The New York herald., 1921-07-31
MIGHT OF ENGLAND
PLEDGED FOR PEACE
BY LLOYD GEORGE
Premier Says Britain Must
Have Voice in Fixing
Destiny of Nations.
TELLS OF SACRIFICES
Asserts Great Britain Will
Bend Every Effort to Pre-
vent Renewal of War.
rs FOR A REAL PEACE
Thinks Plain Language With
France Resulted in
Good.
TELLS OF SACRIFICES
rs FOR A REAL PEACE

Special Gable to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921. by THE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
London, July 30.
While Great Britain and France
were reaching an accord on Upper
silesia to-day. the Prime Minister,
Mr.. Lloyd George, speaking at the un-
yelling of a war memorial at Thame,
declared that as the British Empire
in August, 1914, cast her whole might
into the war, that same power was
now thrown into the scales Of peace.
At the same time he asserted that
Great Britain must have voice In
the Interpretation Of the peace she
in the war made such sacrifices to
win.
"A deferred peace is half war"
said the Premier in declaring that
Great Britain's sole anxiety is that
the Allies by some unwise or harsh
move might lay the groundwork for
future conflict.
1t was officially announced here to.
night that a full understanding had
been reached with France where.
by France will not send addi.
tional troops into Upper Silesia with.
out the consent of her Allies and the
Allied Supreme Council will meet at
once.
Added to this favorable turn, Mr..
Lloyd George in his address in
Thame to-day. paid tribute to France
for the great sacrifices she had made
in the sacrifices which give
her special claim for considera.
ton" He declared that Frances ex.
posed position entitled her to espe.
cial consideration. but insisted that
the fact that Great Britain had called
10, 900 900 men to the colors and had
3 900 900 casualties--not because her
home hearths were menaced, but to
protect other home hearths-gave her
a right to be heard before the French
acted.
Warns of Bickering.
There is a belief here that the next
meeting of the Supreme Council will
do more than merely straighten out
the Upper Silesian question. There is
a strong editorial demand by news
papers here that the council meeting
consider the whole ground of the En-
tente cordiale, and ]. l.. Garvin, editor
of the Observer. declares that unless
the radically differing policies of the
two ountries-England and France
are put on a solid basis throughout,
the Entente might better be broken
up than menaced and weakened by
continual chickering's.
Mr.. Lloyd George apparently took
the same attitude in his address In
Thame. when he declared 1t had been
necessary to do some plain speaking
in the last few weeks.
The Prime Minister said:
I'VE have had some differences with
France recently over the intcrpreta-
ton OF one of the sections Of the peace
treaty and we have talked very plainly
to each other. That rs quite right.
Plain speaking generally leads to good
understanding. Thoughts working In
concealment are dangerous. 1t is
much better to have 1t out, and we
have both done so with most excellent
results.
Great Britain only claims that she
must have a voice in the Interpretation
OF the peace she made such sacrifices
TO win. She does not claim n predomi-
nant voice or determining voice. That
would be so arrogant demand that no
sclf-respecting ally could possibly toler-
ate Il. We only ask for an equal voice,
and we are prepared TO go even beyond
that. We recognize fully that the
greater sacrifices OF France give her n
special claim for consideration, that
her interests are more immediate in
some of these questions. that the danger
is closer TO her frontiers, more visible
to her eyes, and that historical causes,
some Of them very recent and very
fresh In her memory. make her appre-
tensions more vivid and more poignant
than ours.
1--WE are willing to allow for all that
] would only respectfully say that
these considerations. although they give
France a better right to n hearing for
her case. are OF character which IN
apt to defect calm Judgment. The Brit
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