23 FEBRUARY 1918, Page 2

Trust and con*lence among the Allies, Mr. Lloyd George con-

cluded, were the very soul of victory. Suspicion and distrust must be discouraged. We were faced with terrible realities, and the Government's sole purpose was to mobilize our whole concen- trated strength to meet an enemy encouraged by the Russian collapse. The Oovernment must know that night whether the House approved of the new policy. If it did not, he would quit office-with but one regret, that he had not had greater strength and greater ability to place at the disposal of his country in its gravest hour.