The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-19
BRITAIN WILL. !.
NATI0NAL|zE ]
COAL LANDS.
LLOYD GEORGE GIVES
PLAN FOR CONTR0E;
Post War Protection To End
Premier Discloses Financia
4S-HOUR WEEK AND -
LIVING WAGE TO COME
Promoters Of League Of Nat.
ions Must Show Good Faith
By Reducing Armaments

LONDON. Aug. IS. (By The Assoetat.
ed Press)-In a three hours speech -
tho house Of commons. in which he dealt
with Great Rritain's affairs generally
David Lloyd George. the British prime
minister, today disclosed three import
ant decisions Of the government. :;
One Of these decisions was that tho
post war plan Of ultra protection, under
which imports were limited to tho1o
granted special licenses by tho board %
trade will be abandoned September I,
ard the putting into effect Of mea00SOo
to nrcvent dumping"
The second decision was the rejeSu6A
Of tho majority report Of Justice SauS
keys coal commission which providl4
for the gradual naturalization Of coal
mines, and in its stead launching q plan;
for partial government control by which
the government will buy out the owne&H.
OF coal lands who receive royalties tn
mining companies: give the miners
share in the control Of the mines. 81
ganize the mines into districts and
tablish a fund for improving the livi
conditions Of miners.
For 4s Hour week. g
Under the third decision the governs
mcnt will cmbody into bill recommene
dations for a joint industrial council OF
employers and employees and 4S hour
week and a living wage applying to
nearly all industries. (
During his address the premier placed
responsibility for the delay in making
peace with Turkey upon the Unite4
States. Great Britain. he said. deGiR14
to know how far the United States wa
prepared 70 assume her share In guASA5e
tccing the protection Of people u6deS
the former Turkish yoke. and Whtit
awaiting this information Great Britain
had occupied Turkish territory.
Mr.. Lloyd George used strong Wcr41
in dealing with the necessity foP- -
promoters of the league Of nations 10
show good faith by reducing arna.
mrnts. He said that those who believed
most in the lch5ue OF nations must trustN
it most. and the rest would follow them,
Great Britain was ready to reduce ar
maments as a first condition Of teai
economy OF world armament, and II
other nations also were ready economy
would result. II the nations increaAA4
their armaments. the premier deelare4.
tho league Iof nations would be Z neyA
sham and a scrap OF paper. ~,
Enormous Cost.
The premier dealt at length on the
economic situation. The war. he sad.
had cost Great Britain 10000. .o0o.00e
pounds sterling. and an outstanding fact
Of tho present situation was an alarm
ing adverse trade balance Of 100000. ~
pounds sterling. to 1900. 100000 pouBds
sterling.
"wc cannot prosper said Mr.. Lloyd
George. I'VE cannot even exist without
recovering and maintaining our inter;
national trade"
The laboritns sharply critized the EoV.|
srnmcnts coal mining proposal ana IT.
failure 10 nationalize coal mines. VIII.
liam Brace. labor member for DoutA
GlamorGan and president Of the Bouth
Wales Miners Federation. described the,
governments plan as the estabiiSAA
mcnt OF a glorified combine"