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Show I ENGLAND NOT BELLICOSE. Speaking to the house of commons on Tuesday, Lloyd George, premier, made clear his opposition to any sudden thrusting of the porces of GreHt Britain into the fighting between the Poles and Russians. Rus-sians. The premier stated that the Poles had been the aggressors and, therefore, were liable to such punishment as might be afflicted, short Of a wiping out of national existence. He was opposed to reparti-'ion reparti-'ion of Poland or to the destroying of ethnographical lines Only economic pressure was to be placed on Russia, such as the blockade which is beginning to operate Our opinion is 1li.it Lloyd George knows his country is tired of warfare and, if he were to advocate a policy calling for the throwing throw-ing of a British army into the field of action, he would be endangering endanger-ing his political future. At present England is not prepared to carry car-ry on military operations on a large scale, except at great sacrifice ;ind the people of England would not respond unless they felt thai their own national prestige and existence were involved. |