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Show NOR THCLIFFE IS ROUGHLY HANDLED BY BRITISH PREMIER By HENRY HYDE. (Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright.) LONDON', April 16. In one of the most siiu at ional and eloquent speeches ever delivered in the house of commons. Premier- IJo d George this afternoon declared de-clared that the peace terms 10 be presented pre-sented next week will demand payment of tlie cost of 1 he war by the : en-nan 1 eo pie and punb hnient of the kaiser and I other individuals responsible. France will ! Liver: ;..curi;y riL-aii.t new attacks. Tn- wil! be no i.ilu r ary Inic: cent ion in liu1-- a. Tho ahj.-s- u dl not r-. 0-n.7e the '' MiO'i.s. H.- denied lh;-t s-.r.ou.-- d,l-I d,l-I . :e had ;w .sen i...-t -.veen Grt at fc'r.t-ain, fc'r.t-ain, Kran.-e. ;:,lv :U:d thy L'mted States, or .u y of tli-m. "Any e n ha Won arrived a. urr:TU!no-j-i," he dc;;irc.j. ' ! 1 1, c u t n a n . i 1 g htm and vt t making his identity pr;e.iiy , ie.,r. Lloyd G-.-orce made sea M.irig and ii-rra-Se at tat I: on L rd North -p i f..-, "noloir tr h;i.i re.-poi -sibie for th.e af-mpt to de-troy ire confio..rc.; of 'he ho ;..- of ecniinons in the n--rn-ri'-i: t : r.d I '. 1 :r. : v g h::n also lor reports of tro.'b.e 1 otveeu th.e all.es. Know Him at Home. "At h' me t know hin:." satd the pre-rriir, pre-rriir, "but in rr.mce they look on tr.e Vimei as a s---ious journal, 'e make allowance al-lowance for him because be is a nian suf:er:r. ui 'irr a kt en disappointment. N't matter Low rid r,r.. were t-x-pe. tatioi tho disappointment is no les bit n r, and t hose who approach .-vim teil co:-st;nt ly That lie is the only man wl" c:.n make i'.-ace. "I I ? is waiting for the clamor of the multitude to call him to Pans to settle l iie n: 1; n ies of nations. Hut there is not a wlm-pir. not :-. sound." After referring to the attempt to make it apprar that America was quarre'ing wi; h l-'raiic.; ;ind Great Tin tain, or witli hot li. I 'render Llovd George concluded hit attack. "Not even the most dise;se1 vanity is suffici. nt excuse tor so black a crime." A Brilliant Setting. It v. :s a brilliant setting for the premier's pre-mier's ipeoch of defiance. The hou:-e met at n-xm. Every mm l of tlie tlp-ee hundred and fifty provided lor t ne more 1 ban seven hundred me rubers of the hoase was occupied. 1 dor 't kno.w where the rest 01" them were. Nobody was iaiallng on the t'oor. The ladies' gi'dety back of the now removed screens was packed. No seat was unoccupied m the members' gallery. gal-lery. The; young Prince of Wales !c-oued down from on.1 of tlie ?ides. American Ambassador I'ais tcok notes in the front row. Kelieve me. it is .iust as easy io break into the house of commons 011 a Pig dav as it would be into tiie vault of t'ne First National bank at home. The grreal warn: of curious yet hopeless people who crowded up and down the vast cornelois (f parliament and yearned vainly' to iret Into the little room of the house of commons com-mons would have paid what you please for a ticket of admission. The manner of Lloyd George is jerky and awkward. He constantly flirts wuh his fyL;';e takinj them off and snapping snap-ping ihf-m on ; in re; -J - dly. In '. -m ' .: -t f an n !'.'. is.-;o:.. ij -e ; . . ce he w d 1 s;op. take r.Tf : :s g;..s.---, !-..n ov--r i' liih table ;ced '."'.k r;s not-: s. r.ut j'e Is none ihe less, a reat master of oratory. ora-tory. Tins afternoon he carriel t-e ho.--''');a.leiy away. G.ou-h irca-' thati half of them h'.d rec.--Mtly s-nt him a tec-er-.:a o Paris 5k " : r . lt f.t'jit with his rc-I.'Orted rc-I.'Orted e-ondjct ot peac, negotiation-. |