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Show GREAT BRITI IS CALLED UPON FOR MCE Lloyd George Declares It Will Be Necessary to Increase In-crease Man Power by Taking Exempted Men. MARGIN OF LOSSES AT SEA NARROWING More Submarines Sunk and Shipbuilding Increasing; Russian Collapse Great Drawback. LONDOX, Deo.. 20. SppHking in the house of! commons today, Javil Lloyd 'irorjje, the JMtish prime minister, said l hnt t ho imirgin of losses at sea was narrowing. The sinkings by submarines, he declared, were decreasing while ship-hiiildinjf ship-hiiildinjf was increasing. The prornior said the sinking of submarines sub-marines was increasing. Although the merchant tonmigo was down hy 20 per ii-nt, he added, the loss had been only ii per cent of imports over that of last ear. Hegnrdiug the military Rttmition, Mr. Uoyil Cieorgo said it was idle to pretend Unit the hopes formed had been realized. real-ized. This disappointment ho attributed attrib-uted to the Kussian collapse. The 0'ermans, the premier said, had Nad only one success, which was due to -in prise, and this was now engaging in-iniry. in-iniry. The Hermans, he stated, had lost 1 00,001) prisoners, valuable positions and imndreds of guns. Speaks of War Aims. Complete restoration of the territories ;ikeu by the enemy, together with compensation, com-pensation, was demanded by Premier l.loyd George in explaining the war aims l' t lie government. The premier said that the losses in -hipping had been lighter hy hundreds if thousti nTls or! tons than he had anticipated anti-cipated in his August estimate. The premier said that if the Russian irmy had fulfilled the expectations of its generals, by this time the pride of 'lie (.Jorum n military power would have been completely humbled. On the whole, the British campaign ' liad not achieved the expectations formed, he said, but there had been military mili-tary successes in Palestine which would h.'ive a permanent effect on the history ft" the world. Jerusalem, ho stated, never would be restored to the Turks. Greater Sacrifices. After referring to the Italian reverses, re-verses, the premier said it would he accessary for Great Britain to make . renter sacrifices to strengthen its i I'mies in the coming year. The need would arise to increase the nation's man-power bv taking some men now exempted. ex-empted. The premier's speech was delivered 1 hen adjournment for the holidays was moved in the house of commons this ifternoon. Uc dealt first with the problem prob-lem of food. Two circumstances, he -aid, had contributed lately to the gravity grav-ity of the situation the failure to obtain ob-tain margarine and butter from Pen-mark, Pen-mark, and the fact that Knglaud had been required to make sacrifices in or-ier or-ier to supply deficiencies of her allies. Improvement Visible. Owing to the efforts of the food imneellor, an improvement was visible in the circumstances which had caused o much anxiety in the last few days. More tea was coming in, and it was hoped bv increased manufacture to improve im-prove the situation' as regards margarine marga-rine shortly. Owing to the food difficulties diffi-culties in Germany, the premier went on, the physical deterioration of workmen work-men there had been so marked that the output per man had been decreased by :'.. per cent. As for the British casualties, Mr. l.loyd George said thev had not amounted amount-ed to more than one-fourth or one-fifth of the Germans. Opposed to Germany, Austria and their allies, he asserted, were man-power and reserves more than double Those which the Teutonic allies possessed. The government, said the premier, would confer next week with trades unions on the man-power proposals. Advent of America. The advent of America into world's politics, the premier declared, was an event which would loom large 'in the future. This was true also of the es- tablishmcnt of the international council at Versailles. As for the disposition of the German colonies, the premier said, that must be settled bv the peace congress. The ! future trustees of those countries must take into account the sentiments of the i neople themselves. The premier told his hearers that a ler.'ne of nations, in which Germany was represented by triumphant militarism, militar-ism, would he a hollow farce. Great Britain did not enter the war, the premier asserted, to increase by a vnrd the territory of anyone else, but because of the belief that Britain 's honor, the question of standing by her word, was involved. ! The next few months, said Mr. Lloyd George, would be most trying ones, as one great power had gone out and an-i an-i other had not fully come in. A Gigantic Event. 'f we could project ourselves into the year what would be the opin ion of many of the events of today?" jiskrd the premier. "No doubt t He Kni-vin revolution would hnl.J u con spicuous place. Another feature would be the advent of America for the first time, not into the war, but into world politics a gigantic event of itself. The next event would be the conquest of Mesopotamia and Palestine and the release of Arabia from the dominion of Turkey. Another event would be the setting up of the interallied council." The premier said that at this council would be discussed and decided questions ques-tions which won Id have a greater effect on international rela tions than anyone could imagine. So far it had been a conspicuous success; it had been free from factional feeling and had helped to remove friction. The various countries coun-tries have found that it means the removal re-moval of friction in discussing and interchanging in-terchanging views, and he had no doubt it won lil have a great i y f lu once j in the direction of the economic policy ! nf the four governments represented. The machinery established at Versailles would have a potent influence in uni-t'ving uni-t'ving the war and economic strategy of the allies. The neresify of sending troops to Italy and the Uusian armistice, the ! premier said, had increased the anxieties of the, allies and cast further obligations on them. "It is therefore absolutely necessary," neces-sary," he .declared, "for the security of our armies and our country and. for the defense of our allies that this coun-trv coun-trv should make greater sacrifices in order to strengthen the armies in the field during the coming year." The pledges given to labor in 191 fi regarding men exempted, he added, would either have to be altered or. cancelled can-celled and Sir Auckland Geddes, minis; min-is; er of national service, had called a conference for next "week, to consider the matter. Another circumstance which impelled the government to make a further demand de-mand upon the man power of the country coun-try was that under present conditions thev had been forced to send men back to the fighting line who had been repeatedly re-peatedly wounded. That was uu fair and intolerable while there were men who had never been at the front. As to future prospects, continued the premier, one groat power had practic-itllv practic-itllv "one out of the war and another great power had not fully come in, and therefore the burden oii Britain would be considerable. "Hut we must not imagine that the enemv has not hail his difficulties," he said. "We had proof of that the other day when facts wore given to us as to the deteriorated physical quality of th'e Herman workers as a result of the blockade imposed by the British navy. The German workers have so deteriorated that the output of Ger-manv Ger-manv per man has gone down by something like 33 per cent, compared with the first year of the war. "What are the prospects?' ' asked the premier. ' "France's losses, no doubt, have been serious. Xespite the reverses which Italy has endured, their losses are not to lie compared with those of Austria, and despite the losses inflicted on us, the permanent loss to the British army is not more than one-fourlh one-fourlh or one-fifth the permanent losses endured hy tlvc Germans. If we take the reserve man power of the nations na-tions allied against Germany it will be found to be more than twice as ureat as that of Germany and her allies.'' Since Russia had entered into separate sepa-rate peace negotiations, Mr. Lloyd George declared, she must be responsible respon-sible for the. protection of her own territory, ter-ritory, anil that also disposed of any question there was about Constantinople, Constantin-ople, lie continued: "We have conquered no country (Continued on Pago Seventeen.) GREAT BRITAIN 10 MAKE SACRIFICES (Continued from Page Two.) where the population belonged to the governing rare. W'e have not acquired a single yard of territory where there is a German population. With regard to the enptnred German colonies, the peace conference must settle about them on the principle oi' respecting the desires of the people of those colonies themselves. We have laid that down and we stand by it. "We did not enter the war to annex a. single yard of anybody's territory. We entered the war because we believed be-lieved that the honor of Britain was involved in standing by her word.'' The premier decim-ed tlifit the war was forced upon the world by the arrogance ar-rogance of the military caste in Prussia, Prus-sia, which, he added, ' ' were prepared to overthrow their own ruler and set up another who was more in sympathy with their aims. Victory Essential. "Until that temper is brokrn there can never be peace in the world. That is win- we said whether it whs President Presi-dent Wilson or Mr. Asrpiith that victory vic-tory was essential. It was not because it satisfied some low, vindictive sense in the human nature merely to punish', hut because we realized that victory was t he only thing tha t c o u Id g i v e reality to peace terms. A league of nations, in which Germany was represented repre-sented by a military caste triumphant, would be a hollow ' farce. The people of Germany must be heard. That is why victory itself is more important than mere terms. ''Victory alone will give reality to the. terms, and that is also the reason why the government, after mature reflection, re-flection, decided to ask to ,be equipped with greater powers to enable tis to increase in-crease the means we needed. ? Former Premier ABquith, following Mr. Lloyd George, said the primary need at this moment was ships, for which the new construction must be supplied by Great Britain and the United States. Everything turned on transport, he pointed out, and in every discussion on man-power that must be the dominating dominat-ing factor. Balfour's Speech.. Foreign Secretary Balfour made a spirited reply in the house of commons yesterday afternoon to attacks by Arthur Ar-thur Ponsonby, Liberal member for Stirling Burghs, a pacifist, regarding the war aims of Great Britain and her al-dies, al-dies, the published versions of which Mr. Ponsonby said did not tally with the proposals of the secret treaties. Mr. Balfour, in his response, declared that President Wilson's statements on war policy were absolutely identical in spirit with those of the leaders of thought, in Great Britain. He did not think there had been in the whole history his-tory of the war more powerful state documents than those issued by the president of the United States. Moment Inopportune. When Mr. Ponsonby sneeringly charged that the allies were sheltering themselves behind the president's reply; to the pope, continued Mr. Balfour, he ' pres ied the member meant no more than that when a statement of policy was admirably made by the head of the great American republic, it might hot be necessary, and very often was unnecessary, un-necessary, that it should be at once repeated re-peated on t,his side of the Atlantic. The British government, he continued, had not refused a conference on war aims, but the problem presented enormous difficulties, dif-ficulties, and it was his belief that friendly conversations were better than a formal conference for the discussion of these delicate matters. "In any evcnt;" added Mr. Balfour, "all the allies, including "Russia, were strongly of the opinion that this was an inopportune moment for such discussion. dis-cussion. What was desirable was a discussion of war methods rather than of war aims. ' ' Defends Agreements. Mr. Balfour defended at length the government's procedure with regard to the agreements between the allies concerning con-cerning Constantinople, Persia, etc. lie declared that Italy properly deserved some rearrangement of territory in her favor. Great. Britain, went on Mr. Balfour, never desired or encouraged the idea that a bit of Germany should bo severed sev-ered from the parent, state and erected into a sort of independent republic or buffer state on the left bank of the F.hine. The government, he declared had never been aware that such a proposal was seriously entertained by anv French statesman, and he protested against the British government being charged with lack of faith or honesty on such a flimsy foundation. |