The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-08
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SECRET PACT
STIRS WORLD
Wilson, Lloyd George Agreed to
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Juror swept the British Isles
and the continent today, on the
heels of a charge by ex-premierI
Lloyd George that Woodrow
Wilson and Clemenceau, dur
ing peace conference days,
fixed up a secret pact behind
his back whereby the Amer
lean president agreed to occu-
patton of the Rhineland by
French troops for Is years.
A sensation such as the Tea
pot Dome oil scandal created
in the United States involved
one after another of the promi-
nent figures, who helped make
the Versailles treaty.
Busy AZ Bee-Hives
The French and British foreign Of
fees were busy as beehives; the form
er issued fiat denial Of Lloyd
Georges charge; the latter put the
matter up to the former prime minis
ter for further explanation.
From Paris came an interview with
THE Tiger" Clemenceau, denying
Llody Georges assertion; Andre
Tardieu, who played q prominent
part in peace conference proceedings,
did not know of the pact.
The British press today printed at
length everything Washington, New
York, Paris and London had to say In
Connection with the alleged secret pact.
Meanwhile Lloyd George was
pressed to produce the pact, or at
least to answer the indignant denial
Of the French foreign Office. He
promised statement later today.
What happened, in nut shell, was
this:
The French foreign office intends
to publish a series Of yellow book"
dealing with the making of the Peace
of Versailles and sent Great Britain
proofs, asking permission to publish
them. These were sent on to Lloyd
George, "out Of courtesy, because in
conjunction with President Wilson
and Premier Clemenceau, he had been
concerned in discussion of the mat
ter"
The yellow Book" presumably
was. to be Frances apologize for oc-
cupation of the Rhineland and Ruhr.
It was to show that Wilson and Lloyd
George agreed.
Whether or not this is what the
yellow Book" proofs contained,
GA@~r~n
coincident with the death Of Wilson,
stated to newspaper correspondents
that the secret pact agreeing to oc-
cunation Of the Rhine had been made
while he was away from Paris.
The British foreign Office has asked
Llovd George to reply to the French
denials of bis charge and announced
II VIII probably get consent of the
Macdonald government to publication
of the yellow Book"
Ciemeneeau Denies Story
-Bristling savagely one
minute, gruffly good-natured the next,
Georges Clemenceau gave the lie d.
rect to a statement credited to Lloyd
George in an interview in the London
Chronicle to the effect that 1.-THE
Tiger" and Woodrow Wilson signed
a secret pact during Versailles days.
81 never signed secret treaty with
anybody. cannot understand Lloyd
Georges object is saying So" Gle
menceau growled.
Hunt In Wilson'S Files.
Woodrow Wilson's private files
may yield up an answer to the con-
trovcrsv now raging between London
and Paris over Lloyd Georges
charge that Wilson and Clemenceau
arranged a secret pact on the
Rhinelard occupation, while Lloyd
Georges back was turned.
What will now be done with those
letters depends upon Mrs. Wilson's
wishes. No decision will be reached
for the present, it was indicated to-
day.
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