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Show T SPEECH London Press Agrees Lloyd George Won j Great Triumph. , TWO EXCEPTIONS None Wholly Condemn and Majority Applaud Premier. LONDON, April 17 While opinions . are divided regarding the substance j ;of the address of Premier Lloyd! ! Gcorge. betpre the house of commons 'yesterday, ihere is a general agreement agree-ment by the London press that It was a great parliamentary triumph as, indeed, in-deed, wai shown by the rousing cheers of his audience and the expressions of individual members in the .lobbi'.-. With the exception of Labor! te yid . Northcliffe newspapers, none or the morning journals condemns the premier's prem-ier's statement wholly, while several warmly applaud it. These admit that I Mr. Lloyd George revealed nothing of the peace terms, but they do not com-j com-j plain. ' The telegraph, for instance, says that his general account of tho terms will "give deep satisfaction." and adds that he "demolished the whole structure struc-ture hi? ritjes built on his supposed departure from hi.1 pre-election pledges." Premier Retains Confidence. The Express declares that he retains re-tains the complete confidence of the nation. The Graphic is equallv favorable and says incidentally that" Mr Lloyd George's statement "justifies the assumption as-sumption that President Wilson has abandoned his opposition, or alleged opposition, to the sterner views ot those powers which suffered most in the war." The Dally News admits there may have been serious reasons for withholding with-holding the terms of peace, but in the absence of evidence "mere declarations that all pledges will be kept are idle. It is a faci that some of them have-not have-not been kept." All Pledges Cannot Be Kept. Making a similar point, the Herald, the Labor organ, says: "All the premier's pledcea cannot be kept, for they are as contradictory as his Speeches." The newspaper declares de-clares that Mr. Lloyd George "left the international situation where he found It and completely missed his opportunity." oppor-tunity." The premier's rejection of any Idea of military action in Russia "meets with considerable approval. The Telegraph Tele-graph and Express say it frill be received re-ceived with general relief. The Post is skeptical of the Russian policy and says: "The allies win be lucky indeed if they are not compelled to reverse it" -no |