[Cheers.] Our enemies are now at
the point which we have reached fully extended. On every front of the
enormous field of conflict the pressure upon them is such that all their
resources are deployed. With every addition to the growing weight of
the Russian Army, [cheers,] with every addition to the forces at the
disposal of Sir John French, [cheers,] the balance must sag down
increasingly against them.
Fixing a Term to the War.
You have only to create steadily week by week and month by month the
great military instrument of which I have been speaking to throw into
the scales a weight which must be decisive. There will be no
corresponding reserve of manhood upon which Germany can draw. There will
be no corresponding force of soldiers and of equipment and of war
material which can be brought into the line to face the forces which we
in this island and in this empire can undoubtedly create. That will turn
the scale. That will certainly decide the issue. Of course, if victory
comes sooner so much the better. [Cheers.] But let us not count on
fortune and good luck. [Cheers.] Let us assume at every point that
things will go much less well than we hope and wish. Let us make
arrangements which will override that.
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