3 JUNE 1922, Page 2

Mr. Lloyd George declared, nevertheless, that the Bolsheviks would come

down to earth and discuss the question in a practical si kit at The Hague. Meanwhile, he had secured a truce for the thirty-five nations, to which he attached great importance. He -expressed grave fears of what the Red Army, with a hungry population behind it, might do in Eastern Europe if the animosi- ties and suspicions ea either side were not stilled. " If Genoa were- to fail, the condition of Europe would indeed be tragic."