The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-04-26
Allies in Accord at Peace Con-
ference, SAYS LLOYD George
Later Press Dispatches, However, Show
Serious Divergence Over Italian
Problem

Premier Lloyd George, on April 10, hav-
ing just returned to London from the
peace conference in Paris, carried the fight
with his political opponents directly into
their camp. His attack was conferred on
Lord Northcliffe, the publisher who up-
seated former Premier Asquith, and his
address IS said to have been the most Wit
rlollc of the long series which has earned
for him the title of ''the fighting Welsh
man.
He declared that the allied representa-
tives are practically agreed on all the fun
damental questions, and that the treaty
will be presented to the central powers for
their signatures very shortly. The league
Of nations treaty, he said, had not delayed
the peace conference; on the contrary, the
time spent on the league was time saved,
for it forestalled disputes over other ques-
TONS
Germany, he declared, would be made to
pay to the limit in reparation for damage
done by the war. The Germans, as a ma
ton, he said, are no longer menace to
the peace of the world The allies will not
recognize the Russian bolshevik govern
ment; Russia is flaming volcano, and the
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other lands. Military Intervention in Rus
STA would not be sanctioned
The Premier declared that bolshevism,
spurred on by hunger, is the greatest men
ace to the world today. However, while
the military power of the bolshevik has
increased, bolshevsm as political factor
is waning, owing to the fact that the cost
Of maintaining large bodies Of fighting men
i'll the field is exhausting the economic life
Of Russia. Unless the Red guard is main
tanned, counter revolution is liable to
overwhelm the Lenine- Trotzky regime
Scarcely had the speech of Premier
Lloyd George appeared in print when it
became clear that serious situation had
developed over Italy's determination to
annex Fiume and the Dalmatian Islands
President Wilson is reported as irrevo-
cably opposed to any recognition Of the
secret treaty Of London, on which Italy
largely bases her claim for the eastern
Adriatic coast and whereby Fiume and
parts of Dalmatia were awarded to her on
the condition that she enter the war on
the side of the allies. If reports are true,
Lloyd George and Clemenceau also are OPP
posed to Italy's claim and are in accord
with Wilson. Agreement to Wilson's
fourteen points, it is claimed, abrogated
Italy's right to this territory.
Merton E. Burke, just returned from
the peace conference, in an article in the
Chicago Herald and Examiner this week,
declared that upon the settlement of this
question depends the fate of the Italian
crown. The so-called military or nation
alist party, now in power, which is headed
by Signors Orlando and Sinino promised
this territorial gain to the people of Italy
and if they fail to deliver they must step
down and out. One of Italy's leading dip
lomats is quoted as saying that the only
way out would be withdrawal from the
peace conference and a separate treaty
with Austria. This means, in all likeli-
hood, that Italy would be forced to cast
her lot with the bolshevists