Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-23
LLOYD GEORGE
DECLARESU. s. ].
SHOULD TAKE,
PART NMEE|''I!|
Tells American Correspond
!. ents Turkish Question
Needs u. S. Attention.

san ttcrno, April j23.-(By the Asa
sociatcd Press.)-+Pren1ier- Lloyd
s'Sscrgo OF Great Britain. in n In
formal talk with the American news
paper correspondents, said there was
a2real need Of the participation OF the
l-niled States in the discussions Of
phe Turkish problems. II the United
: states did participate, her views
would be likely tc.prevail. he declart
ca. During the course of the CON-
versstion. which lasted ian hour, MIR.
Lloyd George replied freely TO
Numerous questions put to him by
the. correspondent!
The impression I formed from the
reports Of British officials within
Germany the premier said. sub
stantialIy is the Importance OF the
government. The limbs do not obey
the central authority, The situation
III Germany. as seen from ,withir.. res
from IL stroke. The brain gives an or:
der and there is either no response
or only Il partial M by the ex-
trcn1ities. <r
Commands are given in Berlin
shat are often ndt executed"
Starvation Not Proposed.
y. another moment responding to
4 question, MIR. Lloyd George said:
The British government has rever
't'S Ga " a'iSouo VI
Germany to fulfill the terms OF the
treaty that she should starvc. Her
food situation o is deplorable.4 Re-
ports from OuH officers in the dccu-
pied area indicate that although 81
2o2 food Galleries are necessary to
maintain Il person ins.. health and
strength. the population there re-
ccives only about 1900 calories in
the official %rations."
{one of theN corres5npdents said ia
the premier at this j%uncture:
1t has been said that you pro-
: posed to the council arevision Of the
German treaty" to which Mr.. Lloyd
George replied:
Il never. either publicly orprivate-
~, made any such suggestion, quite
on the contrary, a month ago / said
in the house of commons. in answer
TO a question Of Mr.. Asquith, that 1
was opposed to the revision of the
treaty, md so Tam. The treaty as
it stands affords scope for caring for
the needs of GcrmanN<as wellas OBJ
liging her to meet her obligations to
other peoples"
Tho danger of Bolshevism in Ger
many ought not to be exaggerated.
the premier declared The Germans,
he pointed out, were naturally given
to- order and discipline. Yet when
people were down and under" he
remarked, they often expressed
themselves drastically.
The conversation then turned from
Germany TO Turkey and thesUnited
States. Mr.. Lloyd George said:
'Nubar Pasha was before q. the
council today. He was asked'if there
was not danger of massacres in Ger
tain regions. His reply was nc that
there was no one left to be massa-
cred. The answer gave a tragic thrill
to the members of the council"
I'VE are very sorry-sincerely sor-
ry-that the United States government
is taking. no part in the settlement
OF He Terkish% Nquestion. tbas -
Europe has need of the United
States and we should nave liked you
to take the mandate Of Constantine
ple." s;
when is the commission of the
League OF Nations going to Russia? 2"
the premier was asked.
'Tl1at We do not know" he answer
ed. Russia has not replied to our
communication. The Bolsheviki
think about as much about the
League of Nations as the United
with a laugh.
When asked if it were true that he
had proposed in the council that
come and discuss conditions in. Ger
many" Mr.. Lloyd George laughed
again and remarked that tina was
one among many proposals which
were>said to have been made and
that he could, take no responsibility
for all the statements made in the
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