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Baring of Secret Papers Defended Ex-Premier Justifies Public Men Publication of Confidential Information Is Minister’s Only Defense from Attacks, Says Lloyd George. Good Name Is at Stake R.v T11E RIGHT HONORABLE DAVID LLOYD GEORGE. O. M., m. r.. (Former Brit tali Premier.) Copyright, 1933, by I'nilrd Feature Sj n rtiratf. , Coin right ut Great Britain by I-ondon 1 lironirlr. Rrnroductiop in M hole or in Tart Tro tilMted. All Rights Rerertrd. London. March 17.—A storm is working lip over the publ.cation b> public servants of information which tame into their possession in the course of their official careers. The immed'ate occasion is Mr. Winston Churchill's story of the war. Angiy oucstions arc being asked in parlia ment and it is publicly announced that the cabinet has appointed a commit tee to consider the whole problem. It is rather late in the day to make all this fUK3 aiiout publication of war documents. for generals, admirals and ministers in all lands, including ours, have during the last three years I <-cn inundating the European and American public with a flood ol l emlniscences, explanations, criti cisms. attacks and defences on Hie conduct of operations, either witii the great war or the great peace, in which they were engaged. Warriors on land and on f-a have displayed unprecedented eagerness to inform the public as to their own share in the great victory, and as to how muen more brilliant that share would have been but for the wrongheaded ness or stupidity of some collaborator. Like .1 ullus Caesar, they mean to live in history not merely through their battles but »lso through their com mentaries upon them. Secrets Disclosed. On the othep hand, statesmen have been engaged in disclaiming ’• e ADVERTISEMENT. 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One disclosure has led to another, one revelation has rendered another inevitable. A general, admiral or minister criticizes on the strength o! half disclosed minutes or documents some other public functionary, mili tary. naval or political. What is the latter to do? His reputation is at stake. Is he not to be allowed to re pair the omission or to correct tha misquotation.’ Reports Misquoted. Take the ease of the ministers who play ed an important part in the con duct of war or peace, and whose ac tions have been subjected to malig nant and persistent misrepresentation. In attacking these ministers, s.atc ments are made which if accepted by the public would Irretrievably damage or even destroy their reputation. In formulating the attack, a document is partially quoted or the report o' a council or cabinet meeting is misquot ed. The minister knows that full and fair quotation would clear bln good name of the imputation nought to be cast upon it. Is he not to bo allowed under those circumstances to publish It? A mere denial would carry no weight., The publication cannot con ceivably effect any public interest, ‘t would supply no information which could pcrxe any possible enemy of his country. Ia he not to be allowed to use the only means available to re deem his credit from the ruin of ac cepted calumny? His critic has been allowed to disclose secret information without protest. Is he to be forbidden to do so In seif defense? Fie claims that lie served bin country faithfully, to the best of his power*, in time of crisis and peril. For that he is de famed by men mho had access to ><• erpt information and uso it freely without criticism, ernsure or demur. Why should hi* country deny him the reme privilege for bis protection? Protest Tardy. That i» the case which the cabinet committee will hate to consider. W hatever general rules may be laid down they must in all fairness take ' into account these exceptional cir eumsianres. Those who are now tak ing a prominent part in emphasizing the enormity of giving to the public ! documents which were acquired In public service had riot a word to say when portions of those documents were used for purposes with which ,they were in sympathy. Is it not i rather late for them to protest now? , There is such a thing as fair play even when politicians are attacked. So far as the British are concerned the writing of books of the type a! iuded to was started, 1 think, by Field Marshal Lord French of Vpres | in his book. “1014.” This work is of the nature of an apologia ard the writer, to assist in establishing his rase, alludes to discussions with the , cabinet and docs not hesitate to quote textual!}' secret memoranda and dis patches written by himself and ethers. The late admiral of the fleet. Lord Fisher, gives in his book. “Memories,” examples of his own in tervention at war council meetings. Cabinet Sessions Bared. In his autobiography. "From Pri vate to Field Marshal," which ap peared some time later. Field Mar shal Sir William riobertsou. who was for over two years the confidential adviser of th*e cabinet, and a« such attended all war councils and most war cabinet meetings, when it suits his argument gives to the public his recount of what passed around the table. Though he does not quote se cret documents textually. he de scribes the proceeding and delibera tions of the supreme war council, interallied conferences and the war cabinet, and refers to opinions of In dividuals. In his recent speeches, he has gone even further. A still more recent work. "Sir Douglas Haig's Command." is the result of eollabora- i lion by two authors, of whom one i at least held official position during the war. being Sir Douglas Haig's pri vate secretary when he was com mander-In-ch:ef of the British arm; in France. This hook i« even le's reticent. It also is essentially an rpolog'a and just if i :*ion of an in dividual. To establish their case, writers not only summarize some of th» secret proceedings of the su preme war council and war cabinet, hut give extracts of their decisions. There extracts are freely used as a basis o’ animadversion on the council and cabinet of that day. it is true that some of the quotations arc slated to be taken from French books previ ously published, but others are not, which arouses curiosity as to the source of the knowledge displayed. No Bounds to Wrath. In addition, there hate been end less articles in magazines snd news papers, some signed, some written anonymously, all attacking cither ministers, generals or admirals, and most of them clearly supplied with secret information by men who must have acquired it in their offieinl ca pacity. As to all these disclosures, protest has hitherto been silent. P.ut when it is indicated that replies are fort liecni! tig. end that these te are forthcoming, and that these re plies will reveal the real nature of misquoted documents or proceedings, the wrath of the-assailants and their sympathizers knows no bounds. What happened in reference to transactions of secret conclaves held in connection with the framing of the p-ace treaty, affords an illustra tion of the way these revelations oc cur. The question of publication of these proceedings was definitely dis cussed at Versailles after the signa ture of the peace treaty with Ger many on the "Stli of June, 1019, by President Wilson, representing the United States, by M. ricmenceau and Sinton, representing France; M. Son nino, representing Italy; M. Makino, representing Japan, and myself. This is what occurred on that occasion. For the first time T <juote from my own notes written at the time. Object-, of rnblication. President AVilson was strongly ct the opinion that these documents ought to be treated as purely private conversation, and he objected to com munication of accounts given in notes of private conversation in which all present had spoken their minds with great freedom, as improper use might afterward be made of these docu ments. On tlie other hand, he did not object to notes being communicated to special individuals in the personal confidence of members of the council. Though he looked upon certain state ments, conclusions and actions as be ing official and therefore available in appropriate offnactual conversa tions were private. In the United States no one had the right to claim documents of this kind. President AA'ilson's vl w war, that each govern ment should take the course tradi tional ip its own country, with the clear arid distinct understanding that no one should under any circum stances make the rrot.es verbal pub lie. M. Clemencoau did not think that such documents could he regarded as private property, whilst M. SonninQ thought they need not be considered as official documents. Give* Warning. For my own part I was anxious to know what the precedents were. I also felt bound to enter a caveat tiiat if attacks should he made on the polit ical heads 1 might be forced in par ticular cases to refer to these notes and I gave warning that I might have to do so unless protest was then made. M. Clemeneeau agreed so fsr that it might be impossible to refuse extracts from the process verbeaux to prove part leu lah facts. It will be observed that I was first to safeguard the interest, of persons who. I felt certain, would be attacked for their share in the treaty. I am the last to take advantage o£ the proviso. What followed? M. Ciemenceau was bitterly attacked by bis political op ponents for surrendering the French rights. President Wilson was also at tacked hy his political opponents for his assent to provisions of the treaty. In self defense they authorized publi cation of secret reports of the Paris meeting. Impression I nfalr. M. Clemenccau entrusted his de fense to M. Tardieu. M. Tardieu In his book. "The Truth Abouth the Treaty," gives most of his attention to the drawing up of that International instrument, but deals with the last portion of the war period and quotes from proceedings of interallied con ferences and also of the supreme war council, giving opinions of Individuals. He does the same with the delibera tions of the peace conference. In fact, the whole book is based on interna tional proceedings cf secret nature. M. Toincare In maligning his rivals has not refrained from making full use of information which came to his knowledge as president of the repub lic. For example. In his article "Sou venirs et Documents,in I.e Temps of the 12th of September, 19111. he quotes in extense a letter of April, 19n. from himself as president of the republic to the prestdent of the coun cil, M. Clenienceau. and a letter from me In reply to the president of the council. This correspondence referred to the period of occupation hy the al lies of the l«ft hank of the Rhine. According to Signor N'itti, M. Poincare makes somewhat similar disclosures in his articles published in the Revue de Deaux Mondes. All the«e dlsclo sures were parttal, truncated and therefore misleading. They did not give the publio a complete account of King Tutenkhamuirs Land Is Visited by Nebraskan Former Omaha Pastor and Wife Explore Famous Pyramids and Descend Into Tombs—Travel ers Find Sacred Egyptian Beetle, Scarab, B> t. W. M’C .VSKIJLX. rf th* chor'-h »t KulUint*. %**h.. «i»l f#»rm#r po*trr rf Hrtl'com Pir!. WrtttodiM church i* Oinnha. nb't ii 1 Hiring th? «!'* rorhl \v?th hin «i»*. 1 hi» in on* of •*»• ih of nrfit lf« h* hat n.'tttrn for Tb* Omaha nr*4. Me were up bright anti early and by X were on Ihe tram headed f->r the great desert. There were five of us beside our guide—two Mormon hoys from Utah, one J ipunes’ from Amer .c *. and oitrse!- »•. No sooner had the tram slopped un der the shadow of the great pyramids than we were besieged on every side by donkey boys, camel boys guides, aij howling and gesticulating w .idly, telling the virtues of “Yanky Poodle. “Mahommed.” of this camel .- J tliat donkey. In fact before 1 could turn about they had Mrs. McUaskill »ea* cd high on a camel and the little Jap - landing on h s head holding deeper ately onto the pommel of Hs saddle ns hie r nn"l humped up hie 1mfit end in the first act of rising. In h few moment?; we were all up in the air wa- lug liH??k and forth, up and down, to this ai'ic and that, having on" f.rst experience up in the rail ? e „ a-id rigging of the “ships of the d~ cert.'’ As * boy I lml r.rtd»n Mr unis broncho*, wild west mustangs. little and bis Missouri mules, cab's and J (.oils and pig-j. but this was a novel experience to me. And r ght h*;* let m* commend it most heartily to ; hose physical exercise specialist i who think that for health's sai,' one .aould develop all til* unused mus cle* of the body. If there was the tiniest fiber of a muscle anywh re tn iny body that was not sore from ex ercise the next morning T would If* -Ivan to any doctor to f nd It. However, do not thing that we did not enjoy the ride, for we did most heartily. It was the next morning that we did not enjoy. Skirt Oesert Kdg* for some distance ve skirted the eilca of the desert, nn one side the hills and valleys of sand reaching away into the distance. on the other the beautiful Nila valley with Its ir rigated f irms. Its stately palm groves, and Its peculiarly shaped bouses built of sun dried bricks. We had not gone tar until we pas«»d a native burying ground. The little mound of sand with its stone marker *t either end reminded m» of the camels saddle with its tail horn at either end This was evidently a ' oinetery for humble people but the lots did not tost much and digging Hie grates must hate cost 1c«e. In the main Hie desert was much ss T had ezpect»d it to b*. only some what more hilly, and the hurfar" more covered with small stones mingled in with the sand. I had ex pected to find the hot tropical sun boiling down on us and conking us almoet to a frazzle. Instead we found an almost ideal day. the air cool and refreshing. Finds Hrarab. All morning 1 had been casting my eye to the ground every little white, hoping that 1 might r,*» one of the famous Egyptian beetles, the scarab. At last I was rewarded, for there on the Hand near a email pile of rocks I saw t!»e shining hack glistening ns though it was made of jet. My •lonkey boy had been pestering me trying tp sell mottle of the client) scarabs that they Impose on Innocent travelers. T bad just told him Hint If he would find me a rent iU e one I would buy that from hint. He p vk ed up the scarab and than wanted to cla.ni his p.aster, hut I told him that was my find, and now he must get one cf th» scarab balls for me if he wanted a reward. At onto every camel boy was busy digging in the •and all about, and in a short time one came running yith the prize and claimed his fee. To me these scarabs are of tnoic than passing Interest. They make a round ball of mud or of offal, some times s»\era! times larger than them selvas. In which they la; their eggs Tlwy roll this up the river hank and 'ou: across the Nile bottom, .-"me i In.'S for a mU» or more, un’ll they gel it to a point above th' line of overflow, md th'n they bur' it in the sand of the desert, thus providing for their posterity. Recants of its »“oming faith in th» future oyl'te: e of its rare. |t was adopted a.i th» -a<-red emblem of Kg; pt. As a t; V1' or mj mbol no e ther Insect In the wo-ld s history ha" had ro much grralners thrust upon It. Old Pyramids. Before reaching Sokka a we pi* 'I some old p. ramlde. badly devastated by toe hand of time. In fact they seemed more like huge piles of broken stone tl»«n like pyramids. They are now partly covered by the drifting valid. SaWk.ira and Memphis were I he limit of our day's Journey. These two ancient cities reach back into th" earlier,t beginnings of Egyptian hi i tory. to the time of Mere-, the first h'storical ruler. Memphis was ome the mos» famous and most popular cjnital tf Egypt. . Now a few- fias merits of vans, the two i lossal statues of Ram***s It, the alabaster sphinx. and a few other statues are all that remain of that once proud city. on* of the mpst conspicuous objects in this part of the drsrrt land*'ape Is the great Btep pyramid. It w is *•» Jmllt that its sides form six huge ;ep*. it r.is tli* tomb of King 7-n err. Who Herd about ".*00 P C . and is one of tlie oldest stone building • In Egypt. If makes a beautiful pic tore as mo tees it out across the d<-s er: sands. Two pta<'« of unusual interest wc \.sited at Bakknra. The first rc the Serapeum or subterranean tombs of the sacred bull'. To enter this tomb we went down a long sloping shall of and. Thn tomb la hew n In the solid rock and Is nearly 1 "00 feet in length. HI feet Wide and 1T feet high. Tli* ancient Egyptians worshiped th' mered bull or Apis ns « god. heti on* Of the;* sacred bulls died th*' mu minified Ida body Just ns they mummified the bodies of kings and men. and these mummified bulls wer hurled with great pomp In this under ground tomb. Twenty four immense granite sarcophagi are still here hut the mummified bodies all have b*en "removed. Isitei in th* Cairo muse tint W's saw on* of the .* mummies. IJVhen r,‘* saw the Immense sarcopha gi, many of them weighing over tbi | Ions, we wondered how- It wus possible I to get them down In this deep cavern. They were mad* of black or red grnn I Its and most of them bora Inst rip ' t Ions. Min blti I Jon. Not fur front here w«a a marble licni. down in a valley, all alone ami partly covered with mud. No one aeetned to know iinythlnsr about It. Tho I in. U of a m.m |i atlll dins ns to li.i >ide. Ti»e nil of the . itu e la S' n '. Next to the Apia tomb", the most interesting one at Sakkara la the tomb of Ti, secretary to Rantesea the Great, and a large landowner. The tomb originally stood above ground, but now is almost wholly covered ' with Hand. The mural reliefs and carving* are among the finest and best preserved examples of ancient Egyptian art. T.y studying these re liefs one gets a splendid idea of the life of the people of that faroff day, for it is portrayed hers in a most wonderful way—farming,plow ing, reaping, winnowing wheat, feed ing cattle, lams treading out the seed, i arpcnterlng. shipbuilding. couit -ones, oftiio work, also women car rying biektt* of fruit, vegetal.lee, bread, meat. fish, poultry and drink. We marveled at tho splendid eieeu l.on anti at t!» wonderful preserva tion i f the painting.'. While the bod ;»s of Ti and hie daughter have been removed, the rest of the tomb is today iu -t as it was a,000 years ago. Wh it a wonderful picture the g: eat pyramids of tiizeh made as on our homeward Journey we looked at them across the miles of desert sand, the afternoon sun making them golden, i ml tho swaying (studs With their rich trappings making up the fore ground. Un approaching the pyra mids I noticed the stone pier, high up above the Nile valley, ami reaclr it'g out to it n« though it were a a*» t w is I'M that in the da>s of the pyramid building the Nile rovered ail ilia plain and reached to this pi«*r. where the great r .nes v<eio landed from rafts. Mow the Nile water Is more than a mile away. After dis missing our ratnels and camel hoys, y. e walked along the Ureal Sphinx, and the might;, pyramids, went down th« long slippery in- line Into the heart of tho pyramid, climbed down into the very sarcophagus wliera the body of the king had lain, then as we can,# out gathered a small speci men from one of the huge alabaster originally covered and. tired end hun gry, started for Cairo after one of the blocks -with which the pyramid was j meat wonderful days of all our live*. I Omaha Soon Will Have Two Broadcast Stations Omaha, noon will have two active, high power broadcasting nations in operation. Work is virtually finished on the new station located on the roof of the WoodmCh of the World building. The two steel masts aie m place, and tho antenna is eapected to be ready in a few days. 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That is undoubtedly what impelled Kx President Wilson to hand over his documents to Ray Raker with a view to presentation of the case from the standpoint of tiie American delega ' tion. TIence his book*. “Woodrow Wil son and "World Settlement." It is mostly hascij on the secret minutes of the supreme war council, numerous extracts from which are given. Sig nor Nit ti. late Italian premier, on theyother hand, expressly states that he does not publish any document which was not intended for publica tion. Nevertheless, he prints a mem orandum written by myself for the peace conference in March, 191f>. un der the title of “Some Considerations for the Peace Conference Refore They f inally Draft Their Terms." and also M. Clemenceau's reply, both of which are secret documents. But he excuses his action in this case because »x tracts from this memorandum had already been published. I only mention these matters, not by way of arraignment of these vari ous distinguished men for divulging secrets they ought to have kept un der lock and key. That Is not in the least my object. I do so In order to point out that general rules as to conditions under which confidential material can be used are not applic able to the circumstances of the great war and the p*ao“ that ensued. Disclosures already made largely ^for purposes of criticism and aspersion upon Individuals or bodies of individ uals have given the assailed parties a special position which cannot in justice he overlooked. Russia Makes Profitable Trade Terms in Far F.a«t Moscow. March 17.— Many Japan* s» commercial firm* are appljing for the privilege of uniting with Russian con cern* in exploiting tire fishing and lumber projects of the far eastern republic, ac cording to Hamm Kantor. head of the Russian trade comraisslo: to the far eastern republic, who ha* recently returned to Moscow. "Our mission »*s comp’etely »«ui - ressful, and we introduced h *:■ eteni for the monopoly foreign trade in the far cast, for the first time in history uniting the i ustom* organisa tion of Vladivostok with the rest of Russia. "The licensing • ■ "’em g-*s into effect July 1. “import duties will be below the Russian sraie on 30 articles ineluding soy t>ean products, rosin, metal, but ter. lumber, hay and straw-. "On the free l.st will be flaxseed, lish and caviar. "We haie also established a system for the regulation of the transport system." La Fontaine’s Fables Field as Elixir of Life Pari*, March 17.—The problem of how to live to tne century mark hue been solved again. Prof. Pierre Armalngaud of Bor doaux. who t: PI years old. says any one can live to 100 if they follow hi* example and read I.a Fontaine e fable* regularly every night before going to bed. .. “For SO years I have never missed my T.a Fontaine." Armalngaud told 1 the French Academy of Medicine. 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