Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-22
PLANS OF LLOYD GEORGE
British Premier Makes Important Al

/ PLANS OF LLOYD GEORGE
British Premier Makes Important An.
nouncement to House of Commons.
In the three hours speech in the
house of commons in which he deal
with Great Britain's domestic affair:
l.generally, David Lloyd George. the
British prime minister on Monday dis
closed three important decisions OF
the government. Two of these had
been widely discussed and the gov
ernment's purpose with regard tc
them was anxiously awaited.
| One Of the decisions was that the
postwar plan Of ultra protection
under which imports were limited te
those granted special licenses by the
board Of trade, will be abandoned
September /, and the putting into eff.
feet Of measures to prevent dump.
ing"
The second decision was the rejec-
tion of the majority report Of Justice
Sankey's coal commission which pro
vided for the gradual naturalization
of coal mines and in its stead launch
| ing a plan for partial government
control by which the government viii
buy out the owners of coal lands who
receive royalties from mining com.
panies, give the miners a share In the
control Of the mines, organize the
mines into districts and establish q
fund for improving the living condi-
tions Of miners.
| Under the third decision the gov
ernment will embody a bill of recon-
mendation for a just industrial coun-
Gil of employers and employees and
a As hour week and a living wage
applying to nearly all industries.
During his address the premier
placed responsibility for the delay II
making peace with Turkey upon the
United States. Great Britain. he said
desired to know how far the United
States was prepared to assume hei
share in guaranteeing the protection
of people under the former Turkish
yoke, and while awaiting this infor-
nation Great Britain had occupied
Turkish territory.
/ Mr.. Lloyd George used strong
words in dealing with necessity fol
the promoters of the league Of ma
tions to show good faith by reduc-
ing armaments. He said that those
who believed most in the league ot
nations must trust it most, and the
rest would follow them. Great Brit
ain was ready to reduce armaments as
a first condition Of real economy ir
world armaments, and if all other
countries also were ready economy
would result If the nations in
creased their armaments, the pre-.
mier declared, the league Of nations
would be a mere sham and a scrap Of
paper.
The premier dealt at length on the
economic situation, the war he sait
cost Great Britain 40,OOO,OOO,0O(
pounds and an outstanding fact OF
the present situation was an alarming
1 adverse trade balance Of SO0.00O,OOC
pounds. The national debt, he pointed
out, had grown from 641,OOO,OOC
pounds to 100000 900 pounds.
I'VE can not prosper" said Mr.
Lloyd George I'VE can not even exis
without recovering and maintaining
our international trade. We bring VI
the trade balance, adding to our ex
ports and lessening our imports. II
every direction we are spending more
and are earning less. We are consum
ing more and we are producing less
These are facts. 1t can not last
The premier declared that Grea
Britain could never improve economic
matters until there came an increase
in production. There Is no other al
ternative" he exclaimed, except quit
ting the country for which we fough
for four years"
The occasion for the speech OF th'
premier was the closing Of the summer
session Of the house Of commons
While Mr.. Lloyd George spoke with HI:
old time fire, held the attention of th'
house and frequently gained its ap
lplause, he really was speaking on th'
defensive for his government Is undel
remarkable bombardment from large
majority Of the newspapers which art
charging it with enormous extrava
gance under headlines such as "Th'
Road to Ruin"
i Lord Robert Cecil, Great Britain
sponsor for the league Of nations fol
lowed Mr. Lloyd George with emotion
regarding the league.
i 1T would be better to scrap it al
together said Lord Roberts" unless th'
government means to work as unity
II am not satisfied with the atti
Itude Of some Of the officials and th'
spirit Of the bureaucracy toward 1t.
, The need for assisting Armenia
Lord Robert continued. was over
whelming.
"To take away the British troops
he said, means to condemn these un
happy people to extinction; the rem
nants Of them will be slaughtered al
most to the man, woman and child. L
There is any competition between hell
for Deikine (the anti-Bolshevik com
mander in southern Russia) and hell
for Armenia, Armenia surely had tn
, first claim"
The Laborites sharply criticized tn
governments coal mining proposal ant
its failure to nationaliZe coal mines
: William Brace, labor leader for Soutl
Glamorgan and president of tn
lSouth Wales Miners Federation, des
cribed the governments plan as "th
, establishment Of a glorified combin
ing"