The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-04
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! Every American iS deeply Interested IN
tho appeal Of Lloyd George for vindlct-
ton at the hands OF his fellow country
men and events towards the winning OF
night, this Welsh lawyer has crowded
men and events towards the mining OF
this war. To his friends he has seemed
! miracle OF creative industry; while
! his enemies speak Of HIM as man vii"
never sleeps. He is not large m2A
| physically. but like Napoleon he has Il
wonderful mental engine IN the sturdy
! body Many men think him far and
! AWAY the best public speaker In Eng
! land. His epigratns sparkle like dra-
monds amid the pebbles. II" can hurt
| arguments like thundcrbnlts. In the
midst of an opposing audience he meets
! objections with whitening rctorts.
! Where other statesmen are ruined ny
heckllnS, Lloyd George IS stimulated by
! opposition. and like bird rises BY NY
| ing against the wind. He has clear.
mellow. carrying voice; he has radiant
| laughter. and ovcrt!ows with good
; humor He is a born story teller; ne
has courage, intellect, Imagination. en-
thusiGsm. sincerity moral "arnostncSs.
/ From every viewpoint Lloyd George -
! the man OF the hour in Great Britain.
! lot the pCTlOG Oh TCNplSNl NINIO1I'
! He began his career as Il young nttur-
ney in a little town in Wales. when he
! was o5 years Of age. An old quarryman
! died, whose daughter vas buried in III"
! graveyard Of the Established Church.
! The rector refused to allow III" father 10
| rest beside his daughter because h" had
not belonged 10 the EhurCh Uf England.
: The Quarrymans friends were outraged
and appealed to til" young attorney. Ihc
, youth wrote characteristic opinion.
you have the legal right. he said. 10
! bury this Inau by the side OF his daNSh-
ter in the churchyard If the clergy
nan refuses You permission proccec
! with TN" body u III" graveyard. Tax"
the coffin III by force. II necessary. Ii
the church yard gates are locked against
you break them down. The carrying
! out OF Lloyd Georges opinion brought u
, series Of appeals :rom one court In an
other until finally tho highest court suS'
! tanned Lloyd George. Ills victory mHu'
his name beacon Light III Wales, anu
sent him as II rcformcr 10 iGs'tirncnt
Before hc had worked out the full re
suits o: his first BATH. II" WAS n'rn'
her II parliament. then At IN" heal "'
III" munitiom dcpartm" mis-, t!ic Arbitration
between III" strikers ara their employ
crs, and finally the most popular man If
England.
The chief objection to Mr.. George 10
day is that he broke with the lrmr Min
lister ASQuIlh. and Whine u member al
: MIR. Asuuith's cabinet became 4 Compel
itor uf his old and constant friend
Some OF tho leading men Of EuElant
| have not been able Ia forgive l.l"Y'
. George for the movement that ihT""
I ASQuiIh out and left the Welsh 0ra'uI
| and secretary prime minister. The cN
!. PLANTATION L. this.-the old cabinet VA:
n cabinet nf delay and nr"crastlnau0n
, MIR. ASQuith was man who had IL
power of instant decision Winning tn
, war meant decisive energy. working z
r white heat. When thn army was CaltinL
: for munitions. pnstp"ncmcut was imros
bic. In the hour OF hNttl" there IL H.
place for dignity. bccaus" IT Is "ca;ci
as catch can" And now mat ia" war l.
over, the problems of reconstruction ar
on. Millions Of men must he absorbed
bv tho Industries of England. cottages
and rarmhouS"S must b" erected for tn
workers; poverty must b" "Ncrthr"wn
. hours Of work. and tn" rat" Of waE"
mus, he settled: III" women 81 Eng iau'
mus, lc recognized. and Opportunity"
found for them. And this man. VIII!
r his Iinn intellect. his persuasive spcecH
!j. hiF heart AMI his iron WILL VIII S"oI