The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-14
LLOYD GEORGE !.
TALKS |. k'|.'' OF PEACE
British Prime Minister Gives Impress
sions-Not Easy, Solution-Ssttle- )
ment Of German Western Boun.
dsry Difficult Question to De- II B!
eide-Problem of Russia. 6

genera peace situation. 80
4 The occasion was brought about
by the Right Hon. Rupert Guinness,
Unionist, asking whether the premier
was. prepared to press to the utmost
reparation from Germany and also,
to: make Germany; pay, to the full:
extent Of her resources. he also
pressed for more cinforma+ion as tos
the status Of the British colonies as:
the peace conference. q 80 ..s,s
eve have had TAR too much Of the
particular panacea which America is
supporting at the conference" said
Captain Guinness. aSince the day;
Of Mahomet no prophet has been Lis.
tened to with more superstitious re-
spect than President Wilson J. y
Mr.. Lloyd George began his reply
BY saying that reparation by Ger--
fnasny was the election pledge given
by the government after. careful
consideration by the cabinet. The:
government, he added, stood by; ey-i,
cry word Of this pledge. B
The premier defending the. pro-
|ceedinss Of the peace conferences
said the government had been de-
voting it's time to speeding up agree.
ments. He was sanguine that a COM
plete agreement would be reached
concerning the German western
boundary, but the eastern boundary
was g difficult matter. Until the,
commission sent to examine the mat
ter reported, the allies would be in
no position to make demand upon
Germany. The conference was un-
>animous, he said, that Germany had
forfeited all rights to her colonies.
MI. Lloyd George contended that
with regard to indemnities the Brit
ish government was in advance. Of
any y'government,yas as it was the first
to appoint a committee to deal with
this matter. ~ ! ). '.'!rt @
He declared that there had never
been any proposal advanced at the
peace conference to recognize the
.;Bolshevists. Russia was easy to dog
matize about, but difficult to deal
with. He admitted that the horron
Of Bolshevism were so great that
there was a sense Of disgust. when
they came to deal with its leaders,
but it was useless to blind their eyes
to the real facts.
Big Area Represented. g.
Russia represented in area over.
half Of Europe and. nearly half Of
Asia and he pointed. out, fS:peasss
were not made, the whole; Of hia
immense territory would be seethine
in anarchy, disorder and bloodshed;
there would be no peace in ths
world. ..--.(
I The Bolshevists, the premier de-
elared, were assassins, guilty Of tbs
crimes laid to their charge. The al
lies had given the anti-Bolshevik gov
ernments financial support, and as
sistanee. Much Of their equipments
had been supplied by the allies, who
were anxious to keep the rich terri
tories of Russia out Of German
hands. ~
If troops were to be sent to Russia
who should send them? America, hs
said, would send neither men, money
nor material, and the work would
fall upon the British and French.
The Bolshevist machinery in Rus
sia was ruthless and brutal but there
was no doubt about its efficiency and
it was the only machinery there.
Everybody in the past who had in
terfered in Russia had come to grief.
There was no idea of recognizing the
Bolshevists; it was quite impossible
to do so as long as they were pursu-
ing their present methods.
Young James McCombs is quite
sick at his home on Greenville street.
He is a victim Of the 'thu."