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Show LLOYD GEORGE S OPPONENTS BUST Asquith and Others Centering Center-ing Heavy Guns on British Brit-ish Prime Minister. fN'ew Vork Times Cable, Cupyrig-ht,) LONDON', Pec. 11. Lloyd George is described as an Atlas who was carrying two worlds on his shoulders. On one was the international .situation with which ho was dealing at tho Downing: street conferences con-ferences with Clemenceau, Scialoia and l.-avis. On the other was tho domestic political situation, hardly, leys burdensome. burden-some. Some time f fo the prhuo inini.stcr maae a pathetic plea for tolerance lor a m.m who was doing his best under great clftticulties. Kim-ikIs of his declare that if over a plea of this kind should have been listened to It. ought to have been last ! week, when tho prime min.ster required , all hia power and energy fur the wnrl; j which devolved upon him as representa- , tie of this country In conference upon I world problems whoso solution materially atfected national interests and prospects. He has been exposed to a series of attacks at-tacks which, unless he is more than human, must have distracted h;s atun-! atun-! Hon from the Immediate, business in hand. ! Lloyd George's enemies pooh-pooh this contention chiefly on The ground that tho British International policy does not depend on an individual prime minister and that, in any case, tho premier's difficulties dif-ficulties at home are directly the outcome out-come of his own mistakes. "W hat eve r niay be the merits of the argument, tbe fact remains that the coalition latterly has been subjected to fire from heavy artillery. Asquith yesterday called It a government govern-ment of shift and subterfuge. In it were as many opinions as ministers, he snid. There was no co-ord! nation of either principles or party, and politics during t he last t welve months had degenerated Into a perpetual game of log-rolling between be-tween groups of businesses and interests. Asquith's denunciation was in response to an invitation addressed to the Independent Inde-pendent Liberals by Lloyd George to unite with ihf coalition. Lloyd George nt the same time pointed to i "ne la bor party as the common enemy en-emy of the coalition and the lndepun dent Liberals. Labor spokesmen describe his attitude as that of a coquette whose adva noes bad been spurned. Labor and Indepen- i dent Liberalism are as yet a long way from uniting forces, for. although Asquith on his side held out his hand to labor, leaders of the latter are convinced they can do better on their own baf. Besides the fire of heavy artillery, the coalition is being subjected to cross -tires from Lie machine guns of the Xorthclilfe, Hothermere and Beaverbrook newspapers. By L. R. M U R DOCK, Universal Service Staff Correspondent. Special Cable Dispatch. ! LONDON. Pee. 11. To the flood of re- j ports and rumors that has been f .lhng : the British and Kreneu newspapers ever , since the momentous I 'owning street j conferences began was added today the j speculative assertion that American Am- j bassador Pav;s had assured the French i and British premiers the l.'nlted States J would not press payment of the princi- j pal and interest of her loans to the allies I for three years. In this way, it w?s declared. America is willing to help in bolstering up the! badly demoralized exchange and at the I Fame time make it possible for Britain i to aid in the Industrial reconstruction of j France. The report also was strongly reiterated j today that America will be asked of- I ficially by the allies to announce her in- j tent ions with regard to ratification of the peace treaty, tho allies expressing their willing ness to accept "reasonable I reservations." j It is further declared unofficially that Italy remains, for the present at least, a minor factor in tho new European concert. Her foreign minister, Signor Scialoia. it i explained, has been unable so far to obtain the assurances that Italy demands with regard to the Adriatic solution. so-lution. However, tho premiers of Franco and Britain strongly hope that a satisfactory solution of that problem will yet be possible pos-sible and that it will bt followed by Italy's joining the new "bloc" of which Beighim is mentioned as the desired fourth member. I Then there were renewed assertions to- I day that a new supreme council will be formed, to be- composed of the premiers j of Britain, France, Italy and. if desired by Washington, a representative of America, if not, without American representation. repre-sentation. Should America definitely keep out., it is asserted the council will be supplemented sup-plemented by a new military council, amounting to an armed alliance of Britain, Brit-ain, France and Italy, with Marshal Foch as the head. |
