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Show Premier Lloyd George Declares a Race Is On Between Von Hinden-burg Hinden-burg and President of the United States. THOSE WHO KNOW FEEL CONFIDENT American Help Not Reckoned Upon in Near Future: Washington Wash-ington Officials Satisfied Satis-fied as to the Outcome. EDINBURGH, May 24. That Germany Ger-many is straining every ncrvelo strike, a decisive blow before the American armies can bo brought into tho field, was the statement made today by David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, min-ister, in an address on the occasion of: his being tendered the freedom of the' city of Edinburgh. The allied commauders, who knew best what the prospects were, he added, felt most confident about tho result Mr. Lloyd George said that while the United States was rushing its men into France, the present strength of those armies was not the equivalent of one-fifth one-fifth of the fighting strength which was gained by the Teutonic allies through, the collapse of Russia. The premier was most optimistic as regards the submarine campaign of Germany. Ger-many. He said that while the menace of' tho under-water boat had not been entirely removed, the allied nations now wero building ships faster than they could be sunk and that the unrestricted, submarine warfare might be disregarded as a vita! danger by the entente nations. na-tions. SOUNDS WARNING ON PEACE TALK. The prospects of using the ontire force of the allies were very- bright, said Mr. Lloyd George, in discussing the united command of the entente armies in France. He sounded a note of warning during his address as to Germany's peace proposals, saying that the Prussian Prus-sian autocracy did not intend to bring the war to an end, until its basket is as full as it can hold." Reverting to the shipping situation, the premier said that in April tho output out-put of shipping for the first time exceeded ex-ceeded the losses. The statement was greeted with great enthusiasm, his hearers hear-ers lit-ing and cheering again and again. U-BOAT CAMPAIGN IS SATISFACTORY. Tho premier read a report which ho had just received from the admiralty, "as regards the meeting of enemy submarines sub-marines that it was going on satisfactorily." satisfac-torily." That, said the premier, is official offi-cial language. Since the beginning of the year, he added, the naval staff had been confident that the allied navies were sinking more enemy submarines than the enemy was able to build. We are' building merchant ships that is tho allies as a whole faster (ban they can sink them. , The premier said that from data at present available the admiralty held the opinion that in the month of April there was a recor-d destruction of enemy submarines. sub-marines. "When it came to the increase in shipbuilding, the month of April was the record month since the ruthless submarine sub-marine warfare commenced. For the first time the output exceeded the losses (Continued on Page Nine.) on the eve of a great German attack and that those who knew best what the prospects pros-pects were felt most confident about the result. Happy Over Prospects. He said he felt happier than at any time during the war over the prospects of making the most effective use of the entire forces of the alliance. The premier sa,id the allies were approaching ap-proaching the greatest battle that was ever fought and upon which depended greater consequences for the human race than any other battle in the world's history. his-tory. He was glad to think that the allies bad as a head of the forces for freedom a man of General Foch's commanding genius. "For the Germans, as well as for us, the next few weeks will be a race between be-tween Hindenburg and President Wilson." Wil-son." said Mr. Lloyd George, "and the Germans are straining every muscle to reach the goal first, on the eve of American Amer-ican help becoming available for the allies. No Time for Politics. "This is not a time to organise campaigns cam-paigns to harass men in charge of the destinies of the nation. There ought to be a truce from all those maneuvers, at any rate, until this great offensive is over. Everything must be done to keep up the spirits and the moral determination determina-tion and unity of the people as long as this struggle continues. "As we are approaching what may be the decisive struggle of the war. it is encouraging en-couraging to. know that we are entering it with a good heart and a clear conscience. con-science. "I can honestly say that the government govern-ment has neglected no possible means for finding out whether there was any honorable outlet to this war of its horrors hor-rors and tragedies." "There are two types of extremists," Mr. Lloyd George continued. "The extremist ex-tremist who is trying for peace when there is no peace is not a real friend of peace, but an enemy of peace. He Is an encouragement to the enemy and depresses de-presses his friends. Then there is the war extremist, who regards every thought of making peace as if it were treason to the state. But the path of sanity and safety which a government ought to tread is between those two extremes. Too Much Heed to Speeches. "There are men who have paid too much heed to the speeches of statesmen of the central powers. To all appearances appear-ances they are reasonable speeches, and a good many people in this and other countries have said, 'Why don't you respond re-spond to these appeals?' "We did answer, and the moment we answered the response came from the German cannon. Why? It was not because be-cause the German and Austrian statesmen states-men were deliberately deceiving us. That is not the charge. It was because they did not in the least understand in those countries how they were used by their military chieftains. "When it served their purpose they were mere puppets. When it suited the purpose of the military chieftains they were allowed to let loose their peace cylinders, when the wind was favorable, in the direction of the allies, to poison the atmosphere, but there was other business to be done and that was where the military chieftains came in. "We are dealing with a ruthless Prussian Prus-sian despotism that is out for plunder, loot and pillage. Treaties restrain them just as little today as In the day of Belgium. Bel-gium. They do not intend to bring the war to end until their basket is full as it can hold." ON TIE EVE OF M gig ATTACK (Continued from Page One.) and that, he said, was not a lad record for a government whose faults were so freely advertised. Mr. I,loyd George said the submarine still was a menace, but that it no longer was a peril. As a means of inflicting injury in-jury it was still formidable, "but as a danger which can cause the winning or the losing of the war, we can rule it out. The failure of the submarine had been recognised by the Germans, and that accounted for the present offensive in the west. The enemy had been driven out into that offensive as a last resort to securo victory." "Nevertheless," said Mr. Lloyd George, "we must not underrate the formidable character of that attack. The collapse of Russia caused a yawning gap in the bridge which has not yet been spanned by the coming of America, and until the span is reconstructed by America, Great Britain, "Prance and Italj-- have to defend the gap." The premier said that tho allies were |