7 OCTOBER 1916, Page 2

Mr. Lloyd George ends the interview with these words

' Never again!' has become our battle-cry. At home the suffering and the sorrow is great and is growing. As to the war zone its terrors are indescribable. I have just visited the battlefields of France. I stood as it were at the door of Hell, and saw myriads marching into the furnace. I saw some coming out of it scorched and mutilated. This ghastliness must never again be re-enacted on this earth, and one method at least of ensuring that end is the infliction of such punishment upon the perpetrators of this outrage against humanity that the temptation to emulate their exploits will be eliminated from the hearts of the evil- minded amongst the rulers of men. That is the meaning of Britain's resolve."