The Washington herald., 1917-11-20
Premier Greeted with IT,
multi Of Cheers IN Com
mons on Telling News.
FEAR OF SUBMARINE
NOW AT AN END
Hostile Parliament Swayed
From Purpose to Make
Paris Speech Issue.

London. Nov. I9.-By IL.
political coup Of his ca
reer, Premier Lloyd George today
sent a thrill Of jubiIation thrOush
a partly hostile Parliament. before
which he was on trial for his '1brug
tally frank" Paris speech.
In the midst Of an eloquent de-
tense Of the InteralIied War Coun-
ell he suddenly switched 10 the sub
marine question and announced tn
umphantly:
Five U-boals were DESTROYED
last Saturday alone. There is no
longer any ground for fear Of the
submarine peril"
Joyous Tumut Break, ou:.
Iumultuous cheering followed
the second sentence.
The house Of commons re-
sounded for sevcTal minutes with
an ovation such as has not been
heard there since the fall Of Bag
dad. 1t was the gIaddest news
Britain has heard about the UI,oe,
campaign since the birth of that
menace.
The real subject Of the debate
was forgotten and the rejoicing of
the whole house centralized itself
automatically in one great aocIama.
ton Of the announcer of the glad
6dings.
Tense Hostility Felt.
Up 10 that minute the atm sphere
had been tense with the sri Of hos
tility that has been long stored UP
and APPARENT, had found the hour
ripe for the body blow.
Friends and foes Of the creation Of
an interallied war council has mus
tered every available force Of argu-
ment and influence TO fight out a de-
cision. The house was crammed.
On the face of things Lloyd George
had emerged victorious from the DAVIS
debate when the session adjourned.
and hie
dealt the C-bost menace had not 6ttIe
I'd do with his victory, for IL had
changed the mood Of the whole house
from sullen scepticism to a concfiatory
attitude open TO conviction.
Declines 20 Re,rart.
Lloyd George refused 10 retract one
lota Of his Paris speech. He defended
his charges OF ''inefiaceabIe blunders''
and stuck to his view that only unity
OF action. through an allied war coun-
Gil. can prevent their repetition.
He revealed that America would
have preferred d council with even
greatS powers than those proposed e"
American public opinion, as far as
he could gauge IL. the premier added.
would rather have seen a council with
executive powers. He himself did not
think IL advisable TO 60 that far. But
II the present scheme proves q fail
ure, an executive interaIlied board
will become imperative, the prime min
lister argued
Gen. PershinS. Gen. Toch, French
chief-of-star; Gen. Robertson, British
chief-of-staf. and Gen. Cadorna. the
former Italian comma nder- in-chief, he
said. all approved the establishment
of the council.
Halg Not Mentioned.
The fact that he did not mention
Sir Douglas Haig, the British COM
mander In the field. among those who
agreed to IL, lent strength 10 the
theory generally prevalent that Sir
Douglas is the principal British mill
tary opponent TO the council scheme.
The premier took pains. however.
to make II clear that the creation
OF the allied board means no re-
hection whatever upon any Of the
allied military stafs or individual
The plan for an allied council, be
said. started with the late Lord
Kitchener In 1875 and was again agf-
tated by the allied military authori-
ties last July.
Defending his Paris speech, the pro-
CONTINUED Oh RAeEswe