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Show "A Lamentable Story Of Failure" The people of this country, proud of their industrial effic ency, often pcint with pride to the record of Amercan industry during the World War. It will probably surprise many of them to hear, what David Lloyd George, war-time Premier of Great Britain, has to say aout the private pri-vate manufacture of armaments in this country during the World War. Citing the United States as an admirable illustration cf the system, sys-tem, he tells of orders cn a large scale "but net fulfilled" and declares de-clares that our boasted private manufacture completely broke down. "It is a lamentable story of failure," he concludes. In support of his statement, Mr. Llcyd George asserts that after af-ter "eighteen months of war, the Americans had no guns, heavy or light, of their own, and had to rely on the French and ours. American airplanes cam? in only two or three months before the Armistice." If these statements are correct, and they probably are, most Americans can do a little thinking about what would happen hap-pen if the United States became Involved in another great struggle.. |
