The Detroit times., 1917-01-12
The Real Lloyd George

To set the measure OF Lloyd
Georges accession 20 the premier.
ship 4 must be thought Of as some
thing more than a change % minis
tiers. mere shutting Of he polir
cal cards Mr IIoyd.George Is no
now Installed in No 10 Downing
81. simply because he l. a mor7
taking orator. or a more vivid per
sonality. or radiafes a more com.
polling force than HIS predecessor
lie IS there. above and beyond
everything else. because he ircsr
mates he spirit Of democracy lie
Is there because the masses % the
British nation. feeling that he rep.
resents them better than any other
man. that he Is one with them. and
that he emb0dies in his lie and IN
his outlook on life. all that they are
feh'inr for. have put him there Il
is as rho The British people not the
classes. not ,he men who used 20
look upon high Office as birthright
but the plain everyday folk who
make up the bulk OF any EnEhsh-
speaking community hal deliber-
ately said to themselves. I'VE want
AZ the head 81 Affairs man who
ls one az ourselves. who talks our
LANGUAGE. and knows our minds and
conditions"
II r. sound instinct sort NJ
antic'ratory fellow feeling. which
makes All Americans who come 90
london anxious 20 meet Mr. Lloyd.
George I have riloted many %
them 20 his breakfast table. and
no, one but has fallen under biz
spell Frankness and captivat-
INK camaraderie fame from him
F He r. one % the cheerlest and most
approachable az men Merely -
+ catch q glimpse % him as he en-.
+ tiers room or walks rapidly thru
the Hobbies. with life and yivaciff
speaking in every movement
small. wellknit man with gray
white hair brushed back IN waves
from a broad and powerful fore
head features IN which strength
and sensl'iyeness. good humor and
resolution are blended in an almost
poetic pallor large, flashing eyes
that talk even when The lips move
not. and an everready smile Of OK.
traordinary sweetness-is 20 know
him FOR the hearty. human fellow ne
"a People take 10 him al once
There are no prellmlnarles 20 be
observed. no fencing or fnesse 70
BE- INDUCED in. before you are meas
nring your mind with his and feel
yourself really IN touch with him
BE is the same In all companies, his
own natural. sparkling. unaffected
self with women as with men
have always had an idea tha' IA.
society o. Americans was particu
larry oongenlai 70 him, more 20. IN
deed, than The society OF English
men Their dlrectness and socia
bllity are ~ n kind with hls own
and his knowledge OF American life
and analrs-tho he has never been
in The United States-ls intuiiive
There are not many men ~ prom
inence IN British public ne whom
ono can imagine as equally prom
mont IN American public lie But
floyd-Goorge e. decidedly ono Of
them. He happens 20 be tho prime
minister "a Great Britain II he md
been born in the United states. Dc
would sssuredly have risen 20 ths
presidency. and Mr. Roosevelt would
have found In him his only com
pe'itor for The affections OF th'
/ American people There ig, indeed
no English speaking community IN
any phrt N the world ln which bis
gl0a and temperament would not
have invade him foremost leader
sydney Brooks. In the North Amer
lean Review
Eve never left poor old Adam at