Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-12-21 | Page 2 | Lloyd George's Talk as Viewed by the Germas

LLOYD GEORGE'S TALK AS VIEWED BY THE GERMANS AMSTERDAM, Dec. 20, via London, 11 : fj 0 a. m. Commenting on Premier Lloyd George's speech, the Taeglische Rundschau of Berlin says: "Reparation could be demanded by England only if Germany had declared war on England, If we were to blame for the war. if we- had committed crimes against international law and if we had been defeated." The Lokal Anzeiger takes the viewpoint that Lloyd George's remarks about reparation repa-ration are of no value, inasmuch as nothing noth-ing has been said thus far about peace conditions. This newspaper continues: "If Lloyd George means to postpone satisfying Europe's desire for peace until the time when the entente is successful in conquering Germany's armies and those of her allies, then the whole of Europe, as well as Lloyd George, knows full well that this announcement means eternal war. unless it is in the power of the German command to bring it to an earlier termination than Lloyd George supposes." sup-poses." The Tageblatt says it prefers to await the promised reply of the entente, adding: "For the present it appears that the gulf is very great between Lloyd George's statu! point and that described from the German side as the basis for peace."