Evening star., 1924-02-07
GRAVE SITUATION
SEEN|N CHARGES
BYLLOYDG GEORGE
London Officials Worried
That Relations With France
Will Be Strained.
CLEMENCEAU DENIES PACT
EVER MADE WITH WILSON
"I'll Pay the Reparations" if Al.
legations Proved, "Tiger'
Declares.
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON. February IA grave
view is held In British government
circles regarding the situation pre-
cipitated by former Prime Minister
Lloyd Georges allegation of COM
pact between Woodrow Wilson and
Georges Clemenceau over the occu-
patton Of the Rhineland. It was au-
thoritatively stated today.
The relations between Premier
Poincare and Prime Minister Macdon-
aid have become cordial, it Is de-
clared, and the disclosure was made
today that they had arrived at some
important arrangement with regard
to the Bavarian palatinate. over the
separatist' movement in which there
has been friction between France and
f;reat Britain.
Mr.. Lloyd Georges statement there
fore caused something akin to con-
sternation in government quarters, as
1t was felt to have placed Mr.. Mac
donald in a difficult position. In
view of this Lord 0rewe, British am
bassador at Paris, has been instruct
ed to interview M. Poincare and give
a personal explanation of the situa-
tion so as to remove any wrong i'm
preston.
The published allegations call for
a great display in the newspapers. all
of which treat the matter as first
class sensation. all using their big
headlines and printing the articles in
spaced type. Harold Spender's ver-
sion of his interview with Mr.. Lloyd
George. the British and French Of
fetal statements and Andre Tardieus
denial all are presented.
fo tG fn 1ty
Sketch by both Mr.. Lloyd George and
Mr.. Spender. whose version of his
talk with the former prime minister
was published in America yesterday.
make it questionable whether Lloyd
George said anything more emphatic
to the British journalist than in his
interview with The Associated Press
on Sunday.
Asked Explanation.
The Sketch asked an explanation
of Mr.. Lloyd George. who replied
through his secretary: THE facts as
recorded In Mr.. Spenders statement
are substantially correct, but 1 did
not grant the interview"
When this was shown to Mr.. SPEND
er he corroborated Mr.. Lloyd
Georges assertion IF there was any
carelessness in the matter it was en-
tirely mine." he said. II did not ask
his permission to use anything he
said. ! was asked to write a de-
scription of Mr.. Lloyd-George's life
vations here and there. Mr.. Lloyd
George talked off and on for twenty
four hours on every subject during
the week end I spent with him, and
reproduced one or two observa-
tions."
This utterance of Spender's was then
submitted to the former premier
through his secretary, but the reply
was a refusal ito make any COM
ment until he has gone fully into the
matter"
Asks Past He Forgotten.
The Daily News asks: what have
we today to do with these squalid
intrigues?" Contendtng that the
French policy toward Germany, how
ever sanctioned. has failed, the news
paper calls for new policy in nowise
resembling the anarchy of the past
few years." 1t remarks that the new
labor government is pledged to find
such a policy. and adds:
is to call peremptory truce to this
raking over of the still hot embers of
old controversies"
The Daily Herald, accepting Mr..
Spender's version, severely criticizes
woodrow Wilson. declaring: by that
surrender, and by consenting that PEN
sions should be included in the German
idemnity, Mr.. Wilson lost both the
sane, generous peace he SO persuasiyely
urged, and his reputation as a man of
unbending principles.
ITO secure immediate formation Of
the league of nations he abandoned
principle and gave way where he in
tended to stand firm. The result is
that the league has been unable to do
any good, owing to the disastrous con-
cessions he made. From these mis-.
takes have arisen all the difficulties Of
the present situation"
former Premier Lloyd-George, published
by the New York World YESTERDAY
and republished In sensational way
by the London Evening Standard last
night, the foreign office has issued the
following statement:
IAN interview is stated to have been
given by Mr.. Lloyd George to
an American newspaper, in the course
of which he is made to express him
self with indignation regarding his
discovery in certain official documents
recently forwarded to him of evi-
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