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HARD FIGHT AHEAD - FOR LLOYD GEORGE Announced Intention to Call Election « Endangers Position, as Conserva- tives Threaten Split. ' BY GEORGE N. BARNES. British Parliament Leader. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, January 14—While an- other French ministry fails Prime Minister Lloyd George, last of the great war survivors, returns to Eng- land with fresh laurels. But Lloyd George, at home, finds Himself confronted by the task of addressing his backers of the liberal party, and he will need all of his amazing powers of political strategy to extricate himself from an extreme- 1y delicate situation. A serious quarrel has developed here during the last week over Lloyd George’s reported intentlon of calling & general election next month. The 1fberal section of the coalition which has kept Lloyd George in power ob- viously favors that course, although the present parliament still has two ‘years to run before its constitutional expiration, and there s one out- standing item of the 1918 program still unfulfiilled—the house of lords is still unreformed! This question of reforming the lords | is an awkward one for th ecoalition, for it cuts athwart rival political con- ceptlons. Liberalism is aimed at the full enfranchisement of the people and the abolition or curtailment of hereditary privilege. “Should Be Mended or Ended” -In an epigrammatic phrase John Morley thirty years ago summed up the liberal attitude toward the house of lords when he said, “It should be mended or ended.” The conservatives, on the contrary, regard the lords as a necessary check to hasty legislation in the commons, and they violently resisted the lim- - itation of ‘the powers of veto by the lords when that change was carried through, ten yvears ago, by a govern- ment _which “included Lloyd George as a member. > Liberalism and conservatism are both in the same camp now, and in the flush of victory three years ago both became pledged to a reconstruc- tion of the second chamber of the parllament. That pledge now threat- ens to rend the coalition. The house of lords, of course, is an anachronism, and its reform is merely a matter of | that | time. The conservatives think time Is now, while the liberals would postpone it to a more convenlent sea- son after the next election. Question Kind of Reform. The difficulty about the situation is that probably there is an acute dif- ference of opinion about the kind of reform to be applied to the lords. Many high piaced conservatives want to restore some measure of their pow- ers and to fortify the institution by some elective element respecting its membership. The liberals well know that anything of that kind would meet with strenuous opposition from all the progressive and democratic forces of the country and would dis- credit every liberal who assented to_it. It would even sever Lloyd George from the liberal fold. On the other hand, the shelving of his pledge may sever him from many of the conser- vatives in his government. Sir George Younger, head of the conser- vative organizations, bluntly says that if an election is embarked upon before the redemption of the govern- ment pledge he will leave the coali- tion and incite his friends to do like- | wise. He has said in a letter to the conservative constitv-ncles that “it | would break up the coalition.” Chamberlain Against Election. Austen Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, who is now the leader of th ehouse of commons, also strong- ly_opposes an early election. . What course, then, is Llovd George to follow? He is understood to faver an early election so as to get the moral backing of the country in car- rying out the constitutional changes necessitated by the Irish settlement. He is in a position of unchallenged personal ascendancy and may think himself strong enough to accept Younger's challenge. He {s address- ing a great convention of liberal coalitionists in London next Friday and the air may then be cleared. Lloyd George favors the formation of a new party and he may make an appeal to the liberals to form the nucleus of that party. Then, with blushing Ronors thick upon him and a confused and disheartened opposi- tion, he might sweep the field. That is, of course, the short view |and ignores the ethics, but it Is a very attractive view to & prime min- ister riding two horses through dif- ficult political passes. (Copyright. 1922.) ARMENIANS SECURE * UNDER RUSS WING Americans for First Time in Year Draw Cheerful Pic- ture of Country. BY CONSTANTINE BROW! By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Janu- ary 14.—Americans who have just re- tutned from Armenia draw for the first time in many years a rather cheerful picture of that country. The first thing that impresses the trav- eler is the feeling of security pre- vailing among the Inhabitants. Fear of what the morrow may bring forth has disappeared entirely. In Alex- andropol and Erivan, where the peo- ple in_the last four vears have al- ways had most of their belongings Racked so as to enable them to leave ome at the first signal, they are now settling down and looking after busi- ness affairs. Children Attending Schools. Children in these towns are attend- g regularly the schools opened by the Near East Relief Association and business is reviving gradually. Squads of men are working on the railways Wwhich, though short of rolling stock. are still in sufficiently good condi- tion to enable the administration to run_daily trains. The government is working hard to reorganize the cpuntry and is assisted materially by the Moscow authorities. Thousands of refugees arrive each month from Anatolia, but they are ®o longer seen camping in the streets of"Erivan or wandering from town to town. The government, assisted by Americans directing the Near East Relief, has established concentration camps near the principal towns. whence the refugees are distributed to various parts of the country where agricultural laborers are ~ mostly needed. The Near East Relief hopes that if wheat for seed Is brought in time the Armenians will be on their feet by next iall. Armenia is mainly a farming country and even a mod- erate harvest wiil easily provide tood for all the inhabitants. Armenia’s greatest trouble in the last three s has been the prevail- ing uncertainty. Kurds, Turks and even Georgians were always ready to grab some land or town from the k republic. practically part of Russia, these un- deftrable neighbors seem to have dis- appeared. This was illustrated in a talk which an American who visited the country a fortnight ago had with members of the present Armenian soviet. 'm’e can now safely use all our ey in efforts to restore this coun- try.” they 'We no longer need an arMy or fear our neighbors. It is not because they feel kinder toward us, but because a Russian army di- vision is here ready to defend us, especially again our bitterest enemies, the In spite of all the tre: signed recently between the Russians and the Turks, these two ra are_irreconcilable antag- entsts and the Russians are watching all the acts of the Turkish govern- ment.” —_— THINK LENIN NOT LIkELY TO ATTEND GENOA PARLEY Significant Message From Soviet Foreign Office Taken as Confirm- ing Belief of Moscow Leaders. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922. MOSCOW, Russia, January 14— A telegram sent by the soviet foreign fliee stating that in case Lenin can- ot go to the Genoa conference a sufficiently 2uthoritative delegation will be sent, may be regarded as con- firming the opinion that the communz 1st chief is not likely to go to the meeting in Italy. A nilar con- clusion is suggested by an article written hy Karl Radek for the Prav- advancing the significant reason that Lenin must “Keep in contact with the workers and peasants while the negotiations are going on.” Successful execution in Russia of the arrangements made at the Genoa conference will depend upon the unity and coherence of the commun- 13ts, who must be convinced that con- cessions are necessary. It will be Lenin's task to remain in Russia and prepare the minds of the communists for every new political and economic ove and swing the party into line. dek’'s statement is the more sig- nificant in view of the fact that the communist party is to have a meet- ‘ag here in March. From reliable sources the corre- dent learns that Maxim Litvinov d H. G. Rakovsky will head the jusslan delegation te Genoa. Now that Armenia is; GERMANS BACK UP OFFER 10 ALLIES People Declare $47,600,000 Is Utmost Payment on Rep- arations Present Year. BY GEORGE WITTE. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922. BERLIN, Germany, January 14.— The publication of Germany's an- nouncement at Cannes that the utmost she would be able to pay this year was $47,600,000, was received here with general satisfaction as a fitting ieply to what is considered the attempt of the allies, and extort the last penny from the Ger- man people. On the other hand there is noticeable fear, resulting from re- ports now in circulation, that Prime Minister Lloyd George is not only swerving from his original policy of giving Germany & reasonable chance, but is yielding to the French argument that this course is too lenient. i Feeling of Pesnimism, Not even Herr Rathenau, shrewd business man though he be, is looked upon as being equal to fighting a battle with Braind's successor with the slightest chance of getting some ad- vantage over him Lloyd George that Germany honestly intends to do her best. This feeling of pessimism is not tempered by the report that Raymond Poincare is to succeed Aristide Briand as premier. The former president of France is re- garded as ‘even a greater enemy of Germany than was Briand. Newspapers Build Up Courage. German newspapers are trying to create enthusiasm among the people over the fact that for the first time since the revolution no new paper money is being issued, but that almost 500,000,000 paper marks have been withdrawn from cfrculation. But the public is indifferent to this indication that there is an improvement, although a very slight ome, in finances. :TRANSVAAL STRIKERS TO MEET MINE OWNERS Federation Agrees to Discuss Means of Ending Tie-Up of Coal and Gold Workings. By the Associated Press. JOHA ESBURG, South Africa, January 14.—The Federation of Workers, some of whose members are on strike in the coal and gold mines of the Transveal. today agreed to meet representatives of the mine the strike. Suggestion for such a conference was made by the govern- | ment. The conference, which, it was said, might be held before the day was over, will be presided over by Premier Smuts, and, it is generally believed, it is likely to end the strike. Neither side attached conditlons to its par- ticipation in the conference. Meanwhile, carrying out the an- nouncement of the Federation of Workers that all essential services would be stopped this morning, the ossential service men quit work at the time set. Thelr tasks were taken over by mining officials, under gov- 1ernment protection. Sourness specially of France, to | or of convincing | the country’s | | owners to discuss a means of ending ; Seeks Financial Aid in Fight Against Sovietism GEN. SEMENOFF, Whiose attempts to overthrown the en route to his last at- tempt and failure to break Into ties at Viadivostok Semenoff has a nomad, living for a time at Port Arthur, then Shanghai and Tientsin. RUSSIA EXPECTED PARLEY INVITATION Soviet Government Had Made Plans in Advance for Attending. BY GAR ANSELL MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. Italy, January 14.—"The n soviet government waited nearly two months for an invitation to the Genoa conference and had made plans for attending. It only protested against the choice of Genoa in order to force the Itallan authori- ties to provide adequate communica- tions between the seat of the confer- ence and Moscow." “These were some of the statements made to the writer today by a politi- cal figure who desires that his name be withheld. Comments on Briand. “The fall of continued, Premier Briand” he “cannot affect the Genoa conference. Briand will have the pleasure of watching his successor submit conditions more radical than those he had accepted. France must submit. The reason is that the agree- ment between France and Japan as revealed in docungnts submitted to the Washington conference by M. Yudeniev of the Far Eastern Republic delegation is genuine. Yudeniev, a serious man, acted for the govern- ment of Russian soviets, which thus forced the hand of France and Japan, for should these countries now refuse to meet the soviet delegation it will be proof of the agreament, the ex- istence of which they deny. Conse- quently, France and Japan will meet Russia and Germany at Genoa, where the principle will be established that the European situation must be set- tled as a whole. “Beyond _this ence probably the problem door will the Genoa confer- will not go because is too large. But the be opened for private settlements. The soviet government is suspicious of the proposed KEu- ropean consortium because it con- siders the capital of 20.000.000 pounds normally ~about $100,000,000) too small. It will ask for separate agreements with the individual states. Here again the French will not re- fuse, because France has not had secret relations with the bolshevist government since February, 1920, when she sent a certain count to Copenhagen, where he entered into relations with the soviets. Later when Leonid Krassin was in London the French watched the British nervously, fearful lest they be out- distanced. Commercial Agreements. “The go-betweens then were the Russians Maikhalov, a former men- shevik, and a Georgian subject named Skobelev. These two carried on the communications between the soviet and the French foreign office. The culmination_of this long flirtation came last September. Then Walter L. Brown of the American relief ad- ministration met the soviet represen- tative, Maxim Litvinov, at RIg& and concluded important commercial agreements. The French protested that Litvinov snubbed the French, but he declared that Russia was ready to enter into similar agree- ments with France. French com- panies brought pressure to bear on the government, with the result that a French agent left Paris in October for Moscow and is still in Moscow. “The French desired to hide this from the British but failed. Prime Minister Lloyd George twitted Briand with secret scheming when they met in London in December, declaring that the French premier must re- nounce his attitude of disdainful in- dignation against the soviets, to whom he was sending a secret agent. The result was that an invitation was sent to Lenin to attend the Genoa conference.” 100 ORPHANS TO GET HOMES. BUENOS AIRES, December 17.—One hundred Russian Jewish orphans from the Ukraine, whose parents were vie- tims of war conditions, have arrived here. A committee representing the Jewish community proposes to find them homes in agricultural districts. All the children are under thirteen years of age and appear to be healthy, Vivacious youngsters, completely re- covered from the privations they have undergone. 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Dis- integration of our domestic poli- ties by giving power to men who were in a hurry to profit by a victory they did not help to win, and who were repudiated by the voters at the last election. Dis- integration of our moral forces by a weak policy which propagated defeatism of the peace. Discord Was Plaia, Why did_Briand resign? ‘When twice within twenty-four hours the members of a government meet in the absence of their chief and twice communicate with him telegraphically there plainly is discord. When parliamentary committees, generally so circumspect, make imperious recommendations, there is_defiance. In brief, parliament was begin- ning to check up on the premier. And what of our inter-allied re- lations? Inter-allied relations are possible only on a basis of right. Premier Briand, with his own hands, destroyed that basis. He surrendered the rights of France on reparations, He surrendered the rights of Belgium on priori- ties. He surrendered France's rights in agreeing to a German moratérium. He surrendered on the admission of the Germans and of Russian sovietism to the con- ference on European reconstruc- tion. France had the right to fear that in another day he might have surrendered the vital clause of the treaty of Versailles giving France the right to continue the Rhine occupation even beyond the speci- fied term of fifteen years in the event that Germany fails to meet her obligations. Successive Surrenders Sanctioned. the chamber of A majority in deputies weakly had sanctioned these successive surrenders. but the time of resentmént and refusal came at last. M. Briand recognized it and stepped aside. Events marched with bewilder- ing rapidity during the week. When the Cannes conference con- vened it was instantly perceived apprehensively that it was prepar- ing to overhaul the whole founda- tion of the world war peace. The principal parliamentray commit- tees immediately adopted resolu- tions expressing their inquietfide to the premler. Analyzing the rea- sons for this inquietude is perhaps the easiest way of clarifying the situation today. In the first place there was the question of reparations. T will not dwell upon that except to confirm what I cgbled a week ago. It was proposed largely to _diminish France's expectations for 1922, Considering the _condition of France's financial budget this re- duction was an extremely serlous thing. Furthermore, one had the right to suspect that one reduction would only lead to another. Against this the parliamentary finance committees protested. Moratorium Cause of Feel A second cause for discontent was the i1l feeling aroused between France and Belgium on aceount of the moratorjum granted Germany. Here agaln my recent prudleno: was confirmed. Tampéring witl Belglum’s priority rights in the German payments was i1l recelved at Brussels, where thers was par- ticular rrl‘:llon against _Louls Loucheur, who represented France in the matter. The third delicate point was the invitation to the German delegate to Cannes, Every man of good wil was shocked at allowing a coh- quered natlon to participate in the debates at the present stage of in- ter-allied relations, and before Ger- many has furnished a single proof of her good faith. Obviously it was Germany's hope to complete the split among the allles by clever counter proposals. The fourth cause for unéasiness was the attempt to link up Ger- man reparations with the quite different problem of Europe’s eco- nomic reconstruction. Reparation Is Punishment. ‘Whatever you call it, reparation 18 punishment and therefore obll,- atory. Europe's raconstruction is business and therefore requires partnership. But a partnership with Germany before shé makes the least effort to repair the dam- age she inflicted upon this coun- try is a solution which the French public could not admit without re- volt, nor could they admit that Germany's payments were depend- ent upon the successful reconstruc- tion of Europe, for, resting upon the unanimous fecent report of the reparations commission, they belleve that Germany can and must pay now. A fifth cause for alarm was the invitation to the soviet govern- ment of Russla to be represented at Genoa. At first it was decided to resume only commercial rela- tions with Russia, without politi- cal significance, but admitting Lenin himself, or a personal rep- resentative, would entail inevit- ably a political relationship. At first guarantees were to be asked of Russia, but the invitation was issued and accepted without the mention of guarantees. Recognition of the bolshevik regime by the other governments therefore was_practically accom- plished. The United States which in a note last year summarized 8o forcefully the dangers of such a recognition will understind why France, which lost twenty billion francs through the soviet revolu- tion, fears the approaching arrival of Lenin or Tchicherin. Treaty Latest Concern. A sixth and last concern was the Anglo-French pact, tossed Thursday into the chamber of deputies by M. Briand, with his “take It, or leave it gesture. To sign agreements there must first be agreement. But on nearly every question France and England think differently. Moreover, it is only too obvious that England derands as the price of this pact France's final acceptance of all the mutilations of the treaty of Versailles accom- plished in the last two years. She demands also new conceksions on reparations and the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine. Remem- bering Clemenceau's accepted tri- partite treaty with England and the United States as guaranteeing France's rights under the treaties, it is astonishing that Briand should accept one with England alone as the price of abandoning the same rights. It was obvious that parliament would refuse to ratify the Cannes agreements as they stood and that Briand's ministry soon would have been overthrown. (Copyright, 1922.) Payments as low as $2'OO a week Will Make You the Owner of a Good Used PianoorPlayer-Piano Lool( at these " Specials! Haines Bros., Krakauer, Kurtzman Mahogany Player- Gulbransen Player-Piano (almost like new). ... $135 $165 $340 .$390 1,600 K Reprod ¥ fano (amostacmy. e $785 (and many others) JANUARY ' 15, 1922—PART T. New Head of Rumanian Ministry Completes Cabinet TAKE JONESCU. Jomescu hag formed a mew Ruma. nian cabinet to sueceed that under Gen. 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It 15 too bad that the Cannes con- ference has broken down under the Briand resignation. 1 Have often said that'l would joyfully greet any defensive alliance among the powers which would offer France her desired security, because such an alliance might end the useless Rhine occupa- tion, which eats up enormous sums that might otherwise go to repara tions purposes and feeds the hatred of the French and German peoples. Out of_this latest muddle in Bu- ropean affairs Lioyd George arises, as usual, the dominant figure. His sixth sense, attributed to him by the En- glish writer, Keynes, was function- ing when he used the Franco-Bel- gium dikpute to bring about the Cannes conference before the Wash- | ington conference had concluded its work. France had hoped to go to the RI- viera_equipped in an armor which would have frightened England into making concessions. Her shield was to have been the Angora treaty with the Kemalist Turks. Her great sword was to have been an unlimited sub- marine fleet. Danger in Submarines. The honorabie Mr. Balfour was quite right when he declared these sub- farines were to be directed against | England. Persons, whose memories | do not go back of Edward VII, forget that for centuries there has been con- tinual warring squabbling between | the Anglo-Saxons and the Gallic Celts. This enmity ceaselessly flourished un- til the grave military menace of a| Prussianized Germany drove England { and France into an alliance which came into full fruit, and being in the war which crushed the German mili- tary masters. Fut no one who has studied the France of the last year need be told how high the weeds of distrust and suspicion of Great Britain have grown. In her entirely comprehensi- ble distress over her devastated re- gions, France has forgotten that En- gland, too, suffered in the war—suf- fered in blood and treasure and in the loss of her important -export trade. | France has imagined herself neglect- | half betraved “perndious against whom she needed an | effective weapon e Jast war proved that England's | greatest danger was unrestricted Submarine warfare. France rightly | figured that she could carry on this warfare much easier and with much greater success l}erman.\‘( achieved. The channel would be no| protection to England. Long range guns at Calais, at Havre and Cher-, 14. — Whither Bigger Than Ever. scene of hostilitics. But it is only twenty-two miles from Calais to Dover and seventy-six from Cher- bourg to Portsmouth. French Hopes Destroyed. French submarine warfare could threaten England's life and the Parisians thought that Lloyd George would make a treaty guaranteeing the security of France against Ger- man aggression rather than run the risk of possible hostilities with France. These hopes were destroyed, how- ever, like voung leaves in a hail- storm, when the Washington confer- ence adopted the Root resolutions governing the use of the submarine. Henceforth, undersea warfare against merchant ships_is forbidden. Thus the sword of France, destined for the Riviera fight, was broken, while the shield was rendered useless when the Russian protectors of the Kema- list government. in Angora, were In- vited to the Genoa conference. Bo much for France, but how about England? Position of England. In closer communion than ever with her dominions, free of the burdéen of the Japanese freaty, with peace in Ireland, despite Mr. de Valera; free of the submarine danger, With the Washington four-power pact im her pocket and ready for a similar agree- ment in Europe; acting as part tamer and introducer of the boishevists— thus splendidly equipped and errayed England went to Cannes. It was a_masterpiece of stage man- agement. It was doubly effective be- cause of the French confusion follow- ing the mistake at Washington of try- ing to play one English-speaking na- tion off against the other. And now what is to come of it all, with the Briand ministry broken and Lloyd George back in his homeland? What is France to do without the sup- port of England? One thing stands clear. The Wash ington conference is having Its of fect in Europe. The small spark o reason which shone in the brains Cannes was only the reflection of t) decisions at Washington o decisions at Washington, over whi or one continent, must rejoice. (Copyright, 1922.) EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA ALARMS SCANDINAV Soldiers Especially Hard Hit, 80 Being Ill in Stockholm, Is Report. BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Wireless to The Star and Chi News. Copsright, 1822, STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January 11 —An epidemic of influenze i8 spread ing throughout Scandinavia wit alarming rapidit Soldiers in bas racks are especially hard hit, & being iil at this time in Stockholn In Copenhagen the disease is spreat ing with equal rapidity, half of th garrison there being affected. Physi cians and drug clerks are workin; night and day. while theaters an stores are deserted, The symptoms of the dlsease ar the same assthose noted in the epi- demic of 1918, but the iliness runs i~ course in a much shorter time nd i go Dail bourg could sink destroyers and even wreck English towns. 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