4 AUGUST 1917, Page 2

Mr. Lloyd George told the House of Commons journalists on

Monday -that, after three years" of war, "the French spirit is as buoyant, courageous, and resolute as ever." if, Ito said, we and the French held together, we should get through the Russian troubles. The Russian, -he. added, was. an incalculable person, -.fighting well when he was not expected to do so and fighting badly when-much was hoped of him. Mr. Lloyd George, however, retains his belief in Russia's immense vitality and power of recovery.