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Show CHURCHILL GIVEN CREDIT FOR "TANKS" BY LLOYD-GEORGE LONDON, Sept. IS, 10 p. m. The British Brit-ish war minister, David Lloyd -George, gives credit to Winston Spencer Churchill, the former first lord of the admiralty, for the new armored cars which hae appeared ap-peared in the British lines on the Somme front. In an interview today, Jir, Lloyd-George Lloyd-George said: "It really Is Winston Churchill, move than any one else, to whom credit for the new armored cars is due- He took up with enthusiasm the idea of making them a long time ;ico. "The admiralty experts were invaluable and gave the greatest possible assistance. Major Stern, business man at the mln- : is try of munitions, had charge of the work of getting them built, and he did the task very well. Colonel Swlnton (ot the Intelligence department of the genera! staff) and others also did valuable work." Asked for his personal opinion about the cars, the war minister said: "We must not expect too much from them. But so far they have done very well and reflect credit on those responsible respon-sible for them. The enemy has by no means a monopoly on Inventive ingenuity." |