The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-07-12

II need not say THAI We w,'l,e..He
u.ith thn almost pleasure, President
H.ydinp's wise and courteous iIii3H-
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-.e-@+.TT--r,7 r7,5!!.3f cherrcd this statement
and rhe premier added: In saving
thar speak for the empire a. d
v.h,Ip"
,rha nrr,irr said China would be
trpntpd =, an indcl,endrnt i'll tn" com
ference. on Pacific affairs
..Thr world has been Io"kImg ru ia"
Tn;rpd State, for such II lead, Lloyd
t,rnr"., declared in referring to pr,,i-
drur Harding's message. Il am coHIi-
dem that the HOUSE, will esteem it as
~, :,1 of far-Sering <tulcmHu>hin and
will whuIphearfcGly wish il success.
| No effort will he lacking, to make it
50 ON the part Of thu British empire,
v!I:,-h shares 1o thu full thu Iiitrr;'
and rIrurr>Sivp >,.irit inspiring it,.
;'o,,,ii,l George, Harvey. the A.t,.ii
can ambassador, wa> in the gallery u
| ;hp hnli>,. To hear the prime uini>'. i.
| statement.
H.r. Lloyd George began ills state
| ~. ~ l,v referring Ia the AuglO-Juna
n->e treaty. He said the JarHn"~
government took lie view that 10 lao.
tic2 Of dCnunciatiom of the treaty ha@
| been yivtn. and that this view also
WAS Ii Iii by Lord Curzon. the foreign!
,u;ui<frr, The matter WAS referred t.
lh;. rd chancellor. ;hr pr,m, minis
fer declared. who. after Il consultation
with The law officers of the crown held
| that the treaty. therefore. remained in
| force until denounced. Ii was, how
o,,r IIf. Hove, George said. the desire
| f hoth n,rtipS that the agreement he
hrnu~b1 into complete harmony with
5hn covenant of the, League Of Nations
"In Ianon we have nm cid 1IpI prov
! oil ally The agreement. HOW twenty
ya,,i.s' standing between us. has been
of very great benefit. not ONLY to our
selves and her. hut to the peace of the
Far East. In China we have very
numerous upuule of great nUtentialitieS
who esteem orr friendship highly. and
whose interests we desire to assist and
advance"
This sacrament of the primP minister
elected cheers from the houre
.,In the United States we see today,
rs we have ALWAYS seen, the people
AclDsest TO our own aims and ideals,
yhp urimp minister continued land
with whom 1t is for US not only
desire and an interest, but deeply
rooted instinct. to consult and coop
crate"
There was renewed cheering from
the house at this point. Lloyd George
went on:
These were the main considerations
in our minds and upon them we were
unanimous. The object of our discus
sionS was To find a method of combin-
ING All these three factors in a policy
thai would remove the danger of
heavy naval expenditure in the Pacific
with all the evils that such expenditure
would entail and tina. would ensure
the DEVELOPMENT OF all legitimate ma
tfonal interests in the Far East
We had first to ascertain our exact
rsn;tion i'm regard 10 the Anglo-Japa-
,,sp agreement There had been much
Ioubt as to whether the notification to
the League of Nations last July con-
stftuted remuneration of the agreement
in The sense Of clause VI If il did.
if would he necessary to decide on
some interim measures regarding the
,rrnpmenr nendino fuller discussion
with the Pacific mowers and negotia-
tino. with this object in view were in
r<in, ,f f.., ,I,eod, d. nroorn.s
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