Mr. Lloyd George on Wednesday, at a luncheon in honour
of M. Pashitch, the Serbian Premier, made a most eloquent and moving little speech—one of the finest that he has ever made—in praise of Serbia. "The nation that can sing about its defeats," as the Serbs have sung about the battle of Kossovo where the Turks overwhelmed them in 1389, "and not lose heart is the nation that is immortal." As Belgium is the keeper of the gateway in the West, so Serbia is the guardian of the gate in the East, and in her defeat she remains hopeful. The Premier renewed his pledge to Serbia, as to Belgium. " The first condition of peace is restora- tion, complete and without reservation." "However long this war may last, British honour is involved in seeing that Serbian independence is complete." That pledge must and will be kept.
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