the I equipment of ot our German enemies who represent us as a n decadent rac race But nut they knew little of ot tho the spirit of or our people As A tho the problem unfolds from da dayto day dayto to day dar the task before us expands In it Its herculean form our our spirit b becomes comes more determined and our efforts and organization quietly shape shupe themselves I to meet the emergencies emers that aro before us That Thal all this Is It being accomplished without dramatic demonstration and foolish boasting Is not a n sign of ot weakness weakness weakness weak weak- ness but Of ot strength of Allies The Tho splendid heroism of ot our Russian Rus nus- sinn sian and French allies is not on only an Continued on Page Pago 2 TALK OF PEACE IS UNDER BAN Sir Edward Carson Explains Attitude of British Toward War Continued From Page 1 example which stimulates us but It Is Isan isan an nn additional Incentive c to our national honor to carry on to an nn end the obligations obligations we have ve undertaken And If Ie for or the tho moment we are arc confronted with the tho Impossibility of oC offensive action b by our brave Russian allies and are compelled compelled com corn to wage wago a 1 costly and difficult war against the Turks In the Dardanelles Dardan Dardan- dies elles as well wall as against our enemies In Flanders we rye cheerfully resolve to tofit tofit fit tit ourselves for tor the situation which confronts us It It Is la of ot course tru true that our country country coun coun- try has haa not been accustomed to or- or g and discipline which leads leala unthinking men front from time Ume to time to I Imagine that there could be a different discipline In the tho coal fields or the workshops from that which prevails pre In the trenches but all that Is a. a mere more temporary tempora-r difficulty and It cannot Impede Impede impede Im Im- im- im pede the country countr which has made up Its mind to win If It It has to spend thelast tho the last man and Its last dollar In the process Tho The success of or the recent war war loan shows sho how anxious our people are to Invest their mono mone money In the prosecution of oC the war var Not ot only Is It tho the largest loan that over has hns been floated but It represents not merely the tho accumulation tion of oC capital of oC a few tew large banks but the hard-earned hard savings of small emall Investors In of oC the ever every part country No Xo of Wavering Watering Although our shores arc not In Invaded Invaded invaded In- In and we have ha not experienced the tho Impelling necessities of ot war waged II In our own country yet there Is hardly hardly hardly hard hard- ly a family in an any village In the land I that has not willingly sent Its sons to i fight our battles In tn foreign lands I While I see sec day b by day more and more anxiety from Crom ever every man mon to do his share I can see seo no sign nor trace of wavering waver waver- In lag ing In an any section of or the tho community We have the tho right to say to neutrals neutrals neu neu- that our our cause Is Just that the tho war has been forced upon us and that we are making and are aro going to m make ko ever every sacrifice that makes males a nation nallon great to bring our cause Use to a n successful successful success success- ful tul conclusion Wo We 0 have havo a right I think to ask neutrals to examine their own consciences as to whether tho they hove have done dono everything that neutrals ought to do or can d do In Insisting that the laws oC ot humanity and the tho doctrines of oC the tho International law which have I been so carefully fostered In times of oC peace are arc carrl carried d out Neutrals are arc the executive power to compel observance ce of oC the principles of International law and if It the they tall fall to do doso doso doso so the result must be disastrous to the world orld at large In the present and In Inthe inthe the tho future and give free pIa play to a savagery nger and barbarism which Is none the tho less revolting because It carries out Its methods b by the aid all allor of or the discoveries discover discover- ies ics of scientific res research and progress Bu But t. t however cr that ma may be our courage Jc Is la undaunted It grows Into I exaltation b by reason of the difficulties that surround us and we will go on to the end without fear tear or trembling and andIn andIn andin In the certain Inspiration of ot a victory victory which will ihl restore to the tho world that peli pence peace e which can alone bring happiness and contentment to the mass of ot Its Us cl citizens |