Evening star., 1922-05-26
Premier Hopeful After Re-
ceiving Practically a Vote
of Confidence.
CRITICISM OF PREMIER
BRINGS SPIRITED SCENE
Thunders Answers Towards 0pposi.
ton and Wins Out by Vote
of 235 to 26.
BY the Associated Press.


welcome to Mr.. Lloyd George on the
occasion of lis return from Genoa was
given today by a gathering of par
ffamentary leaders at a luncheon.
Fiscount Long of Wraxall presided.
Lord Long, in proposing toast to Mr..
Lloyd George. declared that at Genoa
Mr.. Lloyd George was pursued by cal
umny and abuse. The enemy did not
meet the premier in the open field, he
asserted. but preferred to attack him
from the editorial chair.
In response the premier said:
Genoa has not ended. 1t will go
on to the end. l am interested to note
how the alleged friends of peace pre-
dicted the failure of Genoa with
persistence that suggested the wish
was father of the thought. Europe is
so des;rous of peace, and so needful
of it That 1 feel the chariot of peace
will ultimately be forced through to
the desired goal Six weeks was too
short to complete the task and re-
move all misunderstanding"
Says Work VIII Go On.
But the work will go on" the pre-
mier continued. by the will. not of
rulers. but Of those who rule the
rulers"
He declared 1t was the right as we'll
as the duty of the British empire to
have something to say in favor of
peace. The empire had mobilized nine
and one-half millions during the late
war. he declared. and asked II that
and the contributions from the do
minIons and India did not give the
empire the right to voice in the
kind of world peace that needed to
be established.
II don't know that have ever been
particularly passionate man." Mr.
Lloyd George declared, but when the
common cause of the empire demands
it. and my friend. Lord Balfour. who
so often have fought face to face. are
content to fight side by side. Let the
same spirit actuate u.s. all Great
Britain, Europe and the world. We
are not yet out OF danger. and while
a common danger exists abroad or
within our own country let all men
be content to fight side by side in OPP
position to those common dangers"
Press Takes 0pposite view.
The editorial comment in London
newspapers today on Mr.. Lloyd
Georges Genoa speech Is Directly op-
posed to that Of the house Of COM
mons. which gave him practically q
vote Of confidence >last night. Most
of the newspapers write failure"
. across the face of the conference and
have only censure for the premier's
defense of his foreign policy.
The Times says the debate added
nothing to what had long been known.
answers skeptically its own question:
will the engineers at The Hague be
a BILE to build that which the engineers
at Genoa failed to build?"
Justihes American View.
The Morning Post says: The
Americans who were invited to Genoa
refused on the ground the conference
would eventually decline into a po-
litical gathering. and. America has
been justified"
The Westminster Gazette says: THE
painful fact is that the premier la
bored at Genoa in vain. The Hague
win meet under the same limitations
which sterilized Genoa.
attitude of France. Belgium and the
United States prevented Lloyd George
from carrying out the visionary
scheme with which he went to Genoa
for putting the bolsheviks on their
legs with British money"
Defended by One Paper.
In defense Of the premier the Daily
thing more than Asquith's thin gibes
and Sir Robert Ceci's captions criti-
cisms to. undo the effect Of the pre-
mier.s exposition
Once again Lloyd George last night
received the support Of the house in
what is considered the equivalent of
another vote of confidence.
vn<> U~ wax g. 1o --
The house by an overwhelming
majority of 235. to &c rejected an
amendment moved by Rupert Gwynne,
unionist. to the motion on which the
debate was based as a means Of ex-
pressing the dissatisfaction of the
house with the premier's exposition.
Mr.. Gwynne had been most vehement
in his denunciations OF the govern
ment. asserting that the premier had
spoken only Of what might have hap
pened at Genoa. not what really did
happen there.
For an hour and a'haIf the premier
gave a calm exposition Of the confer
eran, Herbert H. Asquith, the labor
leader. John Robert Clynes. and Lord
Robert Cecil replied, crfticizing the
six weeks session at Genoa as hav-
ward the rehabilitation Of Europe.
The criticism aroused the premier
and he thundered answers toward
the opposition benches. After 4
spirited scene in the crowded house.
amid handclapping and shouting at
the passage between the premier and
Lord Robert Cecil. Lloyd Georges
second speech ended dramatically as
he silenced the house and solemnly
proclaimed a policy of cooperation
with the French democracy. There
were loud cheers as he resumed his
seat.
impatient with Critics.
Mr. Lloyd George displayed great
impatience with those critics who ad-
vocated going along without France,
as he exclaimed:
You cannot settle the, teparations
question unless you carry the juds-
ment of France along with you. and
you cannot do that by fiouting the
Versailles treaty and trying to ignore
France"
Mr.. Asquith, who spoke after the
premier's rscitaIs Of the Genoa events,
thought Mr. Lloyd George had pro-
vided the bolsh4yiki with high au-
thority Tor the principls that . basis
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