The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-17
LLOYD GEORGE N
TALK TO COMMONS
ASKS FOR PATIENCE
PREMIER SAYS NO CONFERENCE
IN HISTORY EVER FACED
SUCH PROBLEMS
CITES VIENNA CONGRESS
That Took II Months and Was Insig-
nificant Compared With What
Has Been Settled at Paris-EnOrmOus
issues Require Dcliheration and He
Pleads for Such.

London, April 1G.-The allied rep
res natives i'm Paris have Arrived
at complete understanding on the
great fundamental questions that
would effect peace with Germany.
Premier Lloyd George declared i'm
addressing the house of commons
today. The allies had formulated
their demands, and he hoped thar
by the end of next week they would
be presented.
The premier made a vigorous at.
tack upon those who had attempt
ed to sow diss nsion, distrust and
discord among the nations whose
cordially and good will toward each
other was essential" He could not
conceive of a worse crime, he de-
clared, at time when nothing could
save the world but keeping the
nations together
1T is not tue that TN. Unitel
states and Europe have been at va
rance Mr.. Lloyd George declared.
adding tha, no one could have
treated more symultu. .,ic3Irv tbo
peculiar problems and .pr.f.l sus-
capabilities of Europe than Pres.
idcn, Wilson THE premier depre-
Gated attempts to create a,s~nns,ons
among the DELEGATES.
The delesaus $. said Mr. Lloyd
George. had never forgotten what
France had gone through and they
had not forgotten to what she was
entitled. NOT merely security against
Il repetition of the German atfocl,
but 10 feel d sense of sccurity
against il. The conference had com,
TO Il unanimous concusion ON am
the questions before fl. including
decision that to publish the nr,sr
terms before they wire discussed
with the enemy would be a first.
class blundcr. Their premature pub.
llcatlon. he contcnded could only
serve to encourage the resistance
Of the enemy.
Air Lio,d George denied that he
was trying to escape the declara.
tions he made during the pr neral
election campaign. The declaration
regarding making Germany paw. he
declares. had been concurred i'm nv
all the party leaders.
81 am here to say that every
pledge we have given is fncorpo-
rated in the demands nut forward
by the allies" he ASSERTED. 1--WE
stand by them because we believe
they are lust. We want a peace
that is lust. not vmdlctive. WE
want a stern peace. because the oc.
casion demands it. but it mus, he
designed not to crafty vengeance.
but to vndicate Justice. Every
clause and every term in the con.
dltlons must be justified. Above
all, we want to protect the future
against repetition Of tine horrors
OF this war"
The premier said ne was going
back to Paris if the house wanted
him to go. Whoever went NE de-
clared, must have Tn" fun confidence
of The parliament and carry out his
pledges to the utmost OF his power
and conviction.
The premier sharply criticised Ger.
tain newspaper attacks that had
been made in connection with the
peace conference. saying:
when this kind of disease is
carried to the point Of sowing dis.
sension between great allies whose
unity is essential for the peace Of
the world, when an attempt is made
to make France distrust Cir at
Britain, FRANCE to hate America
and America to dislike France and
Italy not even that kind of dis.
ease is Justification for SO black a
crime against humanity