Show MUCH ENTHUSIASM AROUSEDJ LONDON Winston Spencer Churchill Tells of Progress Made at the Front LONDON Sept 11 111a p m Tjnder the auspices of the National Liberal and Constitutional c ubs two great rival po lit cal organizations of the metropo is an enthus astio meeting was he a ton ght in support of the prin e n nister s ca I for recruits The ch ef speakers were Win s on Spencer Churchil first lord of the admiralty F E Smith director of the offic al press bureau and Wl 1 Crooks labor leader in t e house of commons it is too soon to speculate upon the resu t of the wreat batt e wh ch is row be ng wased n France sa d Mr Church! I but everyth ng we have heard during four long days of anx ety seems to po nt to a marked and substant al turning of the tide In a ba- tie taking p ace on a front of over 100 or 150 m es one must be very careful not to bu d too h h hopes But when every a owance has been made the s tuat on ton ght is better far better than ca cu at one cou d lead us to expect in th s ea y stage of the can pa gn But had th s batt e been as d s ast ous as than c God t appears to be tr umphant I shou d have con e before you ton ght w th unabated confidence that we have on y to cont nue our efforts to b ng hs nar to the cone us on wh ch we ntend The ar now has been n progress five or s x weeks In that t me ve a e swept German commerce f om t e seas a our ships with neons derab e cccep t ons are arriv ng safe y and punctua y at their destlnat ons and carrying the commerce upon wh ch the wea tl and industr es and power to make war of th s country depend We 1 ave trans ported safe y and successfu y great num bers of so d ers across the seas from a 1 quarters of the wor d We have sw ept the so ca led German ocean without d scover ing a German flag The number of batflesh ps that wi be competed w th n the ne t tweve months is more t an double the number that w 1 be comp eted for Germany and t e number of cru sers wi be three or four t mes as great Therefore we may count upon the na al supremacy of the coun y be ng effective y main a ned Wl at we now ha e to do is to make under sh e d of the navj a g eat army strong enough to enab e th s country to take ts p oper share in the dec s on of t s te rib e strn g e To make the as s stance of the empire effect e we shou d ut on the continent and keep there an rmv of at least 1 000 000 men That figure s we 1 w thin the compass of arrangements which Lord K tchener has taken By the new vear wl ave an add t ona 500 000 men ready for the field and by the summer of 1915 we wi 1 1 ha e twenty five army corps in fighting shape It s our 1 fe against Germany s Lpon that t ere must be no comprom se or truce W e must go forth unfi ncl ng y to t e end |