Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-04-06
COMMONS BACKS
BRITISH PREMIER
Lloyd George Is Upheld by a
Vote of 379 to "a.
GENOA PLANS ARE OUTLINED
Leader, in Historic Speech, Tells
Members of Parliament Conditions
Wherein the Allies Are to Rec
ognize Soviet Government.

London, April 4-The house of
commons voted confidence in Premier
Lloyd George and the government by
$40 to "a. The vote evidenced the ap-
prOval of the premier's outline of the
allied plans for the Genoa conference.
In a historic speech on the Genoa
conference the premier laid down the
conditions whereon the allies are pre-
pairing to recognize the soviet govern
ment. The conditions are:
l. Recognition of the debts con-
tracted under the czarist regime
2. Reduction of the Red army.
3. Russia must not attack it's neigh
bors and vice versa.
4. Access to Russian ports.
5. Establishment of the usual
agencies for the protection Of trade.
6. Recognition TO be general, with a
probationary period.
The premier had not entirely re-
gained his old confidence, as the re-
suit of his recent illness. He spoke
quietly, sometimes with unusual hest
fancy, searching for words to fit the
occasion. There was also an absence
Of swift retorts when the premier was
heckled by laborites.I
Scores Personal Triumph.
Only in the closing part of his
speech did Lloyd George generate his
characteristic fire. Nevertheless the
premier scored another personal
triumph.
Warm applause greeted Lloyd
George when he entered the densely
packed house and cheering was loud
and prolonged when he rose to deliver
his 85-minute speech.
Labor members enthusiastically ap-
plauded the premier's reference to a
campaign for immediate recognition
Of the soviet government, but the mass
Of cOalitionists reserved their ap-
prevail until the premier's announce
ment that Russia must prove good
faith before the allied powers could
ceremOnially recognize the sOviets.
Lloyd George sounded a death knell
to Britain'S hopes that dictatorship
for proletariat Russia would be super
seeded by a more democratic form of
government when he said:
"The world cannot afford to wait
any longer for the prospect of the
downfall of the present regime.
at is our duty at Genoa to see that
the establishment of peace in Eu-
rope is complete"
The historical precedent which the
premier selected to justify the recog-
milton was Pitts peace with the
French revolutionary government. The
premier said that he felt today as Pitt
did in his time-that unless peace
was made with the revolutionaries.
Europe faced many devastating
years.
Won't Revise Existing Treaties.
Dealing with the other objects of
the Genoa conference, Lloyd George
said the conference would try to re-
cover prosperity from desolation
where into Europe had faller., but he
would not seek to revise existing
treaties or the reparation provisions
made at the Versailles treaty
eff Germany does not pay" said the
premier, France and Britain have to-.
Germany's ultimate capacity to pay
must not be judged by the present
general depression"
The first work at Genoa will be to
restore exchanges. Currency has
broken from it's moorings and is now
drifting helplessly.
England's international trade is now
80 per cent of what it was before the
war, Germany's 20 per cent and
Frances 60 per cent.
Pressure will have to be brought to
bear to induce nations to balance their
budgets, the premier said.