Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-13
SITUATION
AT PARIS
EXPLAINED
BY GEORGE
Premier Defends Proceedings
Of Conference; Believes
People of U. S. Want
League of Nations.
By Associated Press.

London, Feb. 12.-Premier Lloyd
George spoke again today in the
house of commons on the general
peace situation.
The occasion was brought about
by Rupert Guinness, unionist, ask
ing whether the premier was pre-
pared to press to the utmost repair
alton from Germany and also to
make Germany pay to the full ex-
tent of her resources. He also
pressed for more information as to
the status of the British colonies at
the peace conference.
1--WE have had far too much of the
particular panacea which America is
supporting at the conference" said
Captain Guinness. "Since the days
of Mahomet no prophet has been
listened to with more superstitious
respect than President Wilson"
Will Regive Reparation.
Mr.. Lloyd George began his re-
ply by saying that the reparation by
Germany was the election pledge
given by the government after care
full consideration by the cabinet. The
government, he added, stood by
every word of this pledge.
The premier, defending the pro-
ceedings of the peace conference,
said the government had been de-
voting its time to speeding up
agreements. He was sanguine that
complete agreement would be
reached concerning the German
western boundary, but the eastern
boundary was a different matter.
Until the commission sent to ex-1
anime the matter reported, the allies
would be ih no position to make
demands upon Germany. The confer
ence was unanimous, he said, that
Germany had forfeited all rights to.
her colonies.
Mr.. Lloyd George contended that
with regard to indemnities the Brit
ish government was in advance Of
any government as it was the first
to appoint a commission to deal
with this matter.
Bolshevism Grave Menace.
He declared that thereshad never
been any proposal advanced at the
peace conference to recognize the
bolshevists. Russia was easy to
dogmatize about, but difficult to
deal with. He admitted that the
horrors 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.
Russia represented in area over
half of Europe, and nearly half of
Asia, and he pointed out if peace
were not made, the whole Of this
immense territory would be seeth-
ing in anarchy, disorder aud blood
shed; there would be no peace in
the world.
The bolshevists, the premier de-
clared, were assassins, guilty of the
crimes laid to their charge. The
allies had given the anti-bolshevik
governments financial support and
assistance. Much of their equip
ment had been supplied by the allies,
who were anxious to keep the rich
territories of Russia out of German
lYafds.
If the troops were to be sent to
Russia, who S hould send them?
America, he said, would send neither
men, money nor material and the
work would fall upon the British
anI French.
Referring to the alternative of
allowing the fire in Russia to burn
itself out. the premier characteriz-
ed this as a brutal policy and added
that it would be useless to send food
to Petrograd when the only distrib-
uting organization was bolshevik.
Supports Prinkipo Proposal.
Supporting the Prinkipo proposal
the premier argued that it was by
no means unknown on the northern
frontier of India to parley with bri-
gands and even .assassins. The boil
shevik system could not last forever,
and. in the meantime, he was in
formed. the threat of Intervention
was driving the moderate elements
into bolshevik hands. He urged that
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