The Liberal amendment to the Address which was moved by
Mr. Lloyd George in the House of Commons on TuesdaY aroused arguments on the Anglo-French compromise which are so familiar that we need not follow them closely. Mr. Lloyd George unhappily prejudged the whole question by calling the compromise `a. " pact." As our readers know, we have found fault with the Mir-ruler in which the Goverrun- ent handled the compromise, for during several weeks they neither kept complete silence nor fully stated the facts, and we also found fault with their unimaginative failure to miti- gate with statesmanship' a proposal which, on the face of it, must be unacceptable to America. By using the word " pact," hOwever, Mr. Lloyd George quite unjustifi- ably detached the compromise froni its intention, which Was wholly praiseworthy. All that the 'British and French experts tried to do was to present a draft agree- ment for discussion by the Preparatory Commission on Disarmament.
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