Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-16

roof and Wild men were screaming
through the keyhoIe while the enor-
nous issues depended upon them
hich required calm deliberation,
the premier said.
He asked for the opportunity for
such deliberation for the rest of the
journey, which was near at an end
Realizes Impatience Felt.
Early in his address the premier
said his first impulse when he re-
turned to England from France
was to await the much advertised
criticism until tie house was in
formed what the peace delegates
were doing.
The premier said he should not
have thought that, in such quarters,
facts would be regarded as the
slightest basis for criticism. but he
was full aware there was a great
deal of impatience in the world, and
he proposed TO address himself to
the real, sincere, honest impatience
which was felt in all lands.
The premier paid tribute to
George Nicoll Barnes. the labor /
leader. and those associated with |
him in the plan of international ar
rangements for labor
Peace Hangs on League.
Then" he added. there is the :
great organization. a great expert |
ment, but an experiment upon |
which the whole peace of the world I
hangs, the society of nations" |
With almost every nation in the +
Il I
the premier said, the dele |
gates were justified in taking some +
time for their work, as a blunder |
might precipitate a universal war
which might be either near or dis I
tant. After his reference at this
point to what he characterized as
the time-saving process of building
up the league of nations and his ap- /
peal for freedom for the conference
TO finish its lahors without further
harrying. he continued along this
line to point to the dangers of not
the conferees the calm
deliberation they required
Fraught With Perils.
ut is full of perils-perils for
this country and all lands perlls
for the people of the world" he de-
clared He begged that the men VINO
were doing their best should be
left in peace or else other men oc
sent to do the work The delegates
we're dealing with many nations.
most of them with problems of their
own. each with different point of
view and it required all the tact,
patience and skill that could be
to prevent the varing
interests developing into conflicting
interests.
The premier said he believed the
conference had surmounted these
but it was not an easy ,
ask There were questions one p,
lever heard of which imperilIed
he peace of Europe while the con- ,
erence was sitting, he added. :
Many New Questions.
Questions that have never been i
card of before the war nearly pro- /
uced a conflict between two of {
he allied states. Mr.. Lloyd George
ontinued, and there were a num-
er of such questions But, he add
d. after all it was Quarrels over
mall states which had made the
reat war. He spoke of the diff
ulties in the Balkans and added:
One of the features of the pres
Mt situation, owing to the breaking
p of the central empires. is that
entral Europe has been Balkanized d
lto small states. Care must be f
AIKEN lest causes of future unrest n
e created by the settlement made" F
The question of Russia was one h
the most complex problems ever [
ea1t with by any body of men. Mr. p
lloyd George pointed out. One diff 2
cult thing was that there was no n
ussia. There is an organization Y
central Russia, but is
lere is nobody who can say it is s
ven a defacto government for the S
hole of Russia" he declared. Il