Evening star., 1921-05-15
Lloyd Georges Speech Re-
uarded as Turning Point
in EngIand's Course.
GERMANY'S ACCEPTANCE
ALTERED THE SITUATION
London Dissatisfied Over Events
Directed From Warsaw and
Usually Supported by Paris.
Ry ARTHUR &. DRAPER.

Br cable. to The Star and New YORK lripnhe'
Copyright. 19cl
LONDON May 14.-Lloyd "eorse
speech is generally regarded IN Lon
don as marking the turning point III
allied policv and a return to the policy
which the British premier was foiio"-
ing last winter before the farls COLI
ference.
II is recalled that at that time Great
Britain favored a moderate settlement
with Sfe rmany which would permit an
early resumption of trade rela'io"s
and a general improvement OF the
Furopean industrial situation. Great
Rritain was opposed to the policy OF
,,r.sio, and occupation of German
territory as A means of compelling
Germany to meet her war oollgatlohs'
Then came the fall of the French gov
ernment and the return of Brand 10
the premiership.
outmaneuvered in Turkey.
Meanwhile BRAND had outmaneuver-
ed Lloyd George in Turkey ana hdo
even helped Italy obtain most OF her
ambitions in the near east. france
had also gained an upper hand IN
p,r,,d Runania, Hungary and
Czecboslovakia. With Germany re-
naming obdurate and evasive, Lioyo
George had no alternative. altnough
he and Italy in the supreme councll
were far from satisfied with the allied
policy in the west
Two events have altered the stu
a.ion profoundly. Germany's accept
a,c4 Of the allies ultimatum terms
was easily the most important OF
these. and the Polish rebellion IN
J-pper SiIesia is only an incident In
comparison
Tn. latter event, however gave the
British government just the oppor-
-unity il had been seeking With !
ou, an exception. the members of the !
british cabinet. from liberal Lloyd
George 20 ultra-conseryative Baifour
have looked with dissatisfactioRS.on
the course Of events directed from
warsaw. and supported usually by
Paris. I
Aptarenism Toward Poland.
There Is TO dHtdEo!iiSfh ~"
Poland. but the British have con
sidered her far too ambitious, and
her policy is condemned because Il
aggravated the unsettleJnent OF
Europe This policy goes back more
than a. year to the time when the
Poles were fighting the bolshevik
ard Warsaw was almost under the
Oh, LLOYD f,H0rpe
then condemned the Polish policy.
and his public utterances were mild
compared with the private express
sions of some members of the gov
ernment.
But today the SiIesian invasion and
Poland are really incidental. For
tunately Lloyd George is able to con-
denim the acts in that thcater on moral
as well as on legal grounds. hut he
tween the lines of his speech in the
house of commons yesterday can be
read Great Britain's determination
to forget the divisions Of the war and
return to firm basis of lnternation-
al trading relations. This means re-
turn to the policy of last year. He is
insistent that the obligations Of Ger
many must be recognized equally with
those of other countries.
Appeals 10 Germans.
Fy III. Associated Press.
BERLIN. May 1.-THE central gov
erning board Of the independent So
cial democratic party, in an appeal to-
day 10 the German proletariat. urges
the working classes of Germany to
give the government undivided sup
port in its efforts to carry out the
economic penalties imposed on Ger
many and the allied ultimatum's con-
ditions with respect to disarmament
and the trial of war guilty.
The governing board demands that
the government direct the seizure of
the major portion of the profits ac-
cumulated by Industries, commerce
and the landed and property classes.