12 JANUARY 1918, page 1

We Have Only One Thing To Add. In Times Of

peace there has always been complete freedom of the seas. Ships of all nationalities have been allowed to come and go everywhere as they pleased. The British Navy ensured that.......

We Have Written So Fully Elsewhere On The General Question

of Peace Aims, that we need not do more here than summarize briefly the principal points in Mr. Wilson's fine Message. He demand id open diplomacy ; the abolition of all......

Mr. Lloyd George, Addressing The Delegates Of The Trade...

at Westminster last Saturday, defined anew the War Aims of Great Britain, so that all citizens might understand clearly what we are fighting for. The Prime Minister explained......

As For Russia, Who Went To War On Behalf Of

Serbia, and whose present rulers had negotiated for peace without consulting the Allies, the Prime Minister pointed out that Germany meant to keep the occupied Russian lands and......

Mr. Lloyd George Placed First Among Our War Aims The

complete restoration of Belgian independence and reparation for the damage done by the enemy. " Reparation means recognition." If the offender against international law could......

These Two Statements Have Had A Wonderfully Unifying...

Pacificists (that is to say, all except the very extreme and most capricious sort) have no longer any raison d'are. All parties, all classes, all schools of thought, are behind......

News Of The Week.

P RESIDENT WILSON delivered a memorable Message to Congress on Tuesday. He stated, in the most explicit manner conceivably possible at the moment, the terms on which the United......

The Central Powers, Mr. Lloyd George Continued, Had...

Wilson's request of a year ago that they should state their positive war aims, though the Allies, in reply to the President, made a full declaration of policy. Count Czernin, at......

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