South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-24
SENATE TO INVESTIGATE
FUNDS And OFFERS MADE
BY POLITICAL PARTIES
PREMIERS AGREE
ON VITAL NEED
OF WORLD PEACE
Issue Statement on Confer
ence Between Lloyd George
and Giolitti.
By Asso Press

By Associated Press: =
LUCERNE, Aug. 25.-Au official
statement issued regarding the con
ferences Monday between Premiers
Lloyd George and Giolitti. SAYS that
the premiere agreed to the vital need
Of the re-esta blishment Of the peace
OF the world at the earliest possible
moment and that the first guarantee
Of such a peace IS 10 be found in the
various treaties already concluded.
The Victors in war" continued
the statement should display a spir-
IL OF moderation in their enforce
ment OF terms. and the Vanquished a
spirit OF loyalty in their execution.
With this aim, England and Italy
trust that the good understanding
reached at Spa viii be developed
further TO cover all outstanding ques
tons.
One stiOns to bc Decided
Before peace IS fully established.
! owcver. there are number Of nm
portant questions to be decided.
majority OF which are indissolubly
connected with the march of events
in territories of the 70. mer Russian
emJ5re. Until peace is fIlly eS.a =
lisl.ed between Russia and the rest of
the world, an atmosphere II distur-
bance and unsettlcment VIII con-
tinue to menace the world.
Therefore, the British ard Italian
governm ents have been taking steps
in the face Of much misrePrescnta-
tlon. to restore communications be-
tween Russia and the wOrl 1 outside.
Therefore, with the pr0fOundest re-
gret they have just heard that the
sa.H
assurances to the contrary given Of
1cially on their behalf in London.
have sought 10 impose on Poland
conditions Incompatible with nation
al independence.
The government Of Poland is
based on the choice Of the whole
adult population of the country
without distinction Of class. and this
so-Called civil army 10 be drawn
from one class only. which is re-
ferrcd TO in the fourth condition Of
the soviet terms, is only an indirect
method Of organizing a force TO
overthrow by violence this demo
cratic constitution and substitute for
it the despotism of a privileged few
who may have absorbed the doc
trines OF bolshevism.
Conditions Kept Back.
We cannot help apprehendinS
that when the detailed conditions OF
the composition of this force-kept
back as they arc nOw-are revealed
later on, they viii be found 10 be
moulded on the plan Of the Russian
red army. For one nation 20 insist
as a condition Of peace with another
that the force organized for the pro
lection Of life, properly and good
To- frr &C.
drawn from only one class OF ITS
citizens. 70 the exclusion OF all others
is an unwarranted infringement on
the liberty. Independence and self
respect of that country.
ITO have added such n condition.
after Kamenef's pledges 10 the
British government that nothing not
of a secondary nature was omitted
from his summary of the terms, is
gross breach Of faith. and negotia-
ton of any kind with n government
which so lightly treats its word be-
comes difficult, IL not impossible.
The soviet government has re
iected the suggestion by the British
government for d truce under c0ndl-
tions which would have guaranteed
Russian territory against any acts
OF aggression and has continued It's
career of INVASION OF oStl i4tl'
Poland. with view 10 the conquest
OF that country by force Of arms for
soviet institutions. tSection miss
ingD
The British and Italian govern
ments are alarmed at the indefinite
prolongation Of the present state or
conflict among nations. The peoples
engaged in these antagOnisms can
bring nothing but ever increasing
misery 70 the peoples of the world at
large. for they involve continued un-
rest. Until these conflicts cease, the
betterment of agriculture, industry
and interchange OF commodities, on
which the economic life Of nations
depends. cannot come into full oper-
alton. Scarcity and high prices. with
attendant privations and perils, are
the inevitable result.
Civilization itself. shaken ana
weakened by five years OF incessant
warfare. is menaced by the prospect
The British and Italian governments
therefore. are united in urging that
every effort should be made 20 bring
to a conclusion the existing condl-
ti0ns OF strife between nations.