The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-07
LLOYD GEORGE IS
TO FORM new
CABINET
King George Calls upon Lloyd
George after Mr.. Law De-
cLines to Form One.
AsoUITH May COME BACK
Brief Sketch Shows the Present
Cabinet Maker as a Very
Strong Statesman.

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LONDON. I,ec Mr. AL 3onar
Law has declined the invitation Of
4 King George to form 4 new cabinet,
4 and tire King has sent for David
Lloyd George
II Whether MIR. Lloyd George whose
\ action led ~ the disruption or thc
&cnalitinn government and the resis-
nation Of Nil AEquith would have
4. any greater success tn forming i min
lfstEy than Mr. Law ~ 4 question that
has not been answered. Political
X correspondents predict that MI. AL
$#qulth will be back at the head or the
government before many days
y David Lloyd George is ain idol In
\ British democracy. His extreme rad
\ 'calisln has made Him at times zone
OF the most hated men In England"
particularly among the aristocFacy
4 but ON more numerous occasions he.
looms up as THE man or the hour
and his personality sometimes over
\ Swallowed the whole 2Asquith minis
try with which he was identified
EEe IS pre-eminentlv the British
I. governments man or push and Eu.'
energetic, determined and fearless.
Though little man almost frail I'LL
}nhysique, he is such IL successful
i#tighter that lie Scarcely knows the
meaning Of defeat.
In strange contrast to T.loyd
\ Georges leadership in tile prosecution
of tlla European WHr. is the fact that.
hi5 first political prominence came
through his attacks I'm the pro-war.
party during the South African cam
paiEn of#l Saa-91 FL carried MS on-
position To maintain Till army His
was so unpopular. however. that ho
puL Ills life ia Jeopardy by cxpOunding
his views. "a I3irmingham for one.
instance his life was sought by Il.
riptous mob which the police we're.
unable To handle and Lloyd George
was able to escape from their hands
only by discussing himself ina TO-
ltceman'S uniform IL Iarcr years hc.
was thee bject. of physical violence on.
the part oi the sutfragattes, WHO
hurled missiles at him on severa! oc-
casions, and who. in February. #1.:l III.
/ destroyed his country house with dy-
mantle.
As chancellor Of the exch equer he3
Was the author of the budget reformsI
which opened a new era in the fiscal
history Of tile Unite dIIingdOm. lndl
which, by putting new levies OF taxa
itinn Id tho propertfed classes, led toI
the great constitutional conflict bel
Et~een#th Commnners and the Lords
and the curbinE of the legislative
veto powers of the peers. The polit-l
"a ical revolution and other great
4 causes iii which he figured as the
popular leadfr, notably his success
4 ful fight Nf5the insurance act for pro
5lStccting the working Glasses against:
Illness and unenipl Own ent, and hist
.E old age pension scheme. made him a
dominant figure in the Liberal gov.
5E5ernmcnt
v When, with sthe5sudden outbreak of,
1.-THE European war in 1al4 INTERNALLY
II politics We're eclipsed ~ EnEland's5
.ientrance into the war Chancellor
1.-THE chief espnnsibilttF Of financing
1.-THE empires part iT he great conflict
4 .Though he had been one EFF the chief
II obstructtonists to great military ext
Expenditures on the part Of Great T5ri M \.
ain. in peace times, face to#face With
1.-THE war lie tackled the problem OIL
u 4raising money With mis- whole
\ strengtl and Set In motion the first
\ or the great loans which we're tioated 1
Il to meet Britains war cost--z-esti-
mated at@ten billion dollars.
u In the midst of these financial
.Eproblems Lloyd George was called toi
.E#assume III new role. as minister Of %mu-l
.fnitions. when lin May, 1915, a. coall-
II tion cabinet was formed and When@itl
was charged that Lord kitchner, the
N .secretarv or state Of war had FAILED
II Ito supply tile army with sutilctent
II guns and ammunition. 1L was agreed
A! that the occasion called for one at
\ 1.-THE strongest men Ii England TO
avak en the country 9 the para'1nr A cunt
necessity OF providing war materials
on huge scale. 1.-THE battle ~
NJ Neuve Chapelle," as Lloyd George
.Esafd, chad consumed more ammunl-
\ ton than was used in the whole BoeT
/, war;
II The manner iii which Lloyd George
II Tackled this new problem was Typ gal
4 of his energetic career He hurried
II the passage through parliament Of IA
Especial munitions bill (which gave the
government broad powers or control
over all factories that were making or
capable Of making war munitions.
Il The bill made strikes and lOckouts H.
legal. gave power to fine 'slackers'
limited the profits Of employers. ana
!. provided for volunteer army 81
III workers who should pledge them
Iselves TO go wherever the government
would require them to work in the
factories.
Exasperated BY the s1ow1ess with
III FsA44S34 FfIAlAGES Itt44lSd8 - LIE
II les. Lloyd George gave the labor lead
ers just seven days in which to make
good their promise OF getting suf-
VI flcient men to man the plants for.
maximum production During the
week the newspaper over the Unit.
tied Kingdom were flooded with full
.Tpa &c advertisements, and the labor
headers turned town halls throughout
the country into recruiting Offices
with the result that women as well
sas men workers enlisted ii even
Y greater mum beers than were necessa
u ~. and the muniti ons problem was
soon solved.
l Lloyd George waz one OF those who.