The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-11-21
DR.. THOMAS TELLS
OF LLOYD GEORGE
Continued from page 81


III the village. Here Lloyd George
spent his boyhood. Then was the day of
caste when the squire and the parson
ruled the roost. Those were the days
when aristocracy reigned.
/ have divided the influences which
dominated the life Of Lloyd George
into four. The first was the village
church and school. Lloyd George Is
uncle was shoe cobbler and attend
ed little unpretentious chapel which
was not state church. But the boy
had to attend school which was con-
Quoted by the state church. There
were many things the boys had to SUBJ
nit to which were very irksome to
those who were not members of the
state church. Lloyd George organized
"a revolt against the customs of the
|school and won out. From this time
the broadminded school master recog
Inized in Lloyd George lad of prom
Use and cultivated him.
"The time has come when America
must guard her schools hope the
day viii soon come when an eccles-
iastical school will not be allowed to
exist in America.
"The second influence in the life
of Lloyd George was his home life.
While his home was little and IN
pretentious it was clean, Christian
home. We must maintain our homes
lat all costs. What we need is clean
homes where the breath Of the AL
mighty can blow in and cleanse every
thing. We need homes instead of So
cial centers. Lloyd George had one
of these clean Christian homes.
"The third influence in his life was
the blacksmith shop. IF there is one
thing more than another that excites
the interest Of the Welsh boy it is the
blacksmith shop. When / was a boy
and on returning from school if I found
my mother had an unusually long list
of chores for me to perform did them
more than willing if she would only
promise me that | could 60 to the black
smith shop. Here the Welshman con-
|gregated after supper and discussed ev-
Ierything there was in the world to dis
cuss and decided it too, if they would
only have let it stay decided Lloyd
George has said that nothing has con-
Itributed to the development Of his life
like the blacksmith shop.
He wanted to become a lawyer
which was very repugnant to the rul-
+ ing class. They did not like to see
the son of any one but an aristocrat
become a lawyer or rise to any promin-
ence in the community. When he de-
cided to study law he found he would
have to have a knowledge Of French.
There was no one in the community
| who could teach French and he went
and bought himself some French books
and he and his mother and his uncle
studied them at night and when he
passed his examination he did it with
honor.
| When lad in school he started out
| to win liberties for the boys and girls
in school. When he became q lawyer
| he continued the fight for the liberty
| of the men and women of Wales. On
one occasion the Congregationalist min
lister was refused permission to read
the burial ceremony in the churchyard
/ of the established church. He went to
see Lloyd George and he told the par
son to go ahead and bury the person.
The burial party returned and found
the gate locked. They appealed to
Lloyd George again and he told them
to break the doors down. They did
and the minister of the established
church sued the congregation of the
church which had broken the gate
and won his suit, but Lloyd George car
ried the case clear to the House of
Lords and finally won it
"He became member Of the Brit
ish parliament and has served with
some of the most brilliant members who
have ever been in that body.
The speaker then reviewed the life
Of the subject of his address since the
beginning of the war<which is familiar
to every one. He was frequently in
terrupted by the Widest applause and
at the close of his lecture the audience
begged him to continue.