The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-07-01
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Interpretation of Comment by
Lloyd George on New Anglo
Japanese Alliance.
REFERENCE TO ARMAMENT
Declares England Will Gladly Discuss
Limitation With America-Prime
Minister Considers Problems to
Come Before Dominions.

LOndOn.-1he British prime minis
ter, in opening the imperial confer
ence, which includes tie premiers OF
the overseas domini0nS, referred to
Anglo-Japanese relations in terms
generally regarded in American cir
ces here as assurance to the United
States that any renewal Of agreement
with the japanese government would
necessarily be of a nature unobjection-
able to America.
While Lloyd George avoided decla-
ration on the direct issue of the treaty,
he alluded to the wartime friendship
with Japan and said that Great Britain
was anxious to apply this friendship
for a solution of the questions con-
nected with the Pacific ocean and the
Far East, among them the future Of
China.
Great Britain desired to avoid COM
petition in armaments in the Pacific,
the prime minister declared, and he
emphasized the willingness of the gov
ernment to discuss limitation of arma-
ments with the United States. But he
pointed out at the same time that the
life of the United Kingdom, as also of
Australia and New Zealand, was built
upon sea power-"the basis of the
whole empires existence"
Discussing the relations between
Great Britain and the United States,
the prime minister said: "Friendly
cooperation with the United States IS
for us a cardinal principle dictated by
what seems to US the proper nature of
things, by instinct quite as much as
by reason and coamen sense.
We sess9s discuss with
Ameriessa Sta proposal for
the fimitafi sssssssaaest which
they wish to , iaSid NE can I'M
dertake .thattsFsh overtures will
find lack Of fagness on our part to
meet them. ~,
& THE first sessienssM the conference
was without eereaapS.t he representa-
;sti4es Of the Unite5f5 astaom, the do
usatons and India assnshling ut the
residence of the premferaEwho spoke
for an hour. Lloyd George welcomed
the visiting premiershand other dele
gates, who, he said, 1set as equal
partners In the dignities. and response
bilities of the British cr3saeIwealth.' >
The problems of SilesiSand Near
East remained; their soIafioil~ lay i'll
adherence to the treaties, Rhd he was
hopeful with regard to both:
There is prevalent a widening and
deepening conviction" he added, that
the world must have peace if it is ever
to recover its health"
Lloyd George paid tribute to the
loyalty of the dominionS during the
war. He referred in glowing terms to
the gallant achievements of India and
cited these as proof of the solidarity
Of the empire, which, he declared, lis
based not on force, but on good will
and common understanding"
Discussing AnglO-Japanese relations
as affecting the renewal of the agree
ment, the prime minister said in his
opening address that Japan was "a
faithful ally" in the war and Great
Britain would not easily forget the
Valuable dSSlSliHC6 lellucI GU DS jay
anese men-Of-war.
I'VE desire to preserve that we'll
tried friendship which has stood us
both in good stead" he continued, "and
to apply it to the solution of all ques
tions in the Far East where Japan
has special interests and where we
ourselves, like the United States, de-
sire equal opportunities and the open
door.
Not the least among these qUes-
tions is the future Of China, which
looks to us as to the United States for
sympathetic treatment and fair play.
No greater calamity could overtake
the world than any further accentua
ton of the worlds divisions upon lines
of race. Our foreign policy can
never hang itself in any sense upon
differences of race and civilization be-
tween east and west. 1t would be
fatal to the empire"