Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-10
TORIES To WORRY
BRITISH PREMIER
ON WORLD LEAGUE
Lloyd Georges Appearance
Before Parliament Will
Loose CriticiSm--Navy Fac
ton Fears the Loss of Power
BY James NJ. Tuohy.
Copyright, 1919 by the Press Publish
ing Co

tThe New York World)
Especial Wireless Dispatch to the
World and Albuquerque Journal)
Paris, Feb. 9-When Premier
Lloyd George meets parliament this
week with statement of the work
done by the peace onference, 1t Is
expected that q section of his tory
supporters who are very much in
sympathy with the French attitude
of skepticism about he efficiency of
the proposed league of nations will
make their voices heard.
His best protection, however,
against any systematic criticism of
his action at the conference would be
anxiety, about the industrial situation,
and the conviction that the best So
luton to this and other difficulties
lies in the quickest possible action by
the conference on peace.
The Blue Water" school of extreme
naval advocates is very much OPP
posed, for example, to the league hav-
ing anything TO do with the British
navy, but it is taken for granted that
the freedom of the seas would be one
of the league concerns. However,
the British delegates would take pre-
weaken the navy unduly, or to place
it under any embarrassing restrictions
in the future,
When the British parliament meets,
however, the British delegates may
expect criticism in both houses pretty
much along the lines followed by the
presidents political opponents in
Washington, and criticism at a short
er range, therefore, will be more diff
ficult to deal with.
The actual work on the skeleton
scheme for the league of nations
which the leagues commission is in
dustriously hammering out at the
Hotel Crillon has progressed so far
that it is believed it will be submitted
to the plenary session of the confer
ence before the president sails, en-
abling him to bring it home with him
as an earnest of the fruits of the con-
ference.
In selecting their delegates on the
reparationS commission, the British
have chosen Lord Summer, a member
of the supreme court of appeals, as
chairman, and Premier Hughes of
Australia as vice chairman, while
Lord Cunliffe, ex-governor of the
Bank of England, will deal with the
financial end. Lord sumner is an ex-
ceedingly keen lawyer, with a true
judicial mind, and is not susceptible
to any but reasoned influences
As already stated. Great Britain
puts her ton for ton demand in the
forefront of her case, being quite con-
tent that it will be agreed to, but
as to the other claims, they may be
largely determined by the attitude of
the claimants of other nationalities.
The policy of killing the goose that
laid the golden egg finds no favor
with British representatives. but 1t
is felt that she is ready to abate
what she considers her just demands
for the general good, then propor-
tionate abatement on the same
grounds should be made by the other
powers
The British attorney general, Sir
Gordon Hewart, who presided over
the British commission on respons,-
bility for the war and criminality, an
editorial writer on radical paper
until few years ago, has had re-
! markably rapid success at the bar
He is now engaged in drawing up the
technical indictments against the inn
perial and other wrongdoers of Ger
many and preparing the evidence on
which they are based.
Not only are the ex-kaiser, former
crown prince, Admiral Won Tirpitz
and General Won Ludendorff on the
list of those indicted, but also General
Won Stein, former Prussian minister of
war, and General Won Boehm, who
commanded a group of German armies
in the last great campaign.
Charges against these men will be
framed by the British, while the Bel
gians, French and Italians have in
diotments against other generals and
administrators whose activities were
| confined to their countries.
In result 1t will be found that the
demand for the punishment of Ger
man criminals will be as strong from
| Great Britain as from any country,
| for there is a real popular determina-
| ton that retribution shall be obtained
| for organized atrocities.