The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-14
BY T. P. o'coNNoR

tSrIcial Gable Dispatch)
Downright. 1919. by Public Ledger Coz
LONDON. July 12-I sat in n curious
brown study while listening To Mr.: LLOYD
Georges speech in the House of Com
mons on the peace treaty. | heard m"
words and noted some Of them mental!
for future reference in speeches OF my
own. Yet. while thus all alive ana
awake, I felt somehow like man wax
ing from dream. for il was the StranE"
complex. incalCulablc personality Of m"
orator rather than his words which ABB
sorbcd my mind.
I was once among his most intimat"
friends. took meals with him con-
stantly I was his travelling companion
on several motor trips through many
parts and often helped S;-v" him from
his personal and political mistakes.
7 did so, not merely because I was sub
ducd, as everybody is. 20 ms winning
charm, the winning virtues II his prl-
vate life, his simplicity and freedom
from prCtcnscs his good hum"r. wit ana.
in the smaller things Of litc, ms unset
fShncSs and CONSTITUENCIES. | hhd an
other better reason than that. thought
tho fortunes OF Ireland were bound up
with his. for during those years Mr..
Iloyd George was scarcely distinguish
able from any other C"lt IN MS devotion
TO the Irish national principles.
In those days Lloyd George also i"t
the rcSistless attraction of affillati"n
with the CrltS. even though OF another
country, and never Sc'tilch T'iiIH n''IH
cxccpt when nc was surround"d by
Irishmen. have seen him listen
through the whole night to an freshman
rrciting stories OF Irish life ami irish
poetry, telling and Gaping th"m WI n
analogous stories, very similar. or Nc'Sh
Lloyd Georges Descriptive Powers.
This tremendous man OF artl"n nus
much in him of the man or ictt'TS'
largely undcvrlopcd because Of the alb
sorpti0n in other topics. lic has an OK
traordinary ability in describing SItu2-
ton and personalities with rcnlark""i'
powers Of mimcry. speech ana E"S,ulrS'
so that il he is in the vein. h" can set
a great scene in tho cabinet rouncl! with
ali it's yiciSsitud"S of c"nulCiinG person
alities as crcarly before you as II you
were present.
him and me came 10 an end nearly thru"
years ago and can never ," renewed I'M
IN Iloyd George makes up his mind I"
rndrcSS his recent past with regard to
roland His waa tho hand which CAV"
the coup do grace to the Irish CONSTITUTE
tlonal movement. when h" ati"mpi"d I"
force cunSCriptiun on unlIh"rhi"d Ire
land and he has the main responsibility
for creating. the hrllISh Cauldr"u Of nm
loOscd passions In which poor Ireland
studied him then during that speech
with dislluston"d eyes us dlh many ON
ers in the House "f Commons. :"r tn"
tragic factor IN Lloyd GEORGES pr'$'n,
phase is that. surrounded by clouds at,
external glory. with millions A.! tanning
him hyStcricaily; h" lives ms lnHlN ,"},n.
old friends. All hav" left him and thar
| places have been taken by parasites or
hidden enemies whose praises VIII last
| lust so long as his foot does n", maii"
| a single slip from the Elddy hlShl Il"
0e'O' LLOYD George, The Politician.
What is the iunermo%t secret "f this
L..
unkind. still less vindictiV". and IL cap
! ,bIc OF doing a good turn even I" ih"S"
| who hated and opposed him. and h." -
not n mere power and "mu!un"Wi hunt
! inG1 professional p"h'ician. who Is CON,
! tnrt with occupying a hiG pla"" and
| drawing a big salary. He must always
: no doing something and something IN"
! dreams Of ms helping Ia better world
! Joseph Chamberlain. whom h" always
: admired as much aS h" d"t'Sl"d Clad
| stone and that school IS ~ bottom u
! state socialism. Llk" Hhaml" Ram. l.l"l d
! state Insurance.. naturalization e mines.
| But while thus the anri;hcslS of M"
| common professional politician. h" is -
politician to his hnc"rt"rS. HIS l"l" "f
whole being. on" must add lbs fa"t.
| that. in political life. H. has no roots Of
really intellectual ""ull''I"n.
| without Mr.. AsuulthS profound mlnd
! equipped besides with all tn" Wisdom e
| tho world ny a long Srh"l"sti" IrHlnInE.
| Iloyd George makes UP his opinions; as
nc goes along. except such "urul"rN
| which can DO better dos r'h"d rs tn ia
horitcd pr"judIccS h. mnhIh,.d "a =
! Young. rcnniIcSs n"n-ruuf"rmist ~ h'~
| native village. circum validated ny rh'
| iron rule Of tho alien rnIIr" md HlI"n
| parson. Never in his life has h" shown
i sympathy with idcalistS. for whom h"
! has the same contempt that Napoleon
| had for catalogues. Years Of tr"tn'n; rs
| n lawyer and as House of commons;
figure. with all their comprises ana