Mr. Lloyd George went on to say that he prepared
the Paris speech beforehand for a deliberate purpose. The Rapallo agree- ment setting up a War Council was drafted by the War Cabinet in London. On his return to Paris he " set out to deliver a disagree- able speech that would force everybody to talk about this scheme," co that it might become a reality. " All this talk about Easterners and Westerners was all balderdash." We had to bring pressure upon the enemy from every point of the compass. He declared that the politicians had not interfered with the soldiers in this war, but had given them the fullest support. He himself had acted against their advice only in sending Sir Eric Geddes to re- organize our military railways and in ordering more guns than the soldiers thought necessary. The politician who meddled with military strategy was on a par with the soldier who meddled with political strategy. Politicians and soldiers must work together. Only two things could defeat us—the submarine menace and lack of unity. He had no further fears as to the submarine ; five '-boats were destroyed on Saturday last. He would support every scheme that brought unity—the only road to real and lasting victory. We have commented on Mr. Lloyd George's speech in our first leading article.
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