New-York tribune., 1922-01-24
Deal
Diplomacy at
Stake, Says Lee
Fa''"'c OF Washington Cow.
terence " ould MeanBank.
r"ptcy OF States,na,sl,;p.
\-scrts British Delegate
As>ai's Rriand sStabbing
Declares England Give,
I. 5. Program Full Sup.
port: AppIaud- Hughes

"lp omacy OF tho square dcaN
beng piac';ccd st the tonreronc. on
Limitation o. Armament at Washing.
ton Is tho very antithesis Of the pro
posa' now beng made by the new
frcnch Premier for ";hc old system of
settling our affair through the diplo-
mats and through the medium Of notes
and representations" Lord Lee. OF
Farohan. said last night in an addre ss
before the Notwithstanding Union at
tae aldorfAstoria. Lord Lee. who is
ncAt IN rank 20 Arthur !. Baliour. head
Of the British delegation to the COW
terence. did not conceal his disappoint-
mcnt at the turn of affairs in France
and in one part O. his speech referred
to the circumstances which led to tho
resignation OF Premier Aristde Briand
as q "stabbing in the back
While highly optim site for the sue
cess OF the Washington conference ana
expressing praise for the Nuity ct vur-
pose and method shown By the English
aiid American delegations N achierin"
The results thus far obtained. iold
Leo SAID If the conference should fo,
aNy reason fail "that would be the cnu
vi ulDtOluutI y! COM clFllCt.
Britain Supporting L. S. Plan
al this conference should fai-and
it is not going to fail-that would
spell the bankruptcy Of statesmanshp p
and the triumph Of everything for
which the revolutionaries in our vari-
Gus countries are watching;' the
to go back TO the old bad conditions
"hs-c the common peoples o. the world
we're at the mercy OF secret treaties,
o. secret negotiations conducted be
hind their backs, aud Of arrangements
which too often merely favored thc
amhitions cichcr Of kings or Of states
men"
For the benefit Of Suspicious persons
OF pers stent critics Of the conference G
and It's WORK, Lord Lee said the British
and American delegates had "vorNed
steadily from the American agenda
point by point and that there is nos
one o. the questions which we're pro
posed by America for consideration b.
being dealt with. and deal; with sue
ccssfully. on the lines designed by
America.'
SO far as the speaker knew. with the
solitary exception Of the submarine.
''vhere p'e didn't see together" there
lad not been one single question III
which America and England had not
been found on The same side.
No Stabbing in Back
Without having mentioned either
BRAND or those responsible for his res
igNatjon and consequent subverson Of
French policy. Lord lee caused ripple
OF lnughter when he said:
gtrl y
thing: They have never been stabbed
in the back. They have been supported
in their own country by the whole mass
of their countrymcn. We arc allowed
close tie while we are engaged in this
husiness.'
He continued:
'Pcrhaps that may be due to the fact
that We are working in England under
this system OF coalition, where we have
had men. leading men, OF both parties
working as they did through the years
Of war side b. side in the same Cabinet
throwing all their energies into the
common stock
Lord Lee defined three kinds of con-
ference critics: "Horest critics, liar
critics and those who are not precisely
critics, but avowed enemies" The
honest critics, he thought, ore playing
a useful part, "Sor they sometimes see
the other side OF things and draw at
tention tc points to which we may not
have given sufficient attention."
~ can only assure them,' he added,
that we are glad o: good advice and
we are prepared to take it from what
ever quarter it comes"
Pays High Tribute to Hughes
The conference, he wen. on, "is
neither near to death nor sick" On
dc contrarN 81 Was alreadv succesa-