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Show VVfLHELM TO PAY PENALTYFOR WAR FORMER KAISER TO BE PLACED ON TRIAL BEFORE A TRIBUNAL AT LONDON Lloyd George, Who Gives Unqualified Approval to Work of Peace Conference, Confer-ence, Promises Punishment for Mad Dog of Europe. London. In the house of commons on July 3, rremicr Lloyd tieorsie delivered de-livered an oxplanntio of the peace treaty, which he described as the most "momentous document to which the .British empire ever al'fi:;ed ils seal." Tliouyli showing the effects of his lonj; labors nl Paris and lacking his usual fire, the premier at times made impassioned utterances, and was loudly loud-ly cheered. His announcement that the former tierman emperor would soon he placed on trial before a tribunal trib-unal silting in London was cheered most of all, while his presentation of the Anylo-French convention, providing provid-ing for British aid if tierniany should attack France unprovoked a convention conven-tion analagous to one between the United States and France was greeted greet-ed with restrained approval. Discussing the determination of the allied and associated powers to place on trial William Hohenzollern, the former for-mer German emperor, as the man held chiefly responsible for the war, he declared de-clared that if such a course had been followed after other wars, "there would have been fewer wars." It was the intention to make such an example of Germany as to discourage others from "ever again attempting to repeat this infamy." There was a significant passage when the premier first mentioned the League of Nations. Many of the members mem-bers cheered, but seemingly nearly an equal number burst Into laughter. "I beg of you to try it. I beg of you to take it seriously," the premier protested. pro-tested. Proceeding, lie declared: "If it saved only one generation from the horrors of war, it would be a great achievement." |