The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-28
They Call New
British Premier
"Welsh Yankee

Yankee"
Thus Percy S. Bullen COM
menced to paint for me his word
picture of the human interest
side of the new British prime min
lister. BY his long years in the
press gallery of the British house,
during which he met the little
Welshman' many times intimately
behind the scenes, Bullen, now
New York correspondent for the
London Daily Telegraph, is ex-
ceedingly well fitted to interpret
the new commanding figure at
the head of the British govern
ment.
THE Welsh Yankee nick
name," Bullen explained, was
given largely on account of his
breezily informal methods and
hif businesslike application to
york.
= Has Easy Manner.
"His delightfully."- free and easy
manner with men and the fact
that he seldom wore the conven-
tional frock coat, and never a
silk hat. also made him appear,
rightly or wrongly, very Ameri-
can in the eyes of the newspaper
men.
Mrs. Lloyd George, by the
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her husband. Lloyd-George
lives in the plainest possible
manner In the official resi-
dence, II Downing st.
He has neither butler nor
valet, and when you call at
his dingy old brick house
the door is opened for you by
white-aproned maid.
While he is easy of access to
anybody having legitimate bust
ness, Lloyd-George has reputa-
ton for not keeping appointments.
"Ie has never visited the Unit
ed States, but there is no man in
England more imbued with the
spirit OF American democracy
than Lloyd-George. And he
probably knows more about
American institutions than any
body else in England, with the
exception of Lord Bryce.
"Lloyd-George had to make
his own way in the world. He
started poor. For six hours be-
fore attending to his duties as a
member of parliament, and he
was most regular attendant, he
used to be at work on his bread
and butter law cases.
In those days he did not in
dulge in any recreation whatever.
HE HAD NO TIME! His devc-
tion to golf came later. He did
not mix much with his fellow
members In the dining room, be-
cause HE COULD SAVE TIME
BY GOBBLING DOWN A SAND
WITCH.
'Lloyd-George always was a
great phrase maker. One would
imagine from his now historical
words a fight to a knockout used
in describing British war aims,
that he might have had some
practical experience with the prize
ring. But he has not.
Lloyd-George's chief diversion
in his early days was an occa-
sional trip across the way from
st. Stephens to the aquarium.
where he could be found leaning
over the ropes watching the rum
ners in a go-as-you-please race, a
sport the vogue at that time.
"He was always known to be
exceedingly ambitious. There
was hardly a man in the govern
ment during his first years at
Westminster.
''Many of those who knew
him then believe that in the
present crisis i'm the affairs
of the empire he will prove
to be another Pitt!
A Big Days Work.
Like Pitt, he seldom speaks
from notes. With an amazing gift
for mastering details, he has far
more eloquence, like most Welsh
men, than the average English
speaker.
This used to be his daily
schedule:
''Six hours y the law
courts;
1.-TWO hours in the house
of commons;
"A hurried dinner Of .
sandwich I'm the lobby;
"A speech at q political or
social meeting;
1.-TWO more hours In the
! house before going to bed.