Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-28 | Page 5 | Power Balance Held Necessary

POWER BALANCE HELD NECESSARY Balfour in ill S1 Speech Before Commons Scorns Words of Hertling London Feb 27 Foreign i Foreign Secretary Balfour replying today to tho the speech of or Count von on Berthing the German imperial Im Imperial Imperial Im- Im chancellor regarding tho the doctrine doctrine doc doe trine trino of the balance balanc of oC power said that until German militarism had become a n thing of oC the past and there was In existence xico co a hall 11 or court CO armed with executive e powers power making the weak as safe as the stron strong It Il would never ne be pOl possible to I ignore noro tho the principles un underlying underlying under under- er- er lying the struggle for the balance of or power Mr Balfour told tho house houS of or commons commons commons com com- mons which ho was a nd addressing that ho 11 was unable to find In Von Ilert- Ilert lings ling's 8 speech an any basis for fruitful conversation conversation con con- or hope for peace The Tho chancellors chancellor's chancellors chancellor's chan chan- attitude concerning Bel Belgium lum said Mr Ir Balfour was completely ly un unsatisfactory unsatisfactory un- un satisfactory arid and his lip service j to President President President Pres Pres- ident Wilsons Wilson's propositions was not ex exemplified exemplified ex- ex in to German practice I i am convinced that I should be doIng doIng doing do- do Ing an Injury Injun to the cause caute of or peace If I encouraged tho the idea that there Is an any use ule In beginning these verbal erbal negotiations negotiations negotiations until something like Jlko a general agre agreement ment Is la apparent In the distance and until the statesmen of all the countries countries countries coun coun- tries cc e eo their way tray a to that tint broad settlement settlement set set- et- et w which hick It Is IA m my hope will bring peace to this sorely troubled world Lord Roh Robert rt Cecil minister of blockade blockade block blok ade adl referring to the Von Yon Berthing Bertling Sl speech ch said It would be foolish to enter Into ne negotiations no- no unless there was a reasonable reasonable reasonable reason reason- able prospect of or success We 0 do not desire to rep repeat lt the experiment 9 of f the tho Brost Drost negotiations