Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-07
ILLOYD GEORGE GIVES
PLEDGE FOR JUSTICE
English Premier Declares Crown
Heads Must Pay for Crime
Resulting In World Mnr.
BRITISH JURISTS AGREED
Law Officers Hold kaiser and
AccompllCCs Must Go Before
International Court.

LONDON, Thursday Dec. -5. In
the detailed rcstatcment OF his pol
icy, issued by Premier Lloyd George
today, calling for the trial and pun
ishmcnt OF the men responsible for
the war. however high their place,
he pledged the entire influence ot
the British government at the peace
conference to see that justice WAS
done. In declaring for the expulsion
and exclusion OF all enemy aliens
from British soil the premier pointed
out that a considerable proportion Of
enemy residents IN the United King
dom during the war had abused Brit
ish hospitality and thus had forfeited
their claims to remain.
In his statement the premier. after
paying warm tribute to the soldiers
and sailors OF the empire, said:
THE kaiser must bc prosecuted.
The war was crime. Who doubts
that? II was "A frightful, terrible
crime! II was crime in the way In
which 1t was planned and in the de
liberate wantOnncss with which 1t
was provoked. 1t also was a crime
In the INVASION OF a helpless little
state and In the wicked and most
brutal treatment Of that little state.
Remember the treaty of neutrality,
the scrap Of paper,
War Was Crime.
Surely he war was a crime. Tho
fact that all these iniquitous things
were done in the name OF war and
under the imperial cdict Of an auto
crat does not change their nature
The war was Il hideOus, abominahle
crime, crime which has sent mil-
lions Of the best young men OF Eu-
! rope TO death and mutilation and
has plunged myriads OF homes into
desolation.
No one il responsible? Is no one
10 be called to account? Is there to
he no punishment? Surely that Is
neither Gods justice nor mans The
men responsible for this outrage on
the human race must not be let off
because their heads were crowned
when they perpetrated the deed
THE British government referred
| the question OF the criminal, culpa-
| billty Of the kaiser and his accom-
| plices to their law officers some
weeks ago. They invited a body OF
Jurists in England to investigate the
matter and they have unanimously
come to the conclusion that the
kaiser and his accomplices in the
making Of this war ought to he tried
by an International court. They also
reported strongly in favor OF the
! punishment OF those guilty of MUIR
der on the high seas and the abomin-
able i'll treatment of prisoners.
/ rha - t.I,
its whole influence at the peace con-
ference to SEQ that justice Is exc
| cuted.
After what has happened in the
last four or five years, II Is impos-
sible 10 entertain in our midst n pop
| ulation of which a considerable por-
ton abused our hospitality. This
has been demonstrated by evidence
| impossible to ignore. They spied and
/ plotted and assisted Germany in
forming plans for the destruction of
country which offered them hos
pitality. They thus have forfeited any
claim to remain.
Germany Is Responsible.
Further. 1t would lead to newt
able irritation and disturbance II
rGermans who have been fighting us
! for four years came here to take the
| bread out of the mouths OF the men
/ whom they for four years sought to
destroy and much as regret that, 1t
! is impossible to have free intercourse
| between all nations I hold<we are up
| against the events OF the last few
years, for which Germany alone is
responsible and she must abide the
consequences.
"All the European allies have ac-
CeptCd the principle that the central
powers must pay the cost OF the war
up to the limit OF their capacity. The
allies propose to appoint committee
| of experts to examine the best meth
cd OF exacung tho indemnity"
| In one passage OF his program, that
dealing with measures for an increase
OF British output Mr.. Lloyd George
said:
There Is one condition for the
success Of all efforts to increase the
| output Of this country, namely con-
! fidencc. Bolshevism is the poison OF
production. Russia proves that Rus
sia will not begin the building up OF
productive system until bolshevism
has worked itself out
"All classes must give confidence
to those who have brains--those who
, nave CapltdI To tnOSc WIN neaftS and
hands to work. / say to labor: You
shall have justice. You shall have
fair treatment and a fair share OF the
amenities Of life. Your children
have equal opportunities with the
children Of the rich To capital
say: You shall not be plundered and
penalized. Do your duty by those
who work for you and your future Is
free for all the enterprise or audacity
you can give u.s.
but there must be equal justice
and labor must have happiness in it's
heart We will tolerate no sweating
and labor must have its just reward. y"
Mr Lloyd George in his statement
describes the extensive provisions
the government proposes for dis
charging its obligations to the gal
liant soldiers and sailors--alike 10 the
fallen, tn" crippled and others He
deals "A so with the housing and other
problems connected with postwar
reconstruction and the development
NJ electrical mower.