The Prime Minister denied the rumours about dissension in the
Peace Conference. He declared that President Wilson had been most sympathetic towards the French claims. The Allies, though criticized for their reticence, would not commit the blunder of publishing the Peace terms beforethey had discussed them with the enemy. But he assured the House that the Government's pledges were embodied in the demands to be made upon Germany. Mr. Lloyd George went on to denounce Lord Northcliffe as the " reliable source " of the rumours which had caused three hundred and seventy Members to send, him a monitory telegram. The peoples, the Prime Minister continued, wanted a just and speedy Peace. There was no danger from German armies. Central Europe and Russia were suffering from hunger and overstrain. The whole world know what war meant, and was ready for a new organization on a peaceful basis. We comment elsewhere upon this important speech.
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