PERILS OF THE PEACE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 73, 27 March 1922, Page 5

PERILS OF THE PEACE.

LLOYD GEORGE'S FORESIGHT. DANGERS OF INJUSTICE. LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS. (By Cable-Press Association.—Copyright.) LOXDON. March 2C. A long memorandum entitled "Some Consi<lera.tions for the Peace Conference Before it Finally Drafts its Terms/ , which Mr. Lloyd George circulated among members of tlio conference in March. 1919, is issued to-day as a White ■ Paper. Hie document states: "It is comparatively easy to patch up a peace which' . will last 30 years, but it is difficult to I draw up a peace which will not provoke a fresh struggle. History has demon- ■ st rated that a jx-ace hailed by the victorious nation an a triumph of cliplo- . matie skill and statesmanship nasj proved in the long run to be short-1 : sighted and charged with danger to the , victor. i "You may strip Germany of her eolo- | nies, reduce her armaments to a mere ■ i police force and her navy to that of a . lifth-rato Tower, but if "she .feels that she has been unjustly-, treated she will eventually lind means of exacting retribution from her conquerors. Arrogance and injustice displayed in the hour of i triumph will never be forgotten or for- ; given. We cannot both cripple Germany , and make her pay. We must offer terms which a responsible German Ciov- . ernment can expect to carry out. j "'Hie greatest danger 1 see is that j [ dervnany may throw in her lot. with | Bolshevism. It is idle to impose permanent limitation on the armaments of ■ I Germany unless we are prepared to imI pose a limitation upon ourselves." ■! >Siguor Nitti. late I'rime Minister of .| Italy, in his book. "Europe Without Peace,' , applauded the memorandum.! i j but complained that Mr. Lloyd George j . I signed a neace treaty violating the prin-; : ciples he "set out. i The -'Daily Chronicle" states that Mr. j [I Lloyd Georges memorandum is an ideal] i I introduction to the policy of the Genoa I Conference. It is a prescient document. I'll shows that if the Versailles Treaty . had many grave blemishes it was not /because Mr. Lloyd George-did not urge! his Liberal views on the conference. Tie - j had to take less than he wanted in the 1 ! hope that the remainder would be added I later. The time has now come when his f ideas have a chance of being carried through.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) M. CLEMENCEATTS REPLY. ' i . HELPING THE BUFFER STATE. ! (RtM-Olvcrl W.lifl a.m.l ! ; PARIS, March 215. I The "Echo National' , publishes M. f ; ( lemenceau's Note in reply to Mr. Lloyd 'George's ]01i) memorandum, in which M. -*•; I lemtneeau ]<ointcd out that, to think of ■ appeasing fiennany was pure illui-ion. i 1 French policy to help the new buffer -, States between tUlssln and Germany. 1! M. Andre Tardieu, in the "Echo dc t' Paris.' , adds that Mt. I.loyd George was '■greatly irritated by this Note, ana f replied to it three day* later, but. M. ?! Cleirjcncean denned it. useless to make a -rejoinder.— lA. and S./.. (able) Mr. Lloyd George's memorandum was ,' J the subject of our leading article on Saturday. It appeared first in a recent; " J book by Signor Nitti. late I'rime .Minis- , *! ter of Italy, called "Europe Without' ", l'eace." and was reprinted by the "Man I i Chester Guardian." ■ ■ i