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*[[Mr. Lloyd George]]'s historic [[Great Speeches of the War/Lloyd George|recruiting speech]] to London Welshmen at the Queen's Hall on German barbarities.<ref>{{gsw}}</ref><ref>[[David Lloyd George]] delivered one of the most memorable speeches of his career in support of the recruiting campaign. The occasion was marked by scenes of extraordinary enthusiasm. The hall, packed with young men ready to join the colours, resounded with the stirring strains of the Welsh National Anthem, Land of my Fathers, and the Welsh battlesong, Men of Harlech; great multitudes assembled outside the building, unable to secure admission. "Scrap of paper" theory of treaties; "treaties are the currency of international statesmanship."</ref>