London, June 1.
David Lloyd George, World War Prime Minister and fiery Liberal Parliamentarian, in a lengthy article yesterday, bitterly accused King Leopold of the Belgians of being a "spiritless After an unusual silence, the white-maned "Welsh Wizard" picked up his pen yesterday and lashed out against the surrender of specie recommendation the King of the Belgians, warning Belgium never to tolerate "such pes E ce in this} a monarch on her throne again."
Mr. Lloyd George paid tribute
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"The inconceivable and unexpected "Perfüdy and Poltroonery"
"I cannot conjecture how high were the chances of such an eventuality if the Belgians bad not surrender-ea. But the bare chance of succeeding cannot be ruled out.
"The break through at Sedan was so unexpected that the French were utterly unprepared for it There were no reserves to be thrown in to drive the enemy back before he widened the breach. It was a question of giving time for a sufficient mumber of French divisions to, be brought up from other fronts to arrest the flow of German armoured divisions through the gap. mill after ordering the mill not to notify the police robbery. gent of Yugoslavia [Sees Soviet Envoy 4 H n los Fi li - of Belgrade, June 1.
ut of Yugoslavia, yesterday after-"Lavrentieft, Soviet Minister "You can rumage.in vain through the black annals of the reprobate kings of the earth to find a blacker, more squalid sample of perfidy and poltroonery, than that perpetrated by the King of the Belgians.
"His Government, true to their sense of honour, promptly repudiated his deed of shame." The army he commanded was defending its native land against the raiders who had invaded it without a; shadow of a pretext and who. mercilessly shot down its defenders.
"The French and British soldiers whom he helped to betray were there at his personal supplication to help him and his country in their hour of distress. They came from the two countries that, just over 20 years ago, had sacrificed the lives of millions of their brave sons to save the liberties and independence of Belgium.
"And yet, when hundreds of thousands of valiant young men from the same countries came at the call once more to fight the same battle against the same foe, without warring he sold them to captivity or death. He callously arranged with the aggressor te clear the road and open the door that would facilitate the butchery of his protectors.
"If Belgium ever again tolerates such a monarch on her throne she will share his ce. He has dishonoured the memory of his sire, who was a man of real nobility and courage, one who ever wielded his Sceptre with strength, wisdorh and regal dignity.
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