Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-04 | Page 11 | England is Friend of Ally

ENGLAND IS I FRIENDJF ALL! Lloyd George Declares Great Britain Will Never Fail French Nation. IN COMPLETE ACCORD i British Ready to Stand by in1 Case of War Fifty Years Hence. PARIS, April 4 In a statement to the Petit Parlsien, Premier Lloyd j I Ooizr 0 Cro:it Briiain. denies there,1 l ait ., ions between France and I England regarding guarantee fori I Franc againsi iermany. He declares; that the understanding between the two governments Is complete and that England is "ready to make fresh sac- rifices, if necessary, to secure the peace and independence of Franco" "I have seen the scourge of warj twice loosed on France bj Germany," I ihe premier lold the Petit Parisien. J I "We do not intend to see this a third' time and should it be fifty years t hence, France again will find England l by her bide with all her wealth and f power, for, mark well in words, the I wild beast must not be master. "It is mastered, at present but if ofle ever should get ready to spring. i' will find itself again faced by France and England, united in bro-I bro-I therhood " The Interview was sought, says a Havas agency summary of it, because i of ihe miaul rcecnil' in r ireulation in the effect that Great Britain would op- pose in the peace conference the! French demands for guarantees. Although discussions were necessary to settle the knotty problems frequently frequent-ly brought to ihe attention of the con- i fcrees, Mr, Lloyd George is quoted as saying, the understanding between the two nations remained absolutely unimpaired. un-impaired. "We wish France to know that it Is the will of the British people that France should have complete s-curit for the future,' the British premier declared. Even if It were fift years hence, the premier added England would be ready at that time again to make sacrifices sac-rifices for the French if Germany should let loose the scourge of war on France for the third time.