The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-12

est enemies-and their names were legion.
 l His Brilliant OratOry. l Lloyd George was 8 type of speak CT uncommon in Parliament in his time. He was quick extraordinarily ready and resourceful in thought and 1 delivery, the master of language and of moods, and of emotional and ima- ginative oratory.
 The dull plodding of firstly and secondly, of i've have in our midst '' and 3'I am proud to see before me, . 1 the gross verbiage of the dull word l mOnger, were unknown to him. In the heat of debate his sentences flashed like rapiers, yet he could in a twinkling melt the impressionable to | tears. There appeared to be nothing studied in his method, and a readi- ness in turning current thought, or even interruptions, to his own use, fostered this illusion; but he had studied each effect in advance, and talked it over with his wife. Possibly his most valued attribute as a speaker is his good humor-his 'fnvincible tgayety'' biographer has termed it. He is never savage, never heartless, and when the heat of de- bate is over, his ready smile dispels the shadow of rancor.
 1 It is said that he talks best in Welsh; for as an orator he is bilin- gual,. and among his own people he leaps from Welsh to English, or the reverse, as the mood takes him. He learned Welsh at his mothers knee and English as a foreign tongue, and for that reason speaks the latter, it i is said, with an accent.
 He also has a working knowledge of French-based on those studious days with his shoemaker uncle and the reading of French novels is 1 his chief mental relaxation.
 l Lloyd George is the most ap- proachable man in public life in England. His manner is frank and thoroughly, spontaneously demo- cratic.
 In figure this leader of the Eng fish is slight. He walks with a slight stoop. He hah well-shaped head, and from his high brow the hair is pushed back with an easy sweep fall ing in unbarbered thickness to his 1 coat collar. His brows are high and arched. His nose is straight, with large nostrils his month rather loose, his chin double. His eyes are his best feature, deep, sparkling and eloquent, a true index to his vivacious spirit.
 His vitality is not abundant, but tenacious. He may become so ex- hausted that he can barely shake a friends hand limply, but with a couple of days of golf he will be able to restore himself for further ex- hausting labors.
 In his home life Lloyd George is 6 fa ;e, hi ;,, London, devoting much of her time and giving up their home, a mansion in Westminster, to relief work for Welsh soldiers.
 They have two children, Megan aged 13, who ia in school, and Olwen a woman grown. Their two sons are Capt. Richard and Lieut.. Gwlym Lloyd George, both serving their country with Welsh commands. His Rise to Prominence.
 International prominence, of not the most pleasant kind, first came to Lloyd George in the Boer War; in 1899. He opposed the war with all his force, at time when his con- stituents were in a majority for it. He fought it tooth and nail, going SC far as to refuse to vote for supplying the armies in the field.
 He risked his future, his reputa- I tion, and even his life for his stand He was mobbed while speaking in Birmingham, and escaped only by putting on a policeman's uniform while at Bristol, street barricades were needed to protect him. I Thence on, the volatile little Welsh lawyer" as he was contemp- tuously termed, was a thorn in the side of the Conservatives. He was also power to be reckoned with and when the London Times spoke of him as Cabinet possibility, the speculation seemed logical to many observers of current events
 Lloyd Georges great chance came in 1905, when the Liberal party came into power. He entered the Cabinet as president of the Board of Trade It was an office of vast power in com merce, and British owners of ship. ping and warehouses and bonds shivered. What would the Welsh firebrand do to steady-going British trade?
 The answer came in series o1 acts that were above criticism. Bet. ter shipping laws were passed. The Port of London was improved A ! the same field.
 Settled Great Railroad Strike.
 When the railway hands of the nation threatened a general strike, fir 1907, and Lloyd George faced sit. uation similar to that faced recentn : by President Wilson, he brought about settlement with remarkable celerity.
 The older statesmen had failed tc clear the air. The hands were .tc strike on the morrow. Lloyd George asked the railroad heads to mee him at the Board of Trade. They came in a suspicious mood. He was a radical. They expected a demand from him that they recognize the unions. This they were prepared tt deny. Lloyd George had not talked Ions with the railroad men when he sur prised them by laying before then an entirely novel plan of settlement resting on the principle of settlement resting on the principle of concilia tion by board to be headed by tht Speaker of the House. Had this no
 been accepted he was prepared tt secure law inforcing arbitration The railroad men accepted his plar and the great strike was averted
 The settlement of the railroad con troversy made Lloyd George the mar