Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-12-09
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LONDON Dec. As a personality,
David Lloyd George is for many rea-
sons interesting and important to the
United States. de is one of the few
British statesmen understanding that
difficult and intangible psychology OF
the American temperament.
He is important TO America for an
other reason. He is now the head OF
the five British nations engaged in
war-Britain, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and South Africa, together
with India.
Winning Of the war now primarily
devolyes on these nations.
II they and the Allies are beaten. it
will be Americas turn next for Ger
many's plans in South America and
Germanys hatred of the United States
should be known to every American
who reads the anti-Amcrican propa-
ganda of the German government
Lloyd George is also interesting to
your hundred millions because his
4 life has been very much similar to
many Of you. He began simply. with
out assets Of life than a good father
and mother He had the same kind
of education that an American boy
gets. There are millions of American
homes like his little home in Wales
wherein he spent his early childhood
His father was teacher of school i'm
Liverpool. managed by a committee Of
/ Cn'tarians. including DR. Harriet Mar
| tineau His mother was a daughter OF
Baptist minister IN the Welsh vii
lage Of Llanystumdwy.
do not know Lloyd George IN pri-'
vate life; I am not in agreement with
! him on many political affairs. We have
/ been publicly antagonistic on MANY
matters during twenty years He
adopted a line in the Boer war that
was not mine. incurr'ng the hatred,
even contempt. Of millions Of his fell
/ low subjects II was n brave line for
lit demanded more courage TO he in
side OF the minority opposing the war.
/ than to shout with the majority sup
porting IT, Since then Lloyd George
! has led all sorts Of movements at var
lance with the tenets of his political
party. to which ! belong. Sometimes
/ he has been right-and proved right.
sonnet mes he has been wrong and
proved wrong-but i'm all he has un-
dertaken he has 'evinced the same
courage shown throughout this one
momentous weeks history.
The British peoples fear Of helping
/ German propaganda in the United
/ States prevented English writer's
I from saying how dissatisfied the Brit
! ish people have been with the politi-
clans who have managed our share in
the war since 1914.
Lloyd George was the only member
Of the government with the courage
to exhibit discomfort over our feeble
and yacillating conduct OF the war.
/ Occasionally in Parliament and on
the platform he attempted 10 tell the
people a little Of the truth. but on
these occasions he was always howl
ed down by members of his party
and their newspapers as unpatriotic
and giving comfort TO the enemy. The
rest did their best to hide the truth
The hide-the-truth tactics in Com
mons. Of smaller politicians were
shown at the time they were en-
deavoring to cover mp their blunders
and SIR Edward Carson left the gov
eminent last year.
n Lloyd George had resigned with
him then. the war would have been
| greatly advanced. He was prevailed
l upon TO remain. but evidently at the
end of last week. he found the state
I of torpidity and self-satisfaction Of
I his colleagues the face of his re-
j peated sethacks impossible 30 a man
Of his vision and patriotism. OF
; those colleagues, writing as I am an
article which will appear IN some 500
I American and. Canadian newspapers,
/ prefer only to say that they were
/ men wlro wouldn't believe the war
was coming when ii did. and who
( hadn't an idea of its tremendous
portent for our race.
In my own newspapers at home /
, have spoken much more plainlv-so
plainly. indeed that find myself oc-
casionally the most abused man in the
country.
When last week Lloyd George de-
cided TO smash the party machine
wherein he was entangled he took
his courage in both hands. do not
believe he had anv personal ambi-
tons in the matter at all.
Events made him Prime Minister
a position almost as powerful as that
OF your President. BUT his desire was
that this distinction should be con-
IelItu OH duOlutl. ANuceu. lot Some
hours. il looked as though il would be
the Scotsman. BOnar Law. rather than
the Welshman Lloyd George.
He went out into the wilderness
alone. 50 far as his own party was
concerned. lie had as a supporter.
Bonar Law who had previously op-
posed him on practically every phase
Of politics and an outside helper in
Carson, whose Irish policy was dia-
metrically opposite
Those three. with Lord Derby. have
produced a miracle. whereof all the
world is talking. I'm a few days they
have formed a gOvernment--marred, IL
is true. by inclusion of some notable
former failures, hut enriched by the
brains Of business men and new poll
tic.ans.
The greater part OF the work was
done by Lloyd George himself He is
constantly referred to here as "the
. little Welshmsn," but he is not at all
little" You probably have his por
trait before you. His head IS not
that OF a little man. mentally or ply
, sically. u is the head OF a man in
! which the sparkle OF genius is com
o. bined with Celtic energy and intense
. industry.
, During the greater part OF the weel
% he has been at the war Office until
S in the morning. returning to the difh
cult task Of trying to make a compos
tie national government six hours