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Show PARLIAMENT B BiojjcrrtD Members Curious as to How Lloyd George Would Meet Wilson Speech. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL Granting of Enlarged Powers to Versailles Board Opposed by Certain Members. LONDON, Feb. 13. Parliament re-assombled re-assombled today on tiptoe with curiosity curios-ity as to how Promlor Lloyd Georgo would moot .Prosldent Wilson's latest declaration and tho dissatisfaction mnnlfnr)nJ K n il .1 and public over the Versailles supremo su-premo war council and also as to how far A. H. Asquith, the former premier, would respond to tho demand of the extreme wing: of hi3 followers for tho abandonment of tho policy of benovoN enco toward tho government In favor of gonoral disapproval, based on tho war policy and especially the en. largement of tho functions of tho su-promo su-promo war council. Tho house of commons was disappointed, disap-pointed, for the sitting proved" unusually unus-ually exciting. It could hardly be said that Mr. Asquith tobo to tho expec-tion expec-tion of tho most eager of his party, but the temper of a large seclon of the members seemed to show that such tactics would meet with considerable consid-erable support. Contrast In Speeches. Perhaps tho most notable thing was tho contrast In tho speeches of tho premier and tho former premlor with reference to President Wilson's spech. Whilo Mr. Asquith endorsed fully the president's view, Premier Lloyd Georgo did not oven mention Mr. Wilson's last speech and declined to see In Count Czcrnln's statement any nearer approach to reasonable i terms than In Count von Hertling's. 1 Moreover, tho premier regarded the German chancellor's demand that Great Britain give up her coaling stations sta-tions as proving fully that tho controllers con-trollers of German policy wero in no mood to discuss reasonable terms of peace. Declaring absolutely that he would not yiold on tno matter of revealing : moro about tho Versailles' conference, Premlor Lloyd George challenged the house, if dissatisfied with tho government's govern-ment's conduct of tho war, to put another an-other govornmont in Its place. Premier Is Heckled. Tho question of enlarging on tho status of tho Versailles' council led to a llttlo scene botween tho premier and Mr. Asquith and throughout his romarks about the council tho promicr was subjocted to a running flro of J heckling, punctuated with loud cheers ' from extreme Liberals, many of whom ; In -subsequent speeches mado strong i : attacks on tho promlor regarding his alleged connection with tho 'pro3. . Lord Hugh Cecil, member for Ox- J ford University, admitted the premier's pre-mier's speech was reassuring but said J that the weakness of tho government a lay in tho existenco of coincidences t between utterances In tho proes and r :ortaIn linos of governmental action, j. Ho hoped tho government would not aositato to suppress, If noceasary, j nen the most influential journals act- b ng contrary to tho national Interests. c dmlral Sir Hodworh Moux. lnvitod jj :he promier to got rid of his private tl iccrotarles and also tho press which a vas hanging around his nock "llko an ilbatross." While tho Versailles' conforonco was mder discussion tho promlor also was constantly met by cries of "don't divulge!" At ono point, Androw Bonar Lav chancellor of the exchequor, Interpc i ing to deny that Field Marshal Halg or General Robertson had been du. missed or resigned and being closely pressed by a hecklor, addod: "as far as I know." Tho houso then adjourned and th'jj far no motion of want of confidence in the government has "boon placed on paper. Jj oo II |