The sun., 1919-09-07

| Britain which declared war on Ger
! many.
| Impuisive, chivalrous, passionate
under a sense of wrong to the weak,
Lloyd Georges hesitation changed to
a fury of wrath against Germany.
! What happened later-Germany's SUBJ
terfuge, her lying, her disobedience to
J the ordinary rules of humanity, her
! sins against the defeRceless-accen-
tuated his fervor. His speeches
throughout Britain were like the
speeding of the fiery cross.
Great Moment in History.
1t was great moment in the his
| tory of the woodland it was a mighty
occasion in the career of Lloyd George.
Before the war he had been scorned
as a Little Englander. Swift circum-
stances made him the Great Eng
! lander, and, as I believe history will
prove, gave hi mthe opportunity of be-
coming the greatest man in the world,
for, Notwithstanding the services
to mankind by other statesmen.
/ notably Woodrow Wilson, it was the
sagacity, shrewdness and keen knowl-
edge of affairs and men shown by
the British Prime Minister at the
Peace Conference in Paris. which
welded into actually the hopes and
| ambitions of civilization.
When Britain, almost quiXotically,
declared war on Germany, she was
! absolutely unprepared for a great mill
tary expedition on the Continent Her
army was insignificant and not we'll
furnished. What troops there were
fastened to France, and facing over
whelming odds, the heroic but bloody
retreat from Mons was the result At
the outbreak of hostilities Lord Hal
dane was Minister OF War, but as he
was supposed to have had German
! sympathies, indeed In a peace time
speech he had declared Germany was
his spiritual home" popular clamor
both removed him and led to the ap-
pointment of Lord Kitchener OF
Khartoum in his place. Kitchener was
the idol of the man in the street. His
name was a magic slogan in raising
voluntary army Of nearly 1900, 900
men before Britain adopted conscrip-
ton. But Lord Kitchener was not a
success as Minister OF War. The task
OF running the whole show" was too
much for him; yet he was averse
from deiegating authority. There was
muddling; there was insufficiency of
shells; there were dark days when
we were near our last shot.
Britain Unprepared mt First.
Most of the Cabinet stood in fear OF
Kitchener for the public, not knowing
the truth. adored him. Lloyd George
had no fear of Kitchener, nor indeed
of any man. 1 have. heard the Whisper
that there were stormy scenes between
them when the Cabinet met at 10
Downing street. Lloyd George did
not care rap about the reputation OF
the individual. He has never had any
sol.citude for the feelings OF anybody
who seems TO be blocking the way
10 what he considers to be the right
course. He is appreciative, constantly
eager 10 meet men who can assist,
generous in his praise, ready TO place
immense powers in the hands of men
whom he believes in, but he will
readily fling a man aside If he fails
expectation
Y ~oulc he a cruel thing to saw
there would have been a tragedy TO
British arms if Lord Kitchener had re-
NAMED dictator of the army as he
practically was when he went to the
War ONCE as Minister. 1t is, how
ever, not too much to say that II was
Mr.. Lloyd George who by his fear
lessness avoided the possibility Of
tragedy. He contested with Kitchener
in the Cabinet, and the upshot was