)ait he was entitled to Insist on an alter- i
t atlve. Kither the Allies ought to in- '
r.rt upon the treaty being respected or
P-ev ought to allow the Germans to do
The Prime Minister continued :
Not merely to disarm Germany, but
' ' say that such troops as she has are
not to be permitted to take part In re-!
storing order?that is not fair..
To say to Germany there Is your prov
ince. here is something which has been
decided by the Treaty of Versailles
either for or against you, but the Poles
are to be allowed in defiance of that
treaty to take It. and you will not be
allowed to defend yourselves in a prov
ince which has been youra for 200 years,
and which certainly has not been Polish
for 600 years, is discreditable and not
w orthy of the honor of any land. I am
perfectly certain that will not be the
?itItude the Allies will take. The only
thing which 1 would like to say in be
1 alf of the Government la this: What*
ever happens, we cannot accept a folt
i compll. That would be to permit a
defiance which might lead to conse
quences of the moat disastrous kind."
The Prime Minister concluded with a
reference to Russia, which he said now
was broken but would be a powerful
dominant country and would have n
v ord in the future of the world. None
knew, he said, whsft Russia's views
* ould he or with whom she would side
Those Wishing to destroy the Treaty of
A ersallles, Mr Lloyd George declared,
should think of the possibilities of the
r.-st of Central Kurope.
