New-York tribune., 1921-10-30

Ill ,,eyd George at the head OF the British
allegation to the forthcoming Conferences
=. Limitation of Armament The ripple
...srest which stirred officialdom and Sc
- IN anticipation of rubbing shoulders with
:. .rclomeration Of premers and statesmen
!. has been advertised to be present swelled
wave Of enthusiasm when it was
.,sa that the British Prime Minister would
,sse the trip
10 accustomed to the thrills of royal visits
= nrotocoled receptions for celebrities is
..3na Itself actually under the fascnatingly
ave spell Of hero worshipping. This is what
rssllv amounts to-this expectancy with
...s is being awaited the arrival of the lit
!. Velshman with the twinkling eyes and the
..,ess name of hair, who bridged the tempest
! seven years. war, negotiated a difficult
.,.s stemmed the tide of Bolshevism, welded
1. ,oser union an empire "on which the sun
,.vsr sets." successfully bastled with the
nah question and-survived
Nothing in the European political situation
.asy Is more striking than the phenomenal
rival Of David Lloyd George. Through au
y perils of political and diplomatic up
.avas. both past and present, in his own
zgutry and abroad, the powerful personality
! the British Prime Minister has emerged
-,scathed often figure more puissant and
,Tgorsted. We read his name as an ex-
se.ed guest alongside that of BRAND whose
.rnisterial house is shaken constantly before
ia menace Of q Draconian Parliament, and
~srvel at the Welshman's tenacity as our
svas turn to scan political horizon ragged
nth the mounds Of the dead and smoldering
shes Of the house of Clemenceau, Orlando.
wilson. Nitti, Venizelos, Leygues-to speak
uly of leaders in post-treaty statecraft.
ASince became Premier" said Lloyd Georgs
, few weeks ago at Barnsley, there have been
gy Premers in France, six in Italy and nine
il Germany. That is one way Of getting
trough your work, but in no country is the
Prime Minister'S lot q happy one State bur-
ssns are great worries, especially in times OF
excitement at home and abroad.
Some people did not have enough fighting
q the war. For two years we have had
instant excitement and larger number OF
adustral disputes than ever before. We have
ettled the greatest industrial dispute We ever
al, and in a way which think is precedent,
living all parties a share in the prosperity OF
he industry itself CThe reference was to the
oal strike want the people Of England in
his dark hour of industrial depression to re-
member that England has passed through
worse times. We shah pull through, and I
Rsnt to proceed in that confidence"
The question often has been asked: "Where-
rom springs this tenacity, this 'everness,' Of
lloyd Gcorge?" Political realists have sought
II the benches Of Parliament for the true rea-
on Of Lloyd Georges power and expected to
ind there the key TO his survival. Doubtless
respective candidates for the Premier port
oio from all over Europe have been scanning
he sides in the Commons for revelation OF
ne secret How to retain q premiership
throughout six years" But whether the Com
mons can yield this "secret" or not, one Of the
urest sources of the British premier's strength
las certainly been uncovered. It is the spirit
ai # not the material, source Of his power.
Over beaten trail that leads from Down
ng Street to a tiny, wind-swept borough in
Wales and over which the destiniec of Great
britain, and often the fate Of Europe itself,
ave made some momentous journeys, lies the
one town Of Lloyd George. There, amid the
agged, frank and sincere Welshmen, far re-
loyed from the political jealousies and sus-
clons of Westminster, in this milieu Of open
aendship and solicitude, one finds the ''se-
ef oF
lryvals in the history of modern statesman
MP. There, from his native hearth, his cher
ned Wales, Lloyd George draws his inspira-
ION. Gathering new strength and courage
'om the atmosphere of implicit trust and
'nhdence Of his own land, he has been able
go and return time after ''~le to the politi-
I arena, fortified and inspired, and always
le victor.
recently, during the late phase of the
iaerS strike, when things looked black for
70 government in England, it was announced
as the Prime Minister was going to his place
Wales. This was the third time in several
Onths, and always during a serious situation,
az Lloyd George had taken the train to
sles. The newspapers said he was Lying
" The lobbies buzzed with rumors OF
O's coalition conferences and an assembling
'ne clans A few, only, knew and under
cod
"a all times Of political stress, whether q
'si oattle for a Commons seat, an imperial
A'foVersy or an international crisis, Lloyd
urge seeks out the kindly refuge of his own
Vpe 1t is to them he comes, as a confessor
us priest, to lay open his political troubles