THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3411, 16 February 1920, Page 7

THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

IMPORTANT‘ SPEECHES‘

LONDON, Feb. 13

In the House of Commons, I/ir George .Thol-no moved an amendment -to the Address-in-Reply, I'egl‘e4fting that the Government had not recognised many impracticabilitios in connection with the Peace Treaty, and not having appreciated the grave dangers ‘to the economic position 211% Home and abroad by delay in restoring settled conditions in Eufop's and the Near East. .

Sir Donald McLean, Leader of the Opposition Quoted Genera] Smuts’ message in which 110 said the real work of making peace would only begin after the Peace Treaty was signed, and he expressed the opinion thalt the whole experience of the last month had shown how substantially accurate was General Smuts’ estimate of the situation. Sir Donald M_cLean appealed to the Government. to Itake a long states manlike view, and further to fix the arnount of the German indemnity. Ht‘ deprecated the length of the German. “black list.” He foreshadowed ycars of international litigation in"this eonneetion, and urged that there was no hope of a sound economic futul'o for Europe without free trade all rdimd.

Lord Robert Cecil urged the ilupl':l(r--ticabilify of at present undertaking TeViSioll of the Treaty, although some of‘ Hit‘ fefms would have to be revised later. Discussing Egypt, the '.\[idt“v East, Mesopotmnin, and Armenia. he s':i§d Ihe situation W 113; SOl-ions, chiefly Owing to The delay in dealing with the Turkish question. He deprc-c.at(-d further delay, and suggested that file

League of Nations should publicly (p« bate the Russian situation, and also send two int'ernafion'al missions to Russia to ascertain what was going on there, and secondly to define pl'ovisioll- - boundaries between Russia and bor~ dor States;