ALCOHOLISM—BRITONS NEVER WILL BE SLAVES

The vast majority belong to a class we can depend upon. The others are a minority.

But, you must remember, a small minority of workmen can throw a whole works out of gear. What is the reason? Sometimes it is one thing, sometimes it is another, but let us be perfectly candid. It is mostly the lure of the drink. They refuse to work full time, and when they return their strength and efficiency are impaired by the way in which they have spent their leisure. Drink is doing us more damage in the war than all the German submarines put together.

D. Lloyd George at Bangor. February 28, 1915.

The Crown Prince: “Isn’t it an enjoyable war?” William: “Perhaps, but hardly as much so as I anticipated”

To sum up, the German General Staff has placed upon its record since the beginning of the campaign—apart from the failure of its great plan, which aimed at the crushing of France in a few weeks—seven defeats of high significance, namely, the defeat of the sudden attack on Nancy, the defeat of the rapid march on Paris, the defeat of the envelopement of our left in August, the defeat of the same envelopement in November, the defeat of the attempt to break through our centre in September, the defeat of the coast attack on Dunkirk and Calais, and the defeat of the attack on Ypres.

French Official report, February, 1915.