Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-13
LORD CECIL IS
BOOMING LEAGUE
OF NATIONS PLAN
His Appointment to Peace
Conference Adds Strength
to Program of World
League to Put End to War.
BY Joseph ". Grigg
Copyright, 1918. by the Press Publish
inc "a


ing Co.
tThe New York World)
! Especial Gable Dispatch to the World
ana Albuquerque JournaD
London, Eng, Dec. I2.--The ap-
pointment of Lord Robert Cecil TO
represent the British government in
the peace conference. which will deal
with the question of a league of ma
tons, comes like a ray of light
through the foggy atmosphere of
| these agitated prediction days. when
Lloyd George and the tory press are
accentuating above all else the cry
for the punishment of the eX-kaiser
and for indemnity payments by Ger
many up to the hilt.
The appointment brings us back
/ to something like the old feeling.
when league of nations seemed to
/ occupy sincerely the thoughts of the
| British premier and to be vital part
of the British peace program.
appointment Significant.
Lord Robert Cecils acceptance of
place in the British delegation is of
high Importance and significance for
America, for no other British states
man has shown himself a sincere adj
vocate of the project for a league of
! nations
While the premier can eleetioneer
! to his hearts content along the lines
which the liberals and the labor head
ers stigmatize as appealing to the APP
| petite for vengeance, and while he is
| silent, as in Yesterdays declaration,
| as to any policy with reference to a
league of nations he must realize that
| the project for a league will be car
1 I1nl1 n nj
! that Britain must be represented in
this matter by a statesman whose pol
! icies are in sympathy with those of
| President Wilson.
In this realization lies the signifi-
canoe of the appointment
Liberals Trust in Wilson.
/ This appointment may be said to
| be the first announced for the peace
conference, on the British side There
has been significant preparation of
| conference machinery, but entire alb
sence hitherto of any reference to the
personnel of the delegates.
Many liberals have been speaking
| of President Wilson as a delegate who
will really represent not only the
| United States but also the great body
of the people here who desire assur-
ance of permanent peace through a
| league of nations, as the first duty
of the conference, leaving such mat
| tiers as the punishment of the eX-
kaiser for later consideration.
Whatever Lloyd Georgian motives
may he behind the appointment of
| Lord Robert Cecil chief significance
will attach to it because of it's bear
ing on proposals for league of ma
| tions, for the former secretary of
! tDfa Fin ,fc nj 7 D1l,
ert, is considered by many here, re-
CARELESS of party, as the most force
! full and stanchest advocate of the pro-
/ ject in England, and thus a power
| full supporter of the aims of Presi-
dent Wilson and the American dele
cation.
Premier Regrets Strike.
| There was an ugly cloud on Lloyd
| Georges horizon yesterday when
strike which seemed imminent on the
| Great Northern railroad might have
| had disastrous consequences for him,
/ But he promptly grasped the situation
and at his instance the demands of
the men for an eight-hour day were
granted.
With the election one week hence,
the women are becoming conspicuous
ly active in the campaign. Many of
the wives of candidates are aiding
their husbands in the canvass, not
ably Mrs. Lloyd George and the wife
of Major Waldorf Aston, who was
one of the three L.anghorne sisters
the famous Virginia beauties.
Views of Balfour.
! "a league of nations" declared Ar
thur i. Ralfour in an interview given
the World today lis one of the most
To-.
vast compleXity. But such league
is vitallv necessary for the future of
) the world. not only to prevent war
but to assist in reconstruction
The world, he said, owes a great
. debt to President Wilson for the
; prominence which he has given to
the league,
. The foreign minister in the famous
sanctum in the tower of the foreign
: office-rarely if ever invaded by
! newspaper men--talked impassioned-
. ly for an hour about the future of
. civilization, disregarding his worried
: Tecretary. who sought to urge wait
ing appointments. Mr.. Balfour said.
. apropos of the Worlds question about
. an article in the current Round Table
; suggesting that America agree to adj
: minister the disputed countries in the
. far east:
America. I trust, will be prepared
! to take her share in the tremendously
complex problems ahead
The World asked for Mr. Balfour's
views as to the procedure at the
. peace conference and he replied that
! his view was that some time would
| be occupied in a preliminary informa
discussion and that the actual allied
!. conference was unlikely, before New
I Years and that this would be Ions
land difficult job.
Then when this is finished the Ger
/ mans would be called in and the terms
I dictated Publicity, he said, would
make the preliminary discussion use
/ less. though from time to time state
ments might be made to the public.
/ Mr.. Balfour's utterance, with Presi
]. dent Wilson on the way and Lloy'
George abstaining from discussion o
a league of nations, is regarded as o
!. great importance, as showing British
1 official policy toward the league. MI
Palfour hoped and believed no fur
Their territory would be occupied il
Z Germany than was agreed in the arm
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