The Kendrick gazette., 1919-04-11
DAY SEES
PEACE TREATY OK.
GERMANS TO BE ASKED TO SIGN
THE PEACE PACT EARLY
IN MAY.
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS so TOO
Delays Due to Divergence Of Opinion
Among Expert Advisers-Wait
Few Days and Public Can
Pronounce on Facts.

Paris - The preliminary peace
treaty will be ready by Easter and
the Germans will be asked to come
and sign it at the end of April or the
beginning of May, Premier Lloyd
George of Great Britain declared in
an interview Sunday with Stephane
Lauzanne, editor of the Matin.
In answer to remark by M. Lau-
zanne that what troubled public opin-
ion was not so much the delay as
the secrecy in which the peace nego-
tiations were wrapped and the fear
that there was some divergence of
opinion, the British premier said:
II affirm absolutely that there is no
| divergence among the negotiators.
They are often confronted with tech
nical difficulties which can only be
settled after close study. Take the
question of reparations. In substance
the allies have one common principle
which l once set forth thus: Ger
many must pay up to the last farthing
of her power"
| MUST Require guarantees.
But is it sufficient to draw up a
bill and hand it to the enemy? Must
we not require guarantees and must
we not study the terms, methods and
forms of delayed payments? Must
we not be able to say to our adver
sary when he pleads inadequacy of re
sources: Yes, you can go as far as
that and you must do it and you must
!; do that In word, shall we simply
! present bill or collect all the money
possible? Well, that is where the
work comes in, slow and difficult
work, complicated by the fact tina
| technical experts of the highest ca
pabilities and great experience ar
: not in agreement among themselve
either as to the method of liquidation
or as to the assets to be realized.
mo, there is no divergence anon.
the negotiators-but, alas, there ar
inevitable ones among the experts
y often among those from the sam
= country. Who is to decide betweel
e them if not the negotiators, and d
n you think it can always be don
quickly?"
l. Asks Public to Be Patient.
M. Lauzanne remarked that wha
public opinion could not understan
. was why, before everything, German
was not handed full bill, no matte
~ what amount and forced to admit fu
- liability.
Il "And who says we shall not q
so?" cried Premier Lloyd Georg
~ "Who says we have not decided that
- "No one," the interviewer inte
. rupted, has said that you have d
70 cided it,"
The British premier resumed:
, "Can not the people wait until "
- have finished our work instead of &
ways wanting to Judge our inte
y tions? This conference had to me
and discuss things under condition
m unprecedented in history. All ey
er are turned toward it, and, what
ce more grave, all ears are glued at
ar keyhole. Enemy ears tremble wi
is joy when they detect some hesitatio
X Friendly ears half hear confused l
~ mors which are peddled far al
III quickly.
er4 The day does not pass but VIII
lis some false news here and there TAX
Sc flight. Nevertheless, no day pass
ut but that we in silent deliberation fe
or approaching nearer the great aim a.
De experience for each other more
ce TEEN, confidence and affection. L
lie nub,ic opinion wait a few days.
ry will then be able to pronounce
facts, not rumors."