New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-27

ur Tlovd George stands in diff
-, category from Sir Rufus lsaacs,
nd his speech was in different tone
uere. perhaps, comes in tie question OF
= The Jews are a conciliatory peo-
= They have preserved that attitude
sore in England, where they are no
,.,ser under political and civil disabil-
&c. nor even social They stand on
,s,.e, with other races. New York
..hi,b has a social standard of its own
ond for the most part outlaws the race
,.bich supplied Christcndom with its
. .,.r;et NAV not be able TO comprehend
,his hut so il is. Sir Rufus Isaacs, like
.,ber Jews Of distinction, has profited
~. the removal of the old ban, yet still
,refers peace to war. H. Mr.. Lloyd
:oorges veins flows fast and fiercely
rho untempered Welsh blood which
,.,kes Of that little Welsh principality
.be most turbulent part Of the King
,or, II races through his career and
through the passionate protest Of last
Wednesday in the House.
different also is Mr.. Lloyd Georges
official position lie is Chancellor of
The Exchequer, a post which answers
a our Secretary of the Treasury. II
there be a man in the Government
,ound beyond all others to take heed TO
Ms steps in every transaction Of money
,r business. il is he. He is or ought to
10 the Caesars wife Of the Cabinet,
above not only wrongdoing but above
the. suspicion Of wrongdoing. Yet in
this matter Of Marconi shares he has
been both suspected and publicly &C
cused OF corruption. OF corruption he
WAS innocent. but Of indiscretion, in
his case peculiarly grave, he cannot be
acquitted. He confcsscs il. He says
now that though his speculation, which
he calls an investment in American
Marconi shares was not wrong in itself,
5e would not had he known what was
10 happen, have touched it, because
q would have lent itself 10 miscon-
structon and perhaps to general mis-
conception Il is the consequence.
not the character, of the transaction,
Of which he repents. He seems still To
think there was no real BARN in buy
ing and selling shares of an American
company allied to a British company
then negotiating with the British gov
crnment for a contract;-hc being the
chief financial officer of that Govern
ment.
OF these charges Of corruption Mr..
Lloyd George complains bitterly and
10 a great extent rightly, though not in
tho right way. He poses before the
House as a kind of martyr He has
complained more than once in public
that no man Of his time has been so
much abused as he. Has any man of
his time abused other men as much as
he? Is there to be no reciprocity?
Has Mr. LLOYD George = patent of
alumny? He has abused classes and
Individual members of those classes.
Is Limehouse forgotten? Is New
astle forgotten? Mr.. LLOYD Georges
friends plead that he was sincere.
q is not necessary to question his
sincerity. but what was At the
bottom Of il? 4 passionate sym
2athy. if you like, with certain classes,
he poorer classes. Of the people Of
this country, but also passion
old &c
true Of him as it was true Of Parnell
that hatred was the driving force in
MS policy. What was the Budget Of
1909 but an attempt 10 transfer bur
Jens Of taxation from one class 10 an
ether? II was more than that. 1t was
a step toward confscation II enacted,
in effect, d penalty for the crime Of
owning land. ] will call but one wit
ness 10 prove it and the witness shall
be Mr. Lloyd George. While he was
attacking landlords in his Newcastle
hsranguc, a man in the audience cried
out:
Tax them out Of existence"
Mr.. George paused, a sinister smile
spread over his face, and he answered:
well, ] have made d beginning
Upon the unhappy owners Of land
whom he sought 20 penalize he also
poured contempt. Discussing primo
genlture, he asked what claim had the
eldest son except that he was "the first
Of the ltter?"
They will tell you that in private Mr..
Lloyd George is a pleasant companion,
or even that he has over men, and per-
haps over women, a power Of fascina-
ton. II may be so. At 4 time when a
great part Of society amused itself by
ostracislng Mr. Winston Churchill be
cause he had rated from Conservative
90 Radical, Mr.. Lloyd George was taken
up, invited out. asked 10 week ends at
great houses. II was an illustration OF
the mood in which society wishes for
nothing better than TO be amused; ana
amused II was. A place was made for
this new Court Jester: and ne filed IL
TO the contentment OF his hosts and
Possesses. In one case. al least, he
requitcd this Hospitality by language
which led to an open quarrel; and the
letter IN which the Duke Of Marlbor-
ough resented Mr.. Georges attack was
not one which he found il convenient
10 answer But upon this part Of his
career ! make no comment. There is
an anecdote which of itself may pass
for commept. There seems 10 have
been time xyben the Chancellor him