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Show heSKoiis Lloyd George Says Nations Must Enforce Fayment for War Ruin BIRMINGHAM. England. Feb. B (By the Associated Press) The Brit lnh premier's advice to Germany is to accept the bill for reparations as formulated form-ulated by the supreme council. "Our claim Is a righteous one and we must enforce It," he declared in a speech here today He replied to tho speech in the relchstag by I r Walter Simons In which the German foreign minister stated that the reparations plan could not be accepted by Ger-manv Ger-manv as a basis for negotiations "A great part of this speech," tho premier said, "was based on a complete com-plete misconception of what has been done at Paris Such misconception could be cleared up in the London confereuce. If a full bill were sent Germany according to the Versailles treaty she would be compelled to accept ac-cept it. but I fail to see how that would Improve matters and I advise Dr. Pillions In bka llm Pirln Kill "If he has any alternative proposals, the allies are prepared to consider them so long as the proposal repre sents a bona fide effort to liquidate tho liabilities of Germany We are willing that Germany should pay us under conditions which best suit her own means, requirements and resources re-sources but if It Is a mere attempt to evade payment we cannot put up with that." Speaking tonight, he again referred to Germany. "Exchanges will have to stabilized," he suid. "I have an Idea Germany Is not trying to stabilize hers." Germany, ho continued, was a strong and powerful nation and she should be made to pay. He would tell Dr. Simons when he met him in London Lon-don that Germany was not making a real effort to pay her way Referring .. h me conditions, the premier declared that the nation slm ply was going through difficulties inevitable in-evitable after a great war. but he did not doubt It would weather the storm as It did after the Napoleonic warn. "Let us stand together." he admonished, admon-ished, "It is unity that will enable us to win. This is no time to be pull ing both ways." |