The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-06
King George Calls upon Lloyd
George after Mr.. LaWDe-
CIineS to Form One.
.ASQUITH NAY COME BACK
Brief Sketch Shows tie Present
Cabiret Maker as a Very
Strong Statesman.
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LONDON. Dec, 6--AlE a. Bnndr
Law has declined the inljtftI5n Of
King George to form a new cabinet
and the king has sent for David
Lloyd George.
Whether Mr. LLOYD George. whose
action led to the disruption Of the
coalition government and the resis-
nation Of Mr.. Asquith. would have
any greater success informing a min
istry than Mr.. Law ~ d question that
has not been answered Political
correspondents predict that Mr.. AS
Quith will be back at the head Of the
government before many days.
David Lloyd George IS an idol in.
British democracy. HIS extreme rad
icalism has made him a times one
of the most hated men In ENGLAND, :"
particularly among the aristocracy.
but on more numerous occasions he
looms UP as the man of the hour
and his personality sometimes over
shadowed the whole Asqqith minis
Try with which he was identified.
He is pre-eIninently the British
governments man Gf push and CO.
energetic. determined and fearless.
Though little man, almost fraiI in
physique. he is such a successful
tighter that he scarcely knows the
meaning OF defeat.
In strange contrast to Lloyd
Georges leadership in the prosecution
of the European war, is the fact that
his first political prominence came
through his attacks on the pro-war
party during the South african cam
paign OF j 8a9-g1. He carried his op
position to maintain the army. His
disparngement OF the British cause
was SO unpopular, however, hat he
put his life in Jeopardy BIZ expoundfng.
his views. AT Birmingham, for one
instance. his life was sought by a.
Iiotous mob which the police We're
unable to handle and Lloyd George
was able to escape from their hands
only by Disgusting himself ia. 4 no
licemanis uniform r. laIer years he.
was the object of physical violence on
the part of the suEfragettes. who
hurled missiles at him on several oc-
#casions. and who, in February. 191%,
destroyed his country house with dy-
Mantle
AS chancellor of the eSchequer he
was the author of the budget reforms
which opened Il new era in the fiscal
history of the Unite dkingdonl. and
which, by putting new levies of taxa
tion to the propertied classes. led to
the great constitutional conflict be-
tween the Commoners and the Lords
and the curbing Of the legfs' atiye
veto powers or the peers The polit-
ical revolution and other great
causes in which he figured as the
popular Iea1E., notably his success
full fight of the Insurance ac1 for5nro-
tecting the working classes against
illness and unemployment, and his
old age pension scheme. made him
dominant figure in the Liberal gov
ernment
When. with the sudden utbreal 81
the European war in 1914. Internal
politics were eclipsed by FnglandEs
entrance into the war. Chancellor
Lloyd George was shouldered with
the chief responsibility of financing
the empire part in the great conflict.
Though he had been one OF the chief
obstructionists to great military eS-
pendttures on the part of Great Brit
ain, in peace times. face to face with
the war he tackled the problem 81
raising money with his whole.
strength and set IN motion the hrst
ofsthe great loans which We're floAted
to meet Britains war cost-estl-
mated at ten billion dollars.
IN the midst of these financial
problems Lloyd George was called TO.
assume a new role, as minister.of mu-
nitfons. when in May, 1915, coali-
ton cabinet was formed and when 1T
was charged that Lord KitchneT the
secretary OF state Of war. had failed
to supply the army with sufficient
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