THE HIGH CALL OF DUTY.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 87, 14 April 1917, Page 4

THE HIGH CALL OF DUTY.

UNITED STATES' WAR IDEALS.

MR LLOf D GEORGE'S APPRECIA-

TION.

"AMERICANS GET THERE

SOONER."

(Reuters Telegrams.) (Received April 13, 9 p.m.) LONDON, April 12. Speaking at the ' Americanlunchedn to Mr Lloyd George, Mr' Page said: ,"We have set out to help* an enterprise having for its! aim the earth as a place' worth Uving\ in. We come hi answer to the high call of duty, notfor any material reward, or territory, oi^ indemnity, or conquest, or anything. ..We' have only the. high duty to succour the democracy when it. isl desperately assailed." Mr Lloyd George, in the course of his reply," said: . "When Americans^were told that they were not allowed' to cross and recross the Atlantic except at their peril they could not think it possible that any sane people* should behave in that manner. They tolerated it once, they tolerated it twice, until at last it became clear" that the Germans really meant it. Then America acted, /and actedpromptly,_ Hindenburg's line whsdrawn along the shores of America, and Americans were told that they" must not cross. America said: 'What's this ?' Germany said: 'This? is our line, beyond which you must not go'; and America, said: 'The place" for that line is not the Atlantic, but' on the Rhine, and .we must helj>you to roll -it up,' and have started? .on the road to v ictory. The: absolute assurance of victory must be found in one word: 'Ships,' With characteristic keenrtess Americans fully realised that, and have already arranged to build 1000 three thousand tonnertf for the Atlantic trade. The British are slow, blundering people, but they' get there; Americans get there soon--er. That is why we are glad to see" them come-in. We have been threeyears at this business, and having gofc through every blunder we got a good start. Now we are right out on our" course.'"'

Mr Lloyd George suggested that'America should study Britain* blunders and stnrt -where she now is' and not .where slie started. Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Wardwere present at the luncheon.