The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
BRITISH PREMIER
FINDS NO PEACE
IN GERMAN talk
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teranees in the press and certain lines
OF governmental action.
While the Versailles conference was
under discussion the premier also was
met by constant cries OF don't III.
yulge"
A. one point Andrew Bonar Law,
chancellor Of the eScheQuer, i~ntsrpos.
ing TO deny that Field Marshal Hsie
and General Robertson had been dis.
missed or resigned on being closely
pressed by a heekler. added
AS FAR as ! know" The house then
adjourned and thus Tar no motion Of
want Of confidence in the government
has been placed on paper.
The government, Premier LLOYD
George Nid in his speech, will stand
by the declaration Of war aims he made
last month to the trades unions repre-
sentatiyes. lie said he had read
with most profound regret and disap-
poinlment ths> replies Of Count vor
Hettling and Count CEsrnin, to the
statements made by himself and Presi-
dent Wilson. There was a great diff
ference in the tone Of the Austrian and
German speeches. he said, but he could
find no difference in the subsistence
As to the reply Of Chancellor Won
llertllng the premier said
What was his answer to the al
lies very moderate demands' His
answer was that Great Britain was
TO give up her coaling stations
throughout the world. I confess !
think that was the last demand
Germany ought decently TO have
put forward.
These coaling stations had been a
accessible to German a. TO British
ships. In the past the German fleet az
ways has received most hospitablc
treatment al all these stations. During
1913 some 6S visits were paid % them
by German men-oi-i,ar and they re-
eeiyed exactly the same facilities as
British men.of-war. The same thing
applied to German merchantmen. There
were German coaling firms there con-
dueting trade under exactly the same
conditions as British firms:
This Preciudss Peace.
ITO make such a demand for the
first time in the fourth year OF the war
is the best possible proof that the Ger
man empire or those at present con-
trolling il, is not in a mood to discuss
reasonable terms OF peace. regret il
profoundly, but there is no use w cry.
ing 'peace' when there is no peace.
These trims were examined care
fully and were examind with a real
TO find something in them which
indicated the central powers were pre-
pared TO come somewhere near a basis
OF agreement and | confess the exam
OF these two speeches proved
profoundly disappointing to those VIII,
were sincerely anxious 10 find a real
and genuine desire for peace in them.
Peace Declarations Empty.
"The action Of Germany with refer
.nee TO Russia proves that all her dec
larations about no annexation, no in
IDENTITIES or contributions, have no
real meaning. No answer has been
with regard to Belgium, which
anyone can regard rs satisfactory. No
was gtyen with regard to Po-
and and the Legitimate French restora.
ion 81 her lost provinces. Not a word
4 said about the men OF the Italian
ace and tongue nov under the Aus
yoke. They were prepared only
% recognize the rights OF Arabs in
Mesopotamia and Arabia; II was p
denial Of those rights and an In
that they were determined 10
maintain what they called the integrity
If Turkey
u should like any member Of this
house to point out anything in these
which he could possibly We
gard as proof that the central powers
ire prepared to make peace on terms
le would regard as Just and reason
lble. | fail to find anything OF the
Sind and II is with the most profound
-egret that ] say so.
Allies War Aims Stand.
But the allied governments do not
'ecede in the least from the statement OF
var aims they already have made. They
till consider these as the aims atd
for which we are fighting and
here is every indication that the ma
ion as a whole is prepared TO accept
hem as a fair, just and moderate
tatement and until there Is some bet
er proof than is supplied in the
peeches Of the statesmen Of the central
that they are prepared 10 con
ider them, it will be our resrettable