The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-16
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the house was informed what the peace
me premier said he should not have
thought that, in such quarters. facts would
criticism, but he was fully aware there was
a great deal of Impotence in the world, and
he proposed TO address himself to the real,
sincere, honest Impotence which was felt
in all lands. The premier paid tribute 10
George -Nicoll Barnes. the labor leader.
and those associated with him in the plan
for international arrangements for labor.
"Then,- he added. there Is the great
organization, grsst, experiment. a, out a an
Of the world hangs-the society of ma
tons"
Biunder Might Bring war.
with almost every nation in the world
engaged in considering these problems,
the premier said, the delegates were justi-
fled in taking some time for their work;
war which might be either near or distant
After his reference at this point to what
Of building up the league of nations. and
his appeal for freedom for the conference
to finish its labors without further harry
ferees the calm deIiberation they re-
lit is full of perils-perils for this coun
try and for all lands-perf1s for the people
of the world" he declared.
their Nest should be left in peace or else
other men be sent to do the work. The
delegates were dealing with many nations.
most of them with problems of their own,
each with different point of view and 1t
required all the tact, patience, skill that
could be commanded to prevent the vary
interest. The premier said he believed the
conference had surmounted these diff
ficu,ties but it was not an easy task.
New Questions Coming Up.
There were questions one never heard of
lrvhf oh oil ifnn cd
while the conference was sitting, he added:
Questions that have never been heard of
tween two of the allied states. Mr.. Lloyd
George continued. ana there were a num-
Der of such questions, But. be added, after
all it was quarrels over small states which
had made the great war. He spoke of the
difficulties in the Balkans and added:
zone of the features of the present situa
ton. owing to the breaking mp of the
central empires, Is that central Europe has
been Balkanized into small states. Care
rest be created by the settlement made"
Russ Problem Complex One.
The question Of Russia was one of the
most complex problems ever dealt with by
any body Of , men. Mr.. Lloyd George pointed
no Russia. There is an organization
controlling central Russia. but there is
government for the whole Of Russia he
declared. Even IL we could. under any
circumstances recognize the Bofsheviki gov
j
defacto government in Russia It is Just
like volcano which is still in eruption.
and the best we can do is to provide
security for those dwelling on it's remotest
and most accessible slopes. and arrest the
flow OF lava so that it shall not scorch
other lands
After saying that there was no ques-
ton of recognizing the Russian soviet gov
ernment; that such proposition had never
mem mem s discussed or even proposed the pre-
BRUSH foreign policy never to interfere
with the internal affairs of other coun-
tries. The government of Russia was a
matter for the Russian people.
DepIore Russian Conditions.
IL was at this point that the premier
declared that it was not the duty of the
British government to commit the country
TO gigantic enterprise in order to improve
Russian conditions, much as the govern
ment deplored those conditions pointing
Of Invasion but very difficult one from
which to withdraw.
The premier said he might be asked
General Denikine. He would tell the
house frankly he said, when the treaty Of
large parts of Russia had no hand in the
shameful act and were in revolt against
the government which signed it,
Sound Military Policy.
largely at our expense" he added. hhut
that was absolutely sound military policy
because Without those organizations the
sources which would have enabled them
to break the blockade"
had threatened to impress BY force Of
arms its domination over the populations
SaHe bead ead revsted agatnst i Pd it you'd
We are exceedingly oblises to pc yoa; Son
no longer and have. left them to the Boz
shev1h troops. 1t is our duty, since we
asked them TO take this SER, to promise
in fra<1
because every Russian thought that If
Russia were to be redeemea she must be
that they be supplied with the necessary
arms"
Arrest Flood of BoIshevfsm.
The premier said he did not consider
mental policy Of Great Britain tain Of of not nhi in
terferfng in the Internal affairs of any
rest the flood Of the present foreibie erap-
ton of Bolshevism into allied lands and
for that reason we are organizing all the
FORCES In allied countries bordering on
Russian territory from the Black Sea to the
Baltic. If the Bolsheviki attack any of
our allies 1t is our business to defend them.
in Russia. The world will not be passive
so long as Russia is torn and rent by civil
at is our policy to make peace among
the warning nations not by recognizing one
gether with view to setting up some au-
thor1ty in Russia which would be accent
able to the whole Russian people and that
the allies could recognize their govern
ment" He did not despair, be said, of a
solution being found.
The Wave Is Waning.
After declaring that reliable information
showed that. altho the B6lsheviki armed
force was apparently growing, ..Bolshevism
itself was gradually waning and braak-
ing down before the relentless force of
economic facts" the premier said that
when Bolshevism disappeared then would
come the time to re-establish peace with
Russia
We must have patience" be warned.
because we are dealing with a people
misgoyerned for centuries There are I'M
Ing and when she is once more sane and
normal the allies should make peace with
her.
In answering a question propounded by
John X. Clynes, labor leader, whether ap-
proaches for peace had come from Russia,