The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09

i ne English people must always have
man to whose name they may ado
the great" Palmcrston and Gladstone
we're this Kind OF men. also Disrael
TO certain extent. Later on Joseph
Chamberlain had some Of the necessary
qualifications to become the heir 81
Gladstone as popular hero. But un.
fortunately his Loyalty and steadfast
ness of character were not equal &c
MS abilities-lnstead Of realizing the
radical IDEALS OF MS youth, he be.
through his desertion to the aristoc
| racN. led England into the calamitics
Of the disastrous Bocr War besides
running his party with imperialistit.
phrases concealing protcctionism. Nov
feeble and dying, lie sees the part,
give up the ideals he taught II, hopinp
oy doing so to save a little from The"
general wreck
ana IN the meantime Il new man is
working himself into the position of
| ~ gre great man OF England. That mar
and attacked with the utmost violence
| BY his political enemies dcspised, per
h hil by ,societE.@ because he worked
expressions are more passionate than
customary IN England. But no one
, can can doubt, even. for moment, that
centred around him and his ideas
And so far he has won all his battles
vc d,roya q, George ,,f is now fforty-seven
yillase in Wales Ills father, teacher
died when he was only Two years old.
Ills mother and he found ii home with
an uncle. but they We're desperately
hard It was for his mother to make
the last sixpenee last every week.
arr,b snail never forget he said, the
leIiipic Importance OF this last SIX
G ba
Impression of my childhood. Few Veil
.o-do people are able TO understand
ne terrible anxiety in a household
wherA everything depends on me last
slHpence. II is an anxiety which has
robbed thousands OF noble women OF
.iieif strength, and driven thousands
realized this. our politics Would : be be
more real, more human"
tiis neNt strong impression was a
polltlcal one. 1t was from tile cleo
tion In lS6S-Gladstonc's great cleo
iioh. IN one Of his speeches he tells
now the owners OF the large landed
estates formerly used to meet ut an
nm and decide who was TO represent
the district But in 1865 the Liberal
pity out W a candidate. Lloyd
Iihcral party. and on election day the
i,N, year old boy proudly marched
through the streets carrying his little
tlag with the Liberal coiors. Eut
appeared from the village. Their par
ents had been driven from their farms
peca!lsc they had voted for the Liberal
G Ii-a,ll'. thousands of others in
Wales met with the same fate This
was ,hc beginning OF the great Liberal
awakening, and II made strong i'm
preston upon The ehldlike mind OF
Lloyd George. AS Il boy, he was fond
OF stro!iins through the woods. but
everywhere he was turiicd back BY tile
l l;,,..N. regulation e.;s, The land
beauty Of the land is ours, the shade OF
the trees, the soft grass. The babblinS
brook, the singing OF the birds the
irasrance OF tie ilowcrs-all this is
OURS. lou may have tile dusty high
way iocp through the gate and hedge
into our Kingdom, and call yourself
fortunate we do not forbid you this
And. finally. as lie grew Il little
Older he found himself in opposition to
me doSmauc teaching Of religion by
the state wiicl, lie met With in The
school. When he was sixteen years
old he was greatly impressed by y
book by CARLYLE and iron, now on he
was sradually drawn into that rclig-
where Greco is supplantea by strong
love OF humanity, always combined
however,. with the Idea OF loving
ana charitable Divinity. Events Which
high church towards those who heidi
other options. fastened this feeling in
MIN. aud made them into conviction ia
which he has always remained loyal
Ills uncle, with great SACRIFICES gave
him good education. and when ho
was twenty years old he was admitted
10 the bar In 1880. when he was only
twenty-scven. he was elected n NOM
her OF the House OF Commons, whcre
he immediately found his place on tho
extreme left % the liberal party /
Times were difficult FOR the Ihcrai
party then Usually they were beaten
NJ the elections. and when they Won
ihei found themselves powerless 10
act.
Wnen Gladstone gave IN tie reins
the leaders nip Of the party was con.
hded 10 that eloquent amateur Lord
liosehery. whose heart was always with
The enemy. lie left the party con.
fused TO many 1t looked as ii there
were little difference between the Lib.
eral and Conservative parties. and sin.
cere friends OF progress began to look
70 the Labor party, which. hut Very
quietly, was born during these years.
TIC nov liberalism, which IN Danish
means radtcalism, More and more men
within the Liberal camp understood