The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-23
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David Lloyd George. prime minister
81 Great Britain. works sixteen hours
a day. SAYS a letter 10 the Brooklyn
Eagle.
hen MIR. Lloyd George assumed Of
nee. on December s. 1916. he faced
a series OF state problems without
duplicate IN modern history. The mill
tary. economic and diplomatic situa-
tIons required quick and decisive ae-
ison. The plans 81 the entente de-
manded an American punch" 20
make them achieve an effect Mr..
i1oed George has been working from
Z O'Clock in the morning until n
O'Clock at night to repair the damage
supposed TO have been done by the
methods OF the Asauith regime.
There IL no munitions maker in
England. nor any common soldier in
the British army. who does any mere
plain. honest. hard work in n day
than MIR. Lloyd George. Unlike some
European statesmen he does not spend
any time in vague discussion or futile
worry. HE h an intensely practical
man. and ne views the war as a purely
business propagation.
Just as an American producer aims
AT driving competitors FROM the mar
ket. Mr.. Lloyd George believes that
the simpiess way 20 win the war Is to
defeat the German armies on the bat
tlefiesd. and not by the more subtle
and ~treacherous Of economic
collapse and dynastic reputation. No
man in any OF the ten entente nations.
whether he be building a road or com-
manding an army. aecompisshes more
in a single day han the new prime
minister OF Great Britain.
The method Of government adopted
by sIr. Lloyd George does not agree
with the polite Engiish tradition of
statesmanship. Ministers of the Brit
ish government seldom rave been
seen walking brisk.y through the
streets In a black der by hat add sack
suit as Mr.. Lloyd George has fire.
quently done. Neither have The int
pcrtant heads Of American corpora-
tions and banking houses displayed
themselves informally IN the neigh
borLood Of downtown New York.
Imagine an American bank clerk
who has achieved. through some quail
icy OF native genius. the direction 80
an system % international
finance: that Is Mr.. Lloyd George. He
did not possess the open sesame" OF
an oxford educatlon and AN ancient
title. hut his %uncanny common sense
has y swiftly along the well greas-
ed grooves 81 British diplomacy. He
has risen by business methods. and to-
day he governs the British empire by
the every day American device of eff
cheney experts.
Mr.. Lloyd George as prime minister.
has no more resemblance % MIR As
auth than N bank clerk wouid have
to j. =. Morgan He Is. In - sense.
like a self made nnrncier u; the mead
Of the American treasury.
Hyper-American In energy. JudE-
mentmenf and penetration. the new
premier exhibits the calmncs- ~ Mr..
TAFT without ha depressing difference;
the courage II Mr.. Wilson without the
obstructive sinhhornness. II Theodore
Roosevelt; were an obscure lawyer on
TIE Pacific coast, had never gone "a
Harvard or returned from Africa. he
would he a Lloyd George.
The siochy wel=hman who walked
confidently into the executive offices
OF 10 Downing street on December :.
1915, TO take What amounts 20 su-
preme command ~ ten European ma
tons engaged IN one OF the bitterest
wars In history. was not a man - un-
sapped physical ~esourre although %
remarkable power Of r~ecuperation. He
had guided the British exchequer
through the difficulties arising dur
inE the early months OF fighting he
had established four thousand mini
ions factories throughout England Ia
supply the allies armies with the SIN
ews OF war he had solved many 81
the military problems left demanding
decision by the sudden death ~ Earl
Kitchener. lie had behind hin a rec
ord or more than i've yearu ~ eS-
hausting Observation-Disclosures ae-
complished with speed and dispatch
that would have wrecked the health
and nerves 81 most u the pre-war type
OF England statesmen. bred In the.
ways Of Incidence.