The newspapers on Friday, September 29th, published a very striking
interview given by Mr. Lloyd George to a representative of the United Press of America, one of the great Press Agencies of the United States. Mr. Lloyd George's remarks are summarized by the interviewer as a warning- that " any step at this time by the United States, the Vatican, or any other neutral in the direction of peace would be construed by England as an unneutral, pro-German move." The tone of the whole interview is good as expressing un-
shaken determination, but perhaps the best passage of all is the following :- " There is neither clock nor calendar in the British Army to-day. Time is the least vital factor. Only the result counts—not the time consumed in achieving it. It took England twenty years to defeat Napoleon, and the first fifteen of those years were black with British defeat. It will not take twenty years to win this war, but whatever time is required it will be done. And I say this recognizing that we have only begun to win. There is no disposition on our side to fix the hour of ultimate victory after the first success. We have no delusion that the war is nearing an end. We have not the slightest doubt as to how it is to end."
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