New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-14

: decided upon and he must 80. In those
circumstances I was not able further
to interfere with him"
Mr.. Henderson accepted Mr.. bonar
Laws statement, but said that 1T did
not clear Mr.. Bonar Law or the CABINET
from the fact that they had intimated
70 the House that all the arrangements
wore made without the Cabinets
knowledge. The speaker added that he
informed the War Cabinet of his rec
| concentrations to the Labor party exec
! ntive 10 accept the invitation 10 the
| Stockholn conference If the conference
we're made consultative instead OF man
datorv. There was sharp division
within the Cabinet, and he ohered 10
! resign.
Saws He Made Position Clear
Continuing, Mr.. Henderson said;
Returning from Paris, gave the
/ Prime Minister full ana iaI'htui
| statement of my personal posltloh anu
nv reasons for advocating attendance
az tho conference. At the close OF the
Conversation Mr.. Lloyd George asked
me 10 attend a special meeting OF tne
! Cabinet. but when | arrived ! was toIu
TO wait. which did, for an hour NJ
"Tha Minister of Pensions, MI
! pornes was sent out with the message
! | insisted on my right to ADDRESS tne
/ Cabiro+ and not 20 communicate
tbrouph an intermediary, and was III,
vited in MIR. Lloyd George SAID / hau
heen asked to wait outside out OF re-
| oerd for my feelings. | protested then
| That the Paris visit had been dlscusSeu'
/ The same evening Stockholm looInea III
the Commons debate. ! was SURPRISE
AT the week end that the SUBJECT h"u
not been raised in the CaolheI p.;o
Last Tuesday | asked the TN I'm
Minister when he would coILsl ue5
Stockholm. He replied thaI ne "0P0'
at the next meeting.
As to Kerensky's Telegram
NJ Henderson dealt exhaustiyeiyy
with the charge that he haa pI fanrnrn
the faith in failing to give the 9Los,,ier
of NJ. Kerensky, the Russian - hat
20 tbc conference. He pointed out ttaI
he could not, when speaking as 1"e
secretary Of the Labor party, quote
S,oyernn;ent telegram, but said ne ilau
told The conference that the new nus
sian government had modlhed us CIV
nosition His least intention, ne aS
serted. was to withhold any i. ~
tion he was legally entitled to give;
The sneaker ended by asserting lna'
bo bod been forced to discuss the ques-
,;on because of serious aspersions
AGAINST his honor by the press, but 'nat
he Md not told the full story OF Vhg
Stockholm business, and did not intern
~ because he believed it highly mao
visable in the nations interest at u''0
Hints at Difficulties
He urged the House not TO dep"Ie
the subject in view Of the evidence o.
unrest in the country and the dlihcuiII
ties he believed the government Woulu
have TO face before the Stockhoih
question was finally disposed OF. ne
had endeavored ever since the war
began, occasionally at great risk IN me
ranks of his own movement, to do oniy
what he thought would lead to VIC
tory for the Allied cause and Tor
lasting. honorable. and. he hoped,
peoples peace.
Premier Lloyd George was received
with cheering when he said that what
ever any one might think about tne
major part Of Mr. Henderson's speech
they would respond to his appeal tor
unity in securing victory. lie was
not sure. he added. that it was neces-
sarv to say more than to repeat tne
statement he lthe PREMIER had mace
in Tho press. The members of the
Cabinet had told him that Mr.. Hender-
son had left the impression on their
minds that he intended to use his
whole influence 20 hum down the Stock
I = OF
ence.
Henderson Questions Premier
/ Mr. Henderson here interrupted the
| sneaker bv asking If he had not sug-
/ gested to Mr.. Lloyd George that II the
| labor conference decided TO favor inc
Stockholm conference delegates should
/ GO hut no member of the government.
Mr. Llovd George replied that he had
! esid he would not consent to Mr.. hen
derson or any delegates representing
| Great britain attending the Stockholm
: conference.
As TO Russian Telegram
AIluding to the much discussed ques-
tion of who actually sent the telegram
and the covering letter, Mr.. Lioyu
/ George said the telegram was from the
Russian government ana the le1ys'
F! from the Russian Embassy. lie con-
tended that it would have made great
! difference had Mr.. Henderson read the
telegram to Fridays conference, and ne
again asked why this was not zone,
The Premier then proceeded to treat
with regard to the general situation,
saying:
II have only one thing to say, name
". that while efforts are being made -
restore discipline in the Russian army
nothing would be more fatal than TO
hold conference with the enemy
when the first step toward restoring
discipline would be to prevent frater-
nizing at the front. That is the conclu-
sion arrived at by the four Allied gov
crnments.
, 81 would rather not say anything for
/ the moment about the opinion Of Rus
STA. The United States has decided
not to allow delegates to 60 to Stock
holm, and that is great democracy.
| The French. Italian and British gov