New-York tribune., 1922-05-09
Lloyd George
Denies He Said
Entente Ends
Chamberlain Deno,lnces Re
port of Barthou Inter
view as ''Dcliherate
and Malicious Invention"
Story Is True, Says Stecd
Times" Editor Insists Pre-
mier Has Made SINH
lar Statements Repeatedly

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george to-day repudIated reported
interview he was said to have had with
Louis Rortbor cbiof oe .,o L,ro,,cb
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0ei'E"''oh' IN winch the British Pre-
mler was made to say that he told
Rarthou the entente with France was
ended
The renor+ was SON, "a 1o,do,, ,.oa
tcrdav bv Henry Wickhan Stocd rd;-
tor Of "The Times"
The British Premier said he ALWAYS
preferred to believe that eve mean
ing the Allies will go on to0ether e"
This statement IS interpreted as a
Sight receS ION to the stand taken by
".u I0r'"'E1t ago alter the signing
oI me Russo German treaty, when he
S"l' ,.'- 'F"' r 1nore would be a new group
iNG o1 powers unless some nations
modified their policies. Lloyd George
Is apparently anxious to keep France
IN Inc, and evidently he has received
some conclliatory message from Pom
care
GENOA, May Sin statement to
the press tonight. VI. Barthou, after
reiterating that Lloyd George never
told him that the differences between
France and England meant the end of
the Entente, said respecting their
meeting on Saturday last:
"Ne had very long and serious
conversation. It is difficult to form an
opinion Of book by reading several
pages, and that is what happcned whom
al
1ishcd in England Mr.. Ilovd Georrc
couraged, but he never uttered a word
Of menace against France. He did
say: We are at the turning point of
our rclations' but this wae NOT cojd
aggres sivelv. but sadly
Dis,n,oi,,+od wa,
as, "''h rance
Mr' Lioyd George told me he was
ueepiY Glsappolnted that France had
PIeierfed 10 S!de WITH belglum, rather
man with England, which had shown
such great affection for France dur
ing tne W2T' and which, with the
commons mad made such sacrifices.
assured MIN that there was not
soIi'ary ffenchman who did not have
era'ltuCe IN ms heart for England
emphasized that we stood by Belgium
merely on matter Of principle and
called attention to the fact that he
hlmseIf, IN the House Of Commons on
April 2, had expressed the point of
we" on the restriction Of foreigners
property in Russia. which is now up
heId by Belgium and France. l told
hlm that VI, Polncarc had written TO
the British Ambassador at Paris ex-
sisting that France was showing no
preference in adopting her attitude on
the Russian memorandum
,o,-no>,
LCNDCN' May . Barthou. respond
lh& TO Premier Lloyd Georges appeal
Tor ms testimony regarding the much
Comnented on conVersatlon on Satur-
GUY mas "rllIeh 10 the brltlsh Premier,
to Reuters Genoa correspond
eht; as 19iIo"s:
iou old not say mat the Entente
waS We at an eno, nor mat your advisers
were pressing you TO come TO an under
stanalng win Nermany. You dld not
p'oHoulJe one "ord "hlcn could be m
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