Mr. Lloyd George, in the course of a visit to
the French front, was entertained to luncheon with his colleague, M. Albert Thomas, the French Minister of Munitions, in the casemates of the Citadel of Verdun. In reply to a welcome from General Dubois, the
gallant Governor of Verdun, Mr. Lloyd George made a brief speech, from which we quote the last few sentences :-
" The memory of the victorious resistance of Verdun will be im- mortal because Verdun saved, not only France, but the whole of the great cause whioh is common to ourselves and humanity. The evil- working force of the enemy has broken itself against the heights around this old citadel as an angry sea breaks upon a granite rook. These heights have conquered the storm which threatened the world. I am deeply moved when I tread this sacred soil, and I do not speak for myself alone. I bring to you a tribute of the admiration of my country, of the great Empire which I represent here. They bow with me before your sacrifice and before your glory. Once again, for the defence of the great causes with which its very future is bound up, mankind turns to France."
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