The Detroit times., 1917-01-12
The Real LIoy d George

To GET The measure OF lloyd.
George accession 70 TIE premier
ship 30 must be Thought Of a. some
th.ne more than chansc az mini--
tiers. mere shuffine ~ the politi-
cal cards Mr Lloyd George is No.
now installed 10 No 10 Downing
81 simply because be is moro
taxing orator or more VIVID Fer
souality. or radiares more COM
pellng FORCE than his predeccs >or
he SIS there. above and begcnd
everything elise because he incar
mates The spirit az democracy tie
Is there because the masses - the
British nation feeiiug that he rtp.
rescnts them better than any othcr
man that De- &. one with them. and
that d. emhodies n his bfe ami IN
his ou'ie-ak on Ito an 'hat they are
hehfins for have pat hiri there n
T. rs tho the British people not the
classes. not the men who used %
look upon high oflce a. blrtHriEht
bar the plain. everyday folk who
make up fhe bulk Of any English.
speaking community had deibef.
ately said 90 themselves. we want
az the head % affairs man who
Is one OF ourselves. who talks our
LANGUAGE. and knows orr minds and
conditions
r Is a sound instinct. sort ~
anticirafory felloWfeeling. which
makes an Americans who come to
London anxious 20 meet Mr. Lloyd
George have plotted many oil
them 20 his breakfast table. and
not one bar has fallen under his
pen. Fra7kncss and "A cap'iva'
lng camaraderie flame from him
lle IS one ~ the cheeriest and most
approachabie ~ men Merely %
catch a glimpse OF him az be on.
tors room or walks rapidly thru
the lobbies. wi'h lte and vivari'y
speaking be- every movement go
small well knii man with gray
white hair bra he'd back In wavrs
from broad and powerful fore
head feature in which strength
anu er itlgcnes good hgmor AMI
resolution are blended IN an almost
poetic paiior large flashing eyes
thar talk even when the lips mov,
not and an ever ready smile 81 OK
fraordinary sveetness--is 70 know
him FOR The hearty human fellow hc
is People take 70 him AZ once
There are no preiiminaries 70 be
observed. no fencing or hnesse 20
be lnduiged in. before YOU are meas
uring your mind with his and feel
y, rself really in touch with him
lie is ihe sam" IN all companies his
own natural sparkling. unaffected
sell with women as with men
have always had an idea that the
society 'of Americans was pariici-
larry conQenial 10 him. more ~. ln.
deed. than Tho society OF English
men. Their directness and socla
billy are ~ a kind with his own.
and his knowledge ~ American life
and affairs mo he has never been
in Tho United States -is intmtye.
There are not many men Of prom
hence In British public life whom
one can imagine as equally prem
Inent In American pubic lie But
lloyd George ls decidedly ona o.
them ne happens 70 be- The prime
minister OF Great Britain n he had
been born in the United Stafe5. hc
would assurod'y have risen 20 No
rres idency end Mr. Roosevelt orid
have found in him bis only com
peinor ior thc affections ~ the
American people There Is. indeed
no Engli-h-speaking community In
any part ~ tbc world In which hle
gifts and temperament would nor
have raadc>h)m - foremost leader
sydney Proofs. IN The North Amer
Jean Review
Eve mover lef poor old Adam at
home 90 'ook after The chilfrcn