MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S SPEECH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 29 April 1922, Page 5

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S SPEECH.

MIXED RECEPTION BY PRESS. LONDON, April 28. 7- Mr. Lloyd George's speech has had a ' mixed reception from the press. j The Westminster Gazette declares ihat the Treaty of Versailles cannot stand enforcement. It might defer the rise of Russia and Germany, but could not permanently keep them in subjec- ' tion. The paper adds: "That is what Mr. Lloyd George means when he says that" if a pact of peace is not arranged lEurope will again be plunged into a welter of blood, and that is why we are -compelled to tell France that we must steadfastly oppose her proposed policy.'' The Morning Post suunorts the * French attitude. It says: "The Treaty j of Versailles is a great--instrument of i human liberty, sanctified by the blood of millions of upright men.' 3 I The Daily New. says: "The way to j -make an ultimate catastrophe certain j is to badger, torment, blackmail, and invade Germany, and insult, ostracise, ' -and buliv Russia." The Daily Express says that Mr. X_loyd George's views "embody the " opinions of all the most sane and far- - seeing of his countrymen. The Daily Telegraph says: "It is a terrible utterance to come from a statesman at the centre of international affairs who has been feeling the pulse , «f our common civil'sation. Will any- j one declare he is wron£?" -