SAN REMO CONFERENCE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3476, 3 May 1920, Page 3

SAN REMO CONFERENCE.

DIFFICULTIES AND .\VCH.:II~:\'I:. MENTS.

ANGL()-FRENCH ALLIANCE (.).\‘ SOUNDER BASIS THAN Tl*J‘V’]')R».

STA'l"El\l_l*l.\".L‘ BY MR LLOYD

GEORGE

LONDON, April 29%

In the ‘House. of tjorninons, .\lr Lloyd Greorge diiyiziiiied the results of the. San Rome Confel'enee. He said misunderstandings were serious enough, and they were made more grave by deliberate ferrnenting by Very neclnless Aper:4on.'a, but the sky‘ was again clear. All the principals were pleased with the outcome’ -‘tutti the alliance placed on a firmer basis} than e\'er. The French undoubtedly believed that. Britain did not intend’ to enforce the Treaty, especially in I'egard~ to reparation and diszu-nla~_ ment, but the Conference dispelled] all suspicions. Misunderstin bags 9 also arose from suspicions created by utterances by very powertiul p(.*l'.:O)ls[ in France, and the writings of power-.; ful journalists indicating intentions to use delays in the execution of the Treaty for ulterior motives, and-the annexation of Rhineland and the coal areas was openly advocated. Britain had to make it absolutely’ clear that she would never assent to any Such! policy. M. Millerand and his as:<oci~ ates gave an assurance that the vast rnajority' of Frenchmen were opposed to such a. policy equally with Britain.’ German ;\linisters had been invited to; confer with the Anglo—French ’.\l’inis-l" ters face to face at. Spa so as to in-akei certain that the clisctissioiis would be‘ quite in acordance with the Supl'elnel Council’s policy. Questions discussedi would be first disarinament, then re! paration, then army Oct:-t‘.p:lt.ioll.Tllei real ditiiculty in getting the l(!]'D].'\'i of the Treaty carried out was thatl the German Government did not com-i mand authorit_v, but the ,qreatest. difii-i culty we were dealing with was a‘ broken l)ached people, whose actions.were con\nllsi\'tr. “IE ll‘ltl command of‘ speech, but that was about all. it, was essential to get German guns,i aeroplanes and reparations. It was’. recognised that Grermany cannot pay! at present. but it was necessary to? abandon exasperating evasions ofher; liabilities. The Allies were going to‘ Spa to make definite proposals. Thei time limit of four months after‘ the] signature of the 'lll‘eift'y. conceded to Germany,.in which she nlig'llt Submiti concrete proposals for settlement. of} her liabilities, had already lapsed. ; The Premier emphasised the fact i that the Ruhr dispute was now entire~ ly cleared up. The Gernians had been intornied that as soon as the troops in the Ruhr Valley were reduced to the nrmber perntitted by the :\llied Note the French troops would be withdrawn. ’.l‘he statement that the French troops could not be withdrawn until Germany was disarmed and certain other clauses of the treaty enforced was in nowisc accurate. The ‘Germans must show they are _'-_;rap'pling with the problem ‘of carrying out the terms of the ’l‘reaty. That was all ,we asketl. At present the Allies were in niost e.om~ pletc accord on all these questions. The Premier denounced as."cl-iminal attempts to promote discord due to personal znalivgnity, and disappoizited ambition.

Rcgutmliiig Turkey, Ml‘ Lloyd Go<n'gn agreed with M. Millorand that it was un«lesirablc to outline the proposals until they were siibiiiittecl to the Porto, but really there was nothing to revcul. There 11:1-_l. bevn no <lop:ll‘rul'n lmni ‘he priiiciples laid down. He coiifimiecl the niaiulatc over Syria, given to F‘v'3.iio.o, ‘the. ixiamlzxtos over ‘Mesopotziniiu (including Mosul nml P:l,lost.i.nc) given to Britain, and in i'«:g:ll'<,l to l.’zll€..<tll(‘, with full recognition of Ml‘ Bult’our’,< dcclurzition in respect to the Jews. The .~\l'm(‘niml prohh-m «ms o\‘Cl'wllelini:igly difi'i('ult', owing to the fact that Tll'.‘l‘C \-«:13 no .-\l’n1(‘l1l{111 popul{1ll(‘)]'1 in V‘:-..<t areas the Allies imuld huv.‘ liked to ullorzxtc to Ai'im~ni:l. It‘. the Allies gave them to Arim-niu who '.vm_ihl oiitbrr.-0 the (lecree

The Pl-emiel' (mlpll2lsi.<o<l that in viuw of tlmir I'espolisibilil'ic;< nnmr of tlxv .:\llics was 211319 to ilnclermko this lzusk. whivli would involve :1 Very .<l'r.'m.;; Ini'lii:n'_\' f’m'<-.0. 'l‘lu)l'ef:m~. the .\lliv.< zlmwzxletl I'o .~\nlel'ic:l to underl:xl{u‘tlw m:md-uto over 1’&i'ii1o11i:1. lf llw l.'nile<l Htzitvs ru‘r_'us(><l. the Allies mi;.:llt usl; .l"1'osirl0nl; Wilson to nl'bifmfo in ir-g_};:n'«_l in tlw b01n1(lzu'io.~: of .=\.rnmnia. 'l.‘llr: Sun Rnnm (_Y«)ixi’ol'mx(:l? pl':x<_=,ligully I'eafi‘irnlorl tlu: decis'ion f 0 opmi 1':-ade I'ol:\ti<,ms with Russia, and in o\'ol‘y w:‘._v to fzicilimte the .~:on<ling of pouccalaln m::l'c!‘i.'.lls to Rus.<.i:l, obtaining: in :-.:~f»_n'n surplus ’EnQds‘rufTs, and raw mafm'ials.from Russia. The Allies were (lvferniined not to accept Litvin--ol’f.' as a.mmnbor of the Soviet rlel(.-ga.-tion in this aonnecfion, owing to his nl_j»nsing privilégcs. ‘