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Grand Forks Herald
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota
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In London on Sept. 12, British Chancellor Andrew Bonar Law acknowledged in a speech that U.S. military entry and financial aid were crucial to the Entente Allies' survival in World War I, crediting German mistakes for drawing the U.S. into the war.
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British Chancellor of the Exchequer Acknowledges Allies Debt.
London, Sept. 12. - Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, speaking today at a luncheon given by the Empire Parliamentary Association to Medill McCormick, congressman-at-large for Illinois, said:
"In everything connected with the military arm the Germans have shown remarkable results, even genius. But in dealing with the questions of human nature they have repeatedly made mistakes which have been the salvation of the entente allies. No mistake they have made will be so great in its consequence as that which drove the United States into the war.
The Germans lately, Mr. Bonar Law continued, have been saying that the entente was relying on the United States as their last hope. I want to say to you that we do rely on the United States.
"As chancellor of the exchequer I am ready to say to you now what I should have been sorry to have to say six months ago, namely that without the United States financial assistance the allies would have been in disastrous straits today."
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London
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Sept. 12
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without u.s. financial assistance, the allies would have been in disastrous straits; u.s. entry into the war seen as salvation due to german mistakes.
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Andrew Bonar Law spoke at a luncheon in London, praising German military genius but criticizing their mishandling of human nature, especially the mistake that brought the U.S. into the war. He affirmed reliance on the U.S. and stated that Allied finances would be disastrous without U.S. aid.