New Britain herald., 1919-04-16
SITUATION IS YET
 VERY CRITICAL
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(Continued from First Page.) was told, hat he must not expect criticism until the house was in 1ormed what the peace delegates were doing. The premier said he should not have thought that. jn such quar- tors, facts would be regarded as the slightest basis for criticism, but he was fully aware there was a great deal of impatiencc in the world, and he proposed to address himself to the real, sincere. honest importance which was felt in all lands.
 The premier puid tribute to George Nicoll Barnes, the labor leader. and those associated with him in the Dian for international arran gements for labor.
 Tells Need Of World League.
 '"TllCn," he added, there is a yrea+ organizations; a great experiment h,,t an experimc cnt upon which the whole peace of the world hangs-thc so- ciety of nations"
 With almost every nation in the world engaged in considering these problems the premier said, the de1e- gates were justified in taking soma time for their work as a blunder might precipitate a universal war which might be either near o,, dis tant.
 After his reference at this point to what ho characterized as the tin,a saving process of building up the league of nations. and his appeal for freedom for the conference to finish its ]ahors without further marrying he continued along this line to point to the daDgerS of not allowing the conterees the calm deliberation they requested
 Situation Still Pcrilous.
 It IS full of perils--pcrils for this country and for all lantis--pcris for tue p'oPle of the worId," he declared. lie begged that the men who were dolhS their best should be left in peace, or else other men sent to do the work. The delegat es were dealing With many nations most of them with problems of their own. each with a different point of view, and it reduir- ed all the tact, patience and skill that could be commanded to prevent the varying interests developing into con- f1icting interests.
 Many Difficulties Slumountcd.
 The premier said he believed the
  cultics but it was not an easy task There were questions one never heard of which almost inperilled the peace of Europe while the conference was sitting, he added.
 Questions that have never been heard of before the war had nearly produced a conflict between two of the allied states. Lloyd George con tinued, and there were a number of such questions. But, he added, after all it was Quarrels over small states which had made the great war He spoke of the difficulties in the balance and added:
 ''Onc of the features of the present situation, owing to the breaking up of the central empires. is that central Europe has been BaH1anized into small states.
 Care must be taken lest causes of future unrest be created
 Russian Question Complex.
 The question of Russia was one of the most complex problems ever dealt with by any body ot men, MT Lloyd George pointed out. One difficulty was that there was no Russia. There is an organization controlling central Russia" he continued. But there is nobody who can say it is even Gc facto government for the whole of Russia. Even if We could under any circumstances recognize the Bol- sheyik government we cannot recog- nize it as the de facto government in Russia.
 Tt is just like a volcano which is still in eruption, and the best we can do is to provide security for those dwelling on it's remotcst and most 2@- cessible slopes. and arrest the flow of lava so that it shall not scorch other landS.'