Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-17
LLOYD GEORGE DENIES
RUM0RS OF, DISAGREE
MENT AMONG ALLIES


which had made the great war. He
/ spoke of the difficulties in the Bal
! Aans and added -
/ ole oil the features of the present
situation, owing to the breaking up OF
me central empires, Is that central
Europe has been Balkani2ed into
small states. Care must be taken lest
eau OF future unrest be created by
the settlement made"
! Russia Complex Problem.
The question OF Russia was one OF
| the most complex problems ever dealt
with by any body of men, Mr. Lloyd
| George pointed out. One difficulty
was that there was no Russia
1. There is an organization CONTROL
ing central Russia, but there is no
body who can say 1t is even a dc
taCto government for the whole OF
Russia, he declared. Even if We
could under the circumstances Tecog-
nize the BolsheVik government, we
! cannot recognize It as the de facto gov
ernuent in Russia. II is just like a
volcano which is sin in eruption and
the best we can do is to provide Sc
curity for those dwelling on its re-
hottest and most accessible slopes, and
arrest the flow of lava so that it shall
not scoreh other Lands"
After saying that there was no Ques-
ton of recognizing the Russian Soviet
government, that such a proposition
had never been discussed or even pro-
posed The premier said it was a fun
damental principle of British foreign
policy never to interfere with the in
ternal affairs of other countries. The
government of Russia was a matter
for the Russian people,
1t was at this point that the pre-
mier declared that it was not the duty
OF the British government to commit
the country to gigantic enterprise in
order to improve Russian conditions,
much as the government deplored
those conditions. pointing out that
Russia was q country very easy Of in
vasion but a very difficult one from
which to withdraw.
Il would rather leave Russia Boil
shevik until they see their way out of
it rather than see Great Britain landed
in bankruptcy, /" axffaned the premier,
/ who added that this would be the
surest road toathe spread of Bolshe-
vism TO &ngkngl. MY earnest convic-
ton IS thatT military intervention in
Russia would be an act of the greatest
stupidity" he declared.
The premier said he might be asked
why he supported. admiral Kolchak
and General Denikfne, He would tell
the house frankly, lie said When the
treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed. he
explained, large parts Of Russia had
no hand in the shameful act and were
in revolt against the government
which signed it.
t# Can't Desert Allies.
They raised arms at our instigation
and largely at our expense he added,
but that was Absolutely sound mill
tary policy, Because without these or
CARNATIONS the Germans would have
secured all the resources which would
have enabled them to break the
blockade" h
"Bolshevism," continued the pre-
mier, had threatened to impress by
force of arms its domination over
those populations which had revolted
against it and il would have been an
act thoroughly unworthy of any great
land to say to those populations. We
are exceedingly obliged to you; you
have served your purpose and we need
you no longer and have left them to
the BOishevik troops, 1t is our duty
since we asked tbei4 to take this step,
to promise themkdpport. We are not
sending troops. because every Russian
thought that If Russia were to be re-
deemed she must be redeemed by her
own sons, and they asked that they be
supplied with the necessary arms.
The premier said ne did not consider
that this was a. departure from the
fundamental policy; of Great Britain
pf it,to ha int Of
fairs, of any landtt He continued:
"Our policy is 70 arrest the flood of
the present forcible eruption of Boil
reason we are organizing ali the
forces in allied countries bordering on
Russian territory from the Black sea
to the Baltic. If the Bolsheviki attack
any of our allies it is our business to
defend them.
This is Jour 3pefiey, but we want
peace in. Russia1 The world will not
be passive as long as Russia is torn
and rent by civil war
Bolshcyism VIII Die Out. T.
b TT is our policy to make peace
among the warning nations not by rec
ognizing one party, but by inducing
them to come together with view to
setting up some authority in Russia
which would lie acceptable 10 the
whole Russian people and that the al
lies could recognize as their go"ern-
meut." - ~
He did not despair, he said, of a So
luton being found.
After declaring that reliable infor
nation showed that although the
Bolshevik armed force was apparently
growing, "Boshevism itself was grad
ually waning antft breaking down he
fore the relentless force of economic
facts,S the premier said that when
Bolshevism disappeared then would
come the time to re-establish peace
with Russia, .-.-4
I'VE must have patience" he warn
ed, because we are dealing with a
people nlisgoyelmed for centuries.
There are unmistakable signs that
Russia is emerging and when she is
once more sane and normal the allies
should make peace with her"
IN Answering question propounded
by" John r. Clynes, labor leader,
whether approaches for peace had
come from Russia, the premier said:
I'VE have had no approaches of any
sort or kind, None have been put be-
fore the conference | have only
heard reports, that others have pro-
posals which they assume come from
authentic quarters D., &