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Show GREAT RACE IS ! AHEAD ; t 1 Germans Straining Every Ev-ery Muscle to Reach Goal First. EVE OF BIG ATTACK Lloyd George Assures People Allies Are Confident. EDINBURGH, May 24. Speaking at a luncheon Mr. Lloya-George 'said there was no doubt that there had ; been a conspiracy for a great rising in Ireland. He stated that he had seen 'the evidence. The leaders of the Nationalist Na-tionalist party, he added, had nothing to do with It. LONDON, May 24. "We are on the eve of a great German attack," said Premier Lloyd-George in an address today at Edinburgh "Those who know best what the prospects are feel most confident about the. result " In April, said the premier, the output out-put for the first time exceeded the losses EDINBURGH. May 24 ' For the Germans as well as for us. the next few weeks will be a race between 1 1 1 n denburg and President Wilson," said "Mr Lloyd-George in an address here today. "The Germans are straining i irery muscle to reach the goal first, ion the eve of American help becoming available for the allies." "I can honestlv say.' the premier declared, "that the -overnment has neglected no possible means for finding find-ing out whether there is any honor able outlet out of this war, its horrors and t raged lei " Mr. Lloyd -George's address was delivered de-livered in connection with the conferring con-ferring of the freedom of the city upon him. On Eve of Great Attack. "We are on the eve of a great Ger-i Ger-i man attack," the premier asserted "Those who know best what the pros- pi'cis are icei uium wuuutm aucmi uie result," Speaking of the timo necessary for the Untied States to prepare for full, participation in the war. the premier1 said that after all her exertion, America Amer-ica at the present moment did not have what was equivalent to one-fifth of the lighting strength which the enemy en-emy had received owing to the col- i lapse of Russia. He added that it took time to train and equip armies, and that American help could not be reckoned reck-oned on for some time. The premier's statements about the submarine situation were most optimistic. opti-mistic. He said in April the output of shipping for tho lirst time exceeded the losi Mr. Lloyd -George was received with great enthusiasm, the people rising and cheering again and again. Since he bad taken office, he said. Great Britain and her allies had had to deal with two adverse circumstances circum-stances The collapse of Russia bad been of enormous help to the enemy at a time when the manpower of all the belligerents was almost at the point of exhaustion. The other adverse ad-verse development was unrestricted submarine warfare a perfectly unexampled unex-ampled proceedings which tho allies had no right to expect even from Germany. Ger-many. In the whole history of piracy, he remarked, there was no example of conduct like that. Mr Lloyd -George read a report he had just received from the admiralty in which it was said: "As regards the meeting of enemy submarines that is going on t-atisfactorilv " That, said the premier, had been the official language since tho beginning of the year. The naval staff was confident con-fident that the allied navies were sinking sink-ing more submarines than the enemy was ablo to build. As a means of inflicting injury tho submarine was still formidable, but as a danger which might mean the winning win-ning or losing of the war, he declared, ! the allies could rule it out. Not only were submarines being sunk faster than 'he Germans could build them, i but the allies as a whole were con- structlng merchant ships taster than the Germans could destroy them. I Mr. Lloyd-George said he felt hap-i hap-i pier than at any other time during the war over the prospects of making the most effective use of the whole effective effec-tive forces of the alliance. "Wo are dealing with a ruthless Prussian despotism that is out for plunder, loot and pillage." he said Technicalities restrain them just as little today as in the days of Belgium. I They do not intend to bring the war , to an end until their basket is as full as It can hold." From the daLi at present available, the premier told his hearers, the admiralty ad-miralty was of the opinion that in the month of April a record had been made in the destruction of enemy submarines. sub-marines. . i |