The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-02-11
LLOYD GEORGE
WILL USE TRADE
TO CURE RUSSIA
Premier Tells Parliament
Force Has Failed to End
Soviet Insanity.
IRISH MEASURE IN SOON
Blames Money Deprecia-
tiOn, Not PrOfiteers, for
High Living Costs.
DEFIES POLITICAL FOES
Kings Speech Surprises by
Advocacy Of Liquor and
Mine Control.
DEFIES POLITICAL FOES

Special Gable to THn Sun AND NEW YoR
HERALD.
COPYRIGHT. 1870, bv The suS AND Nnw YoR
HERALD.
LONDON, Feb. l0.-Throughout tn
brilliant ceremony attendant on th
reassembllng Of Parliament to-day ant
the address from the throne ther,
stood among the members OF th'
House OF Lords and OF the Commons
a man small Of stature and gray, wh'
wore = plain black coat and trousor
that were slightly rumpled. In tn
colorful surroundings the strange
would not have noticed him. and ye
he was the central figure of the rea
drama. And when the King ant
Queen had laid aside their robes o
state and departed this mans hou
came. It was then that David Lloyt
George began his address.
He ridiculed the attacks which hi
opponents had previously launched a
him and speaking without bitterness
for neither Labor nor any other politi
cal wing. he insisted that the Coalition
meaning himself-hefd the responsl
bility. He defied the results Of the re
cent bye-elections and declared for
plain. common sense settlement Of tn
British problems without party label
that is to say, without labels othe
than those OF the Lloyd George Coali
ton.
Cheers for Irish Plan.
Lloyd Georges announcement tina,
he would at an early date introduce Z
bill ito amend the provisions for th'
government of ireland" following tn,
early appearance OF the Home RulC
measure. was greeted with checrR
Intense interest was exhibited by tn,
House in the Premier's exposition OF hi
policy with regard to Russia. He die
not take the members fully into his con.
idence. but fairly accurate line OF
what he proposed attempting was to b
drawn from his statement that "Bol
shevism cannot be crushed by force Of
arms" and his further remark. which
typiled English policy for centuries
that having failed to restore Russia'i
sanity by force. believe we can SAVE
her by trade"
That the Premier favored a slacken.
ing OF the pressure on Soviet Russia
was made evident by his remark that
the policy Of "a ring Of hre around Rus,
sia" was impossible. and that "the Bal.
tic States were making peace with the
Soviet and no nation apparently wal
willing to provide the funds for a con.
tinuance Of military operations" He
admitted that the anti -Bolshevist mill
tary efforts had failed, but said: I'VE
had to give them a chance" Special
was attached to his warn
ing that the danger was not all in Rus
sla there was serious cause for ap-
at home that we must fight
anarchy with abundance"
Challenges the Labor Party.
The Premier challenged the Labor
party for its stand on the high cost of
living, declaring that while labors ad-
herents were complaining that many
mon were out of work and there was q
great shortage Of houses for working
men, the reason was not because the
houses could not be built, but because
the trades union rules would not relax
10 permit adequate building.
Than he turned to the Conservative
defying II to equal the rec
ora OF the Coalition In the matter Of
He paid tribute to the
,abor party organization and defed the
Tories to accomplish In coalition with
Labor what he had done.
While the Premler's address was a
achievement and had q
effect, 1t is nevertheless
rue that he only postponed action on
he momentous questions which con-
'front.' the nation. However. he prom
sed 10 take up In detail the measures
which he would propose to meet the
,arious Issues. He defied Labor to pro-
luce a better Irish bill than the one
which would be placed before this Par
lament. warning them that they were
eading straight to republic In Ire
and.
The clarion call OF the Premiers s
,peech was that the nation return to
formal industry and savings He an
,ounced amid cheers that the estimated
budget showed that revenues not only
would meet expenditures, but that there
would be a small balance to the good
Ie denounced proflteering and. turning
o Labor's benches, declared that the
cal initiation OF prices was due to the
'act that money has not got the value
hat II had before the war"
This fact" he declared, mot only
& true here but II Is true in every coun-
try In the world. II is the right Of the
people Of this country to know
hat when anybody tells them that high
prices are due to proflteerIng the man
who says II does not know what he n
talking about. or else he Is trying to
deceive. There ls only one way In
which prices can be brought down, and
hat way is by increased production"
Two surprises in the Kings speech
rom the throne were the strength OF
lis recommendations for liquor control
md definite revelations OF the Govern
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