In short, he never had the opportunity for a stab. I, however, did have such an opportunity and proceeded to invade France in the end game. Threatening to take Paris and all of England in 1906 with follow up captures in 1907, Lloyd agreed to cede me Liverpool and London in exchange for a renewed offensive against Turkey. What was clever about this was that I had convinced Turkey that I was stabbing France and that I would support him into Venice. As a result his Trieste army moved, allowing me to support France into Trieste, a move which would have otherwise bounced.
Certian countries have natural allies.
Germany and France is one such alliance. If one can form such a bond in the first season, one has a good chance at achieving a dominant position in the mid-game. However, such an alliance does involve alot of trust, especially early in the game and one does open oneself up to particularly nasty stabs. These are usually named after chaps with whom once attended Oxford or Harvard, or from dubiously connected historical events. Some of these get a bit silly, but to continue the tradition, I would like to designate the lesson I learnt from this game as the 'Wild Bill Hickock Principle'.