The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-27
Mainly About People
A Weekly News Letter
A Weekly News Letter
By T. P. O'CONNOR.

ministry with It's reproduction Of 'hr
S.,,Ii, 81! mon in tn" same jobs, Win
the same old class Of prcJud!ccS' mas
helped toward This dlstrnst. Already
the absence Of all moral authority III
inrlIa!u"il; created III such cond!b"hS'
and elected 10y only 30 per cent 81 the
y,irrS often with a minority 81 l07H
members an account If the spit Dc
tween thr Liberal and tn" Labor can
didat,S. has bcrunl" Il commonplace
with all political speakers and writer's
"u lhr sid" If III" opposition. t"hN!c-
non that there will hr another election
soon and an even earlier breakup III
the present unnatural coalition between
Lloyd George md the reaction becomes
mor~ general Lloyd Georges own i'm
ornamental defects Will possibly nelr
Ia accelerate the breakup. When u" Is
absorbed in on" great task he is ihch-
rHlLr even of thinking on any DINER
subject whatever. Though indomltab!E
courageous when facing difilcuitlcs "i
the more particular task Of the mo-
incnt his friends have subordlnatrn'
and all trcmhlc hrfur" even mentioning
other diSa Grc"ahl" subjects. MOREOVER
his long and compulsory absence from
ia" House of Commons. when conduct
ing the great war: his impAtl"n"c and
have transformed his old love Of battle
on the floor Of parliament into dis
taste If not dislike of it's atmosphere
These tendencies viii hG increased
.hv his prolonged absence and the an-
snrhinC cares Of the p"ac" ""nfcr"nc'
H. is liable thus TO remain blind. drat
and almost unconscious 10 NIL the lur-
tents Of danger At home. and these por-
! tents sccrn clear all around I" US VINO
still breathe the English atmosphere.
A crash may develop this mental re-
nlptcncSs.
May Return to Liberals.
What will Lloyd George then 40:
Thcrc is "a growing feeling that he may
rush hac,. tN the old Liberal ranks III
sni,e of tho crushing defeat Of Mr.. AS
auth and the Asquithian Liberals. there
are still 164 Sclf-styi"d Liberals IN the
present House Of Commons. hany Oh
the Sn-callrd Tories arr distinguished
from the average Liberal only by pc
inc more inclined to state &oc1ailSth'
, Those facts account for curious
movement which is proceeding steadily
UNDERGROUND toward hailine Lloyd
. George as the new Liberal leader.
! The first step has been tukcn Ivy pro-
| nosinr his attendance ON the first night
. If the meeting rf N" new parliament
at 4 dinner at which only Liberal NOM
hors will he present. This may b. fol-
, lowed by m attempt To hold 4 Liberal
: meeting al the Reform club. where
Liberal leaders have hr"n chosen on MI
occasions III modern times and tn" b"in
: seizure Of the Liberal leadership ma
chin" and funds by the Lloyd George
Liberals. Even such somcrsault IS
no, beyond Lloyd Georges ninb!rncSs
and lack Of ali respect for old trndl,
tions Such move would be helped
try and leading him straight TO inc
his recent defeat. the lack Of bold lead
crs in the recent elections the unircr'
sal personal d!>truSt Of Lloyd George
himself and perhaps. the most forInida'
bic obstacle by Ireland. Lloyd George
forGrtCu.ncSs. that is always surprising
and unrXpcctcd is haunting the coun'
try and lcndin CHIN straight to the
possibility Of ugly disaster. He allowed
his ministry To hr completed by addlnE
i. Il. Barrie To the Irish government
as head Of tho agricultural department
which was inspired originally ny 81!
Horace P,unkctt. and almost alont
Irish governmental departments enjoy
popular approval. Barrie is a narrow
dnur ScotChman, who led The Orange
faction in the recent convention II
stubborn resistance I" all comprnmis'
on tho Ulster question. The profess
IN Ireland is fierce. and even m Eng
I!sh journal like tho Manchester Guar
dian has declared such AN app"intmen
fms il with disgust. The Sim FCll
has cot another ally In lis policy o
despair Of any good thing coming from
England and constitutional methods.