The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-10
Mr.. Lloyd Georges War speeches.

tEOkut TtutHluS pune VI hleH Sl'lIlt
ual exaltation In his speeches. but In
some Of his war talk he has attained
quite unaccustomed levels. Much Of
his talk regarding the contest Is indeed
Of homespun reasoning with famboyant
language-the Llmehouse touch in
SHORTCUT again he has taken wider,
philosophic view Of Englund's strug-
gle and it's more far reaching effects
which indicates capacity for higher
thought for which few have given him
credit.
We might almost think there were
two LLOYD GEORGES. judging from the
newspaper reports. In one place We
find him splitting the ears OF the
groundlings with violent attacks on
Germany and Austria. He pictures Ger
many saying to the nations, II insist
that you shall stand by with your
arms folded whilst Austria Is strang.
ling your little brother to death" and
Russia replying to Austria, You lay
your hands on that little fellow and I'll
tear your ramshackle empire limb
from limb" Again, he calls the Prus-
sian Junker the road hog of Europe, of
the type of motorist who is the terror
of the road. ''small natlonalities in his
way hurled to the roadside. bleeding
and broken. women and children
crushed under the wheels Of his cruel
car; Britain ordered out OF his road"
Mr.. GEORGE thus finishes the episode:
"If the old spirit IL alive In British
hearts, that bully will he torn from his
seat"
This is the well known style Of Mr..
GEORGE. 1t is coarse. rough. crude. 1t
Is talk for a mob. But with the mob
supremacy effective. 1t is in strange
contrast with another address In which
the thinker takes the upper hand and
tries To find the soul Of good In things
evil. He sees in the war and Its trials
a revolution in national life, an upllft
OF far reaching consequences. He says;
1T is great opportunity. II only
comes once In many centuries to the chill
dren OF men. For most generations sac
rifce comes in drab WEAKNESS OF spirit to
men. II has come to-day 10 you--lt has
come to-day to us all In the form OF the
glory and thrill OF great movement for
, liberty that compels millions throughout
! Europe to the same noble end"
/ The orator speaks of those who have
given their lives or more than their
/ lives, the lives of those they love. and
exults in their sacrifice because:
"They have totcr thelr part In the
! making Of new Europa new world.
can see signs OF II coming through the
/ glare Of the battlefield. The people OF all
lands will gain more by this struggle than
they comprehend at the present moment.
| They will be rid of the greatest menace
to their freedom. That Is not all. There
is another blessing. infinitely greater and
more enduring. which is emerging already
out of this great contest--a new patriot
! ism, richer. nobler. more exalted than the
old I see a new recognition among all
classes. high and low. shedding themselves
of selhs hness--a new recognition that the
honor OF country does not depend
in the stricken field. hut In protecting its
homes from distress AZ we'll It Is new
patriotism which is bringing new out
look over all classes. The great flood of
luxury and of sloth which had submerged
the land Is recedlng. and new Britain
Is appearing We can see. for the frs,
time, the fundamental things that matter
in life. and that had been obscured from
our vision by the tropical growth OF
prosperity"
Mr.. GEORGE describes a valley In bis
native Wales so sheltered that the at
mosphere was enervatlng, The Eng
fish people have been living in such a
sheltered valley for generations, he
says and have become too comfort
able, too indulg,nt, too selfish. Now
they have been driven to elevations
where they can see 1.-THE great. ever
lasting things that matter for II nation
the great peaks Of honor we had for
gotten, duty, patriotism, and, clad In
glittering white, the great pinnacle OF
Sacrifice pointing like II rugged finger
TO heaven.
Even the Times, which does not love
LLOYD GEuEGE. speaks of these as noble
words, explaining "the immortal queS
ton, What doth It profit man If hi
shall gain the whole world and lose his
own souf'" Whether the indubltabl,
sacrifice Is going to have all the In
fluence and Just the sort of inhuenc,
Mr.. GEORGE delineates on The people o
England-and naturally on the othe
nations sharing her experiences is {
question that history alone can decide
At least 1t must be contested that ~
Mr. GEORGE himself 1t has had an I'm
mistaknble effect, broadening his spiri
and promising to lift him from the plan,
of class advocacy to that of natioua