The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-04-16
MIR. Lloyd Georges "You Have Only
to Look" &c.

Mr.. Lloyd Georges "You Have Only
to Look" &c.
A favorlte rhetorical phrase OF the
British Premier at this time Is "You
have only to look" The slight varl-
ations of the formula are "You have
only to see" and "You have only to
compare" When you look, when you
see, when you compare you are dead
sure to find something to the momen-
tary political advantage of this agile
opportunist statesman.
For example, In the Premier's speech
in Westminster Hall on March IS on
the future Of coalition, reported in the
London Times of March 10:
"You have only to look at the
peace treaty to find that policy 1.-THE
policy Of Mr.. LLOYD GEoRoB1 adopted.
There you have the League Of Ma
= tions in the forefront-and, by the
way, the very draft was prepared for
the British Government in the first
instance by General SHUTS; 1t was
approved by the British Government,
and 1t had the support of the British
Government throughout the whole Of
the negotiations.
you have only to compare the
Cabinet document which was SUBJ
mitted to the British Government
with regard to the League of Nations
with what was incorporated after
ward in the Treaty of Versailles to
I nee the part that Great Britain had
In the establishment Of the League Of
Nations. The League Of Nations Is
the forefront Of the treaty"
y This version of the genesis Of at
tempted supergoyernment runs some
what counter to President WILsoY's
announcement to the European Powers
represented at the Paris Conference
that he had come across the Atlantic
with a definite mandate and specific
Instructions from the American people
to set up a supergoyernlng League.
That which Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE says
you have only to look to see is more
In accord WITH the Presidents subse-
Quent and conIiir,..!; declaration and
plea to the American people that it
would break the heart of the world
meaning, as the Premier now helps
us to understand, the hearts Of Mr..
LLOYD GEORGE and possibly Of General
SMUTs-if the American people should
reject the League.
But there Is a still later "You have
only to look" in Mr.. LLOYD GEORGES
speech at the National Liberal Club
ON March 26: r.
''You have only to look at America
to see what a renewal Of party strife
means. The League Of Nations, torn
20 fragments in a struggle between
parties, dead on the floor of the
Senate"
We are not referring to this latest
"You have only to look" in order to
point out the inconsistency Of the
Premier's two statements, uttered just
eight days apart, concerning the VI
tality Of the League. On March 18
Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE says you have only
to look and you behold an established
League Of Nations, functionlng as the
creation Of the British Government.
On March 20, according to the same
eminent authority, you have only to
look and you behold the League Of
Nations dead on the floor of the
United States Senate.
1t is NOT very important to know
whether Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE really re-
CARDS the League Of Nations as an
established and gloriously vitcl thing
or as a shockingly muhiated corpse
But It is important that the British
Premier's statement to the British
people about the failure Of the cove
nant of the League Of Nations to find
acceptance by the American Senate
and the American people should not
60 uncorrected.
Nothing could be further from the
facts than this allegation that the
rejection Of the League covenant
.-ssether General SHUTS or Presl-
dent WILSON was Its responsible par
ent) was due to party strife In the
sense meant by the gentleman who
80 easily and repeatedly says aYou
have only to look to see.p
AS far as partlsanshlp appeared in
the strife over the covenants proyi.
aions Il was partlsanship personal to
Dir. wrsos and his self-dstsrmIned