The Irish standard., 1910-10-01
CHANCELLOR IS
FAVOR|TE WITH KING
Hated by the Upper Glasses, Lloyd
George is Close Friend of .
His Majesty.
Most Abused Statesman Since Days
When Gladstone Proposed p
Home Rule
Withal He is an Alert, Supple and
Pleasant hammered
Little Man.

The interruption of Mr.. Lloyd
Georges vacation in order to be min
lister in attendance on the king at Bal
moral is one of the curious little IRON
cal life, says II. p. O'Connor in
London letter cabled to the Chicago
Tribune under date of Sept. Gath.
When LloNd-George brought in his
budget he became the most hated man
in England among the upper classes.
He attacked what had up to then been
regarded by the peers as the ark Of
the covenant which nobody dared
touch. AS everybody who has studied
English life knows, land represents in
England not merely it's pecuniary val
ue-which as matter of fact is small
. per cent being regarded as an ,x-
cellent return for money invested in
land-but because it gives so much
social distinction.
1t was also the foundation of that
England is governed and will continue
to he governed so long as the present
powers of the House of Lords remain.
When Lloyd George then made lis
attack on the land through the land
taxes of his budget he reused The
tiercest hatred that has been directed
against politician in all the long
years since Gladstone first proposed
Home Rule. What made this attac..
on the feudal class the more exasper-
ating was that it all came from a man
whom these exalted personages regard
ed as beneath contempt.
Barrister Versus Attorney.
With us the distinction still persists
between the two branches of the legal
profession, and the attorney is still
socially as well as professionally in A
lower place than the barrister. To cal
a man an attorney is almost to Insult
him, solicitor being the more regular
and more polite way. When, there-
fore, the peer called Lloyd-George a
d. little Welsh attorney he had poured
out on him the last possible word OF
contumely and contempt.
When was taking little tour wltl
him a few months ago in Italy / coul1
not help hearing the insulting observ,-
tions that some travelling Englishmac
uttered as Lloyd-George passed them
have seen them shake their sticks a,
his carriage as il passed. and he has
had repeated to him, to his grea
amusement, the hopes expressed ES
these tourists when he went out in =
boat in the Lake Of Como that l.s
might find a grave in the deepest spo
in its capriciOus waters.
All this will make you realize bctlel
the shock or horror and surprise will
which this aristOcracy now sees Lloyd.
George called with especial favor &
the side of the sovereign. 1t is Ju
one of many proofs of what is alrca,l,
known on the inside, that of all Li'
present ministers his majesty likes
Lloyd George best. 1t was not so wit
the late king. His special favorit'
was Haldane the war minister large
Iy. it was supposed, because Haldane
, like himself, could speak German a.
well as English.
And yet. even with the late king
Lloyd George was something of a IA
vorite. Lloyd George certainly alway
got on well with King Edward.
have heard him speak with great I'd
, miration of the way in which Kin:
Edward managed to attract the goo
, will of everybody who approached hin
and he put this down to the kings re
markably beautiful manners.
1t is with the present king tha
, Lloyd George has made the most wa,
This is attributed largely to the fac
that when the kings father die
Lloyd George, who has an intense sym
pathy with all family grief since II
lost his own beloved little daughter
exhibited a frankness of sympath
. which the cold and correct English
4 men, the other members Of the cabi
. net could not approach. Whateve