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will, though with more hesitation.


The Laboritcs are anxious to pro-
pose a measure to overthrow the Os-
borne judgment which dealt dead
ly blow at the right of trade unions
to support the labor members of par
Lament. But the government will
firmly adhere to its project and the
Laborites probably will fall in with
the swift, even torrential. tide in ia
vor of the subordination OF every
thing else to IL short, sharp and de-
cisive fight With the lords.
Possibly the veto bill will be car
ricd before the coronation, but if it
is delayed beyond that point the full
responsibility will be thrown on the
Tories.
Though Austen and Chamberlain
joined voice to voice with the back
woodsmen in demanding Il fight to
the bitter end, all the Liberals believe
this was q; bluff and anyhow the Gre
alton OF 500 peers and the transfer
nation of Il Tory into a Liberal house
Of lords and four years OF Liberal
omnipotencc have no terrors for the
Liberals. This prospect has still less
terror for the lrishmen who thus will
secure home rule more easily and
rapidly than under the delays still
Ia, ,l,.> l.:
Lloyd George OverWorkcd.
Lloyd George lunchcd with me I'M
mcdiately after the general election,
and was struck by his worn appear
ancc. He seemed to have aged some
years during the few weeks of the
general election, and the face had
deeper lines on it than before. In
deed, Lloyd George has become very
different in many respects from what
lie was a few short years ago. | said
to him just after his appointment to
he great oIicc OF chancellor of the
cXcheqller, that | had been puzzlinG
out in my mind what thoughts were
Surging in the mind of Mr.. Asuuith
the hour after he had been raised to
the dazzling position of prime minis
ter. remarked the paper stated
that, Immediately after the announce
mcnt, the new premier had gone ont
of his housc-~t!lcn in the dull and
silent responsibility of Cavendish
Squarc-and walked for two hours i'm
the rain. And | asked Lloyd George
to see whether his ideas were the
same rs my own. what do you
imagine Asquith was thinking about
during that two hours solitary wak?"
He answered, after Il pause, that
probably it was about something
which nobody would guess. "rll give
IL guess" | said. 81 think il must
have been about the young wife whom
he married in the days of his pow
crty and obsc,lrity, and who had left
him with all her children Just us his
fame and position lad come
Every likely" said Lloyd George
"'The unhappicst hour of my life was
on the day | became chancellor Of
the e&chcquer.' He said no more,
but J knew what he meant. He was
thinking of that lovely young daugh
ter who died in the very midst Of
the great crisis in his career; that
wound which has never and will nev-
er heal in the heart of this typical
Cclt--iicrce in the fight but sensitive
to the last degree in his emotions,
and, above all, in his tenderness to
his own.
This is one of the things which has
deepcned the burrows in his checks.
Add to this that, in passing the bud
get, Lloyd George had to so through
an amount OF personal fatigue and po-
litical anxiety SUCH as might have
, broken down any man, except such IL
phenomenon as Gladstone, who was
just as great a marvel physically as
he was mentally. Gladstone also, as
chancellor of the exchcquer, had to go
| through terrible strain. He worked
| frequently for 1G hours a day; but
| then, Gladstone had the immense
power Of going to sleep the moment
he laid his head on the pillow, and
he was so stcrnly masterful OF him
self he never let any day, whatever
| its labors, pass without taking his
regular exercise. He told me once
that he was so scrupulous about this
that he took his two hours walk
when the House Of Commons ceased
sitting, it might be or a. M, and
that if he found it was raining, he
drove home, put on his waterproofs
and still took his walk