Extract from David Lloyd George's
memorandum to the Cabinet on the war situation, February 1915.
Lloyd George wrote this memorandum when he was still chancellor of the Exchequer
in Asquith's Liberal government, a full three months before he was appointed
to the new post of minister of munitions in the coalition government formed
in May 1915. It shows many of the ideas that characterised his attitude
to the British war effort: greater munitions productivity; a more interventionist
role for the state in mobilising economic resources; and raising larger
numbers of men for the British army. Interestingly, Lloyd George does not
yet see the need for compulsory military service.
Catalogue reference: MUN 5/6/170/23 (25 Feb 1915)
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