The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-18
LLOYD GEORGE IS
GREATLY PRAISED.
Speaker at Hamilton chautauqua
Gives interesting Sketch of
English Premicr's
Career.
{ OF WEIGH PARENTAGE
Blood Of WeIchmen Helped in Pion-
eer America and WEIGH Always
Are on Side Of Free
dom
Especial to The Gate City.l

| IL special 10 Inc CATE city.
+ HAMILTON, H., Aug. 1S.-Thespre-
tlude by the Dixie Jubilee singers gave
Tuesdays chautauqua program its
start. The company very kindly sang
ia number of selections chosen by the
audience. Among these were Swan
nee River" and Garry Me Back 10
odd Virginny."
/ The Rev. Mr.. Schwab as platform
manager, announced tomorrow's pro-
gram as Hamilton day, and also made
the announcement that on Saturday
Douglas Malloch would speak at s
O'Clock in the evening instead of $3.50
las advertised. This is done so that
the business men of this and sur
rounding communities, may be able
to hear him. A change was made in
yesterdays program also. Rev. DIR.
iLadd Thomas speaking in the after
noon instead Of the evening. His sub
ject was David Lloyd George and his
Country"
Dr. Thomas was born in Wales and
This love and admiration for this great
man is Unborn. He began by giving
~ geographical description of Wales.
He also gave some characteristics of
the Welshman, saying that he was
never born to wear crown and that
he is a world democrat always found
on the side Of freedom against TIP
preston. When he adopts America
and becomes an American he always
has proven true to the stars and
stripes He said great many ia
NOUS men traced their ancestry back
to Wales. Welsh blood flowed in the
veins of Roger Williams, Jonathan
Edwards, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel
Adams, Robert Morris, John Quincy
Adams and James A. Garfield. This
illustrated the fact that Wales had
helped America by these great men
even back in it's primative period.
David Lloyd George was not born
in Wales but of Welsh parents in Man
chester, England, his father having
been a school teacher there. When
but year old his father died SO with
his mother he came back to the farm
home in Wales A brother of his
mother come to live with them and
help in the care of the children. Be |
it said to the credit of Lloyd George (
that in later life when he became Ia
nous, this old uncle. shoe cobbler /
by trade, was tenderly cared for in /
his London home.
At this time the school was under
the domination of the state church.
and the children were laugh the cate
chism of this and also were compelled
to attend church at stated times. The
entire community was governed by
the parson Of the church and squire,
and it was in this time when the peas
ant was allowed no voice in govern
ment. Little David Lloyd George, an
attendant of school, saw the injustice
of all this, and started a revolution,
which resulted in a discontinuance Of
attendance of the state
church. This later was the keynote
of his wonderful career, civil and re-
ligious liberty.
q
The Four Influences.
He not long ago said that the four
influences that entered into the .le-
velopment of his career are the home,
the school, the blacksmith shop and
the church and Sunday school.
DR.. Thomas explained that the
blacksmith shop in Wales was So
cial center such as the store or post
office is in a small community in
America.
When David Lloyd George was in
his teens the question arose as 10
what he should chose as a trade. lie
refused to become a cobbler SO the
uncle decided to use stratagem in de-
Gliding the course for his future life.
He laid on a table Bible, an apple
and a shilling and then locked young
George in the room. If, when he
went into the room, the lad should be
reading the Bible he should be a min
ster; if he should be eating the apple,
he should be a farmer; if he pocketed
he coin, a business man When the
lncle went into the room Lloyd
George had pocketed the coin and
was sitting on the Bible eating the
apple. So it was decided he should
be lawyer and a lawyer he was
One of the requirements in the study
If law was a knowledge of the French
language, and his noble peasant moth
er helped him in studying the rudi-
nents of the French language SO that
le was able to pass a splendid exami-
lation in that line.
His first law case was one that in
7olved civil and religious liberty ard
le appealed the case until finally he
won.
Next step in his career, he be-
.ame a candidate for parliament and
vas elected to the house of commons.
Gladstone found in him a worthy lieu
enant and Chamberlain worthy op-
,onent He suffered many vicissi-
udes during the Boer war when the
Tories were in power and was almost
nobbed in his home town at this
ime. But he continued to fight and
england finally awakened and said
LLOYD George Is right and she is now .
Marching along to real democracy led %
W David Lloyd George. IS,
Dr. Thomas said in summing up
his wonderful life that he consider ,ls
ID these three things had made the liz
nan: Thorough preparedness, unim- p