The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-16
Hate of Huns Flames
Anew in All Britain
Fires of Wrath Rekinded Says T. P OConnor, When Sol
diers Return from German Prison Camps
Lloyd George Hard Beset.

great nonconformist bodies found an clo-
9ucrt. even fierce. expressions in n let
ter written by DIR. John Clifford. whom
Lloyd George himself once described AZ
the greatest English nonconfirmist since
Cromwell There was something trnRic
and something comic in Doctor Cl!fford'S
methods of Lloyd Georges associates.
They always have been intimate friends
Recently Lloyd George went out of his
way 10 make y Spc,Th on Doctor Cliff
fnrdS birthday, which was fun Of glow
ing "'llogy, with u striking passage. de-
cllring he would rather ring i coin on
Or tliffnrdS conscience than on that ul
my other man h" knew in England. \.
&. Gardiner. editor "f III, Daily News,
who has kept NJ 4 ruthless v"ndctta
against IN" Premier. ansT" rcd that IL"
could hardly have forcsccG that the first
coin To b" rung would h" Il coalition shil-
ling. When one remembers how, pa tho
t,c;.lly Lloyd r;NorEr is tryin. 10 hold
IN "a MS Id friends and how h" has
suffered from their gradual falling
! away. his addition ~ Doctor clifford to
Z. +. Scott and others was a bitter per.
sonal blow and 4 rud" awakening TO re-
sentiment.
Labor Feeling bitter. e.
Bitter. howeyer& though the Liberal re-
sentiment may Or. 1t pnlcs before the
labor feeling. ] cannot discover all IN"
grounds for thH paS5innatCneSS Of the
feeling against Lloyd George among the
masses. but it's existence is undnuhtcd.
Even J. IL Tomas. the leader Of the rail-
way men who like Lloyd George him
SELF. is a Wcl$hman ard always has Kept
personally on friendly terms with his
DISTINGUISHED c"umtrymcn. has joined in
IN" savag" attacks onihc Prime Minister.
Tho net result Of these many factors in
this confused election ia an enormous
growth OF labor feeling and its virtual
suppression of the Liberal party as an
appeal Ia democratic spirits Indeed. il
IS the Hmhit ion and III" hope Of the labor
intcro"is To have more members in tho
n"Xt Parliament than tho Liberals. and
ii $50 10 take their places On the front
opposite bench. That means they vii!
claim "a be til" official opposition. and
that claim involves the other claim that.
with an! change in tic ministry. thHr
will be entitled TO BE- it's successor. IN
short. Il tx possible that We may scr in
England shortly what Il year ago tho
people would have considered n half con-
fury off, namely. an entire Labor minis
! try. responsible for tho whole manage
! men: Of the domestic and foreign British
/! Empire.
Event Anticipated BY Premier.
Lloyd George has anticipated such an
! event by borrowing som" cG its plankS:
! for now Churchill has announced on his
! behalf that tho government Will nation
| aliHa the railways. tn" first and biggest
! step toward state socialism 81 pubic
One Of tho most remarkable proofs or
! the growth Of ;ltr labor feeling is found
! among tho Irish in Great Britain. liith-
| rrto fairly divided III opinion between
| tho Liberals and Labor. they now uni
! versally d""larr for Labor. and Nvnn
! such powerful Liberals lenders Rs Her
! bert Samuel. always ono Of the most
! faithful adh"rrnis of homo rule. IS re-
/ fused tho Irish vote in the Yorkshire
/ constituency agans: q miners cnndl-
| date T: is characteristic Of the COM
| plexitic:s OF Tho scattered Irish RACE tina
! The Irish IN Great Britain continue to go
/ their own course and To tight their own
battles in England Scotland and Wales.