New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Settlement Outlook Best
in Years, Despite Crisis
in Farley, He Informs
Lord Mayors Banquet
Arms Conference
"Rainbow in Sky
Notable CuiIdhall Throng
Hears Premier Acclaim
High Aims of America

LONDON, Nov. 9 (By The Associated
Press).--Tho Lord Mayors banquet
this evening assumed more than ma
tional Importance, when David Lloyd
George, the Prime Minister, replying
to the Mayors toast TO the Cabinet
ministers, followed the custom of such
gatherings at the historic Guildhall of
speaking his mind regarding foreign
affairs.
The tradition has been that the
Prime Minister must touch only on
foreign policies in his annual Guild
hall speech, but in response to the
Lord Mayors suggestion that the
guests anxiously awaited news of the
Irish conference, Mr.. Lloyd George
quickly expanded the statement made
early in his speech that "the Washing
ton conference is like a rainbow in the
sky,' and then passed to the question
of Ireland.
He declared that there was a better
prospect of Great Britain's proposals
to Ireland being needed to-day and of
Ireland accepting the invitation to
enter the British commonwealth as an
equal than for years, but that the con-
| ference was still in critical stage.
Irish Offered Partnership
Of the Irish negotiations he said in
conclusions: 81 cannot reveal any Sc
crets Of the conference room; that is the
way to bring a conference to nought.
All l can say is that there is better
prospect of our invitation to the people
of Ireland to come into free partner
ship in the British Empire as equals
being needed to-day than at any time
! for years."
He repeatedly emphasized the neces-
sity OF peace, saying that it was needed
for the welfare of the empire as we'll
as for the good relations Of the British
isles. The worst aspect Of a family
quarrel, he added, was not only that
! it caused unhappiness within the fam
| lily, but attracted the attention of
neighbors. ~.
Declaring that there could Be no
peace and that great opportunity
would be lost if each party approached
| the tangled problem determined not to
bulge an inch, he exclaimed: "We, who
British government and people, regard
ourselves there as the trustees of the
empire, the guardians Of it's honor and
security. 1t is high trust; we prom
ise you we will not betray it."
| The gathering represented all phases
Of national life and included among
its members the American, Japanese,
| Spanish, Brazilian and italian ambas-
sadors. The American Ambassador,
George Harvey, drank with Lord Cur
zon from the loving cup, and was
greatly interested in the ancient cere-
mony.
Lord Curzon, in toasting the diplo-
mats, referred to the gathering of
statesmen at Washington as "a con-
scious grouping of the nations of the
world toward international relation
sips far better than the old balance
of power and the sole remedy for the
evils from which the nations are
suffering"
World at Work, Premier Says
In his address the Prime Minister
said:
"The world is settling down to work,
and it is work alone that will fill the
depleted tills, which will enable pur-
chasers to come to the markets. The
blue sky is beginning to emerge; the
/ Washington conference, summoned by
President Harding, is like a rainbow
in the sky. For without the assurance
of peace restoration Of business is
impossible.
| "This conference comes none too
soon. So far the war has not had the
effect which every sane man antici-
pated from it in arresting the growths
of ornaments.
"Men is the most unteachable of all
animals. If you inAict punishment
upon any other animal he quickly
learns the lesson. But, take the late
war. 1t was the most terribly destruc-
tive in the history of the world.
"For that devastation competition in
arms is largely responsible. That les
son was scourged deep into the flesh of
the world, and yet no sooner are we out
of it than the nations spend their sub
stance in devising and amassing fresh
engines for war; fresh subjects spring
up everywhere to justify war. You
might imagine that the one purpose
and glory of national organization was
human slaughter
"Armaments to-day are thrice as ex-
pensiye in men and material as they
were before the great war. At the
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