The Irish standard., 1912-12-14
TIMELY SKETCH Of
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
Praise and Blame Melted Out to a
Fearless Champion of the Cause
of the Democracy.
In 1890 Declared the Country Was
Tired of the acknowledgement
Rule in Ireland.
The Tories Have Not Yet Learned
That Day of Cottage-Bred Men
Has at Last Dawned.

The following biographical sketch
OF David Lloyd George has been
| abridged from an article in the Liver
pool Catholic Times:
Politics apart, what sort OF man is
Mr.. LLOYD George, most hated and
most admired of living men in the
world OF politics? In a most interest
ing volume, the first Of four, adorned
with many excellent illustrations, Mr..
Herbert d,, Parcq MA, bel, of the
Middle Temple, i,arristcr-at-Law, cs-
says, and with success, to paint us a
picture of the early life and struggles
and ambitions OF the Welsh lad who
from Il lowly cottage has risen, by
sheer industry and ability. to one of
the highest posts under the crown
Mr.. Lloyd George is at once subject
men use to say? That, Mr.. Pacq holds,
is Il. popular fallacy. 1T is truo, of
course" he says, that no prudent
man will attempt to appr;lisc a. career
| which is in being, or to pass a final
Judgment upon views and policies
which arc working themselves out in
action. AS to that. 'respice fincm'
| must remain the motto tf tho hiss
torian. But that is no reason why a.
chronicler may not follow in the
track Of a heroic progress as vet in
complete, and CLEAN upon tho way for
the admirers of it's present triumphs
| such records as are eXtant OF it's past
efforts and achievements. Certainly
whatever popular aplorisms have to
| say, the popular taste is for biogra-
phies of the living Nor has 1t
| ever been thought amiss that auto
biographies should be compiled, and
| yet it is an almost essential condition
of an autobiography that its subject
should still live. There must, in
deed. be some absurdity in the notion
which would always reserve Il mans
| life story for posterity and never allow
it to be told to those of his own gen.
eration." MIR. Lloyd Georges lire de-
served telling in his lifetime. If onlv
to encourage other youths of cxccp-
l1onal gifts and spur them on to lc-
complish famous deeds. His biogra-
pher, it is but fair to say. has been
supplied with his materials. not NV
Mr.. George himself, but by his brother.
Mr. William George, who has been
good enough to place them al Mr..
Parcels disposal. They show us that.
from the very beginning of his career,
the present Chancellor of the Ex-
cheguer has had to carve his wav to
/ success amid the doubts or friends
and the dcnials OF foes. When he rec
commended his political career, "the
Older members Of his party were in
cl'ned to cold-shOlIlder him, to inspire
uhfricndly articles in the Welsh press.
to give him the lowest place upon the
| program at public meetings, They
honestly believed that Parliament
would soon prick the bubble OF his
local reputation. They might have re-
allied, one would think, that industry
and stamina and tho humdrum uuali-
ties that success demands could not
be altogether lacking in man who
mad started as Il poor boy in a remote
Welsh village, had received such edu-
! cation as was available to the sons of
villagers, and had at twenty five he
come the accepted Liberal candidate
for constituency in North Wales
where Liberalism was not so robust
that advanced views or humble origin
were likely to be strong points in his
favor" AS the passage of time con-
vinced his timorous friends OF the
vanity of their fears or of the futiljty
Of their subconsciOus hope, so the
! presence of times continued testi-
mony has weakened the verdict of his
opponen, on the matter of his real
character.
Says Mr.. Parcq: People who have
forgotten that Mr.. Lloyd George advo-
Gated in the teeth Of bowling mobs
during the war views which, whether
right or wrong, We're odious to the
vast majority Of all sections of the
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