, 1922-10-19

He wa9 born in Manchester. Eng.
land. January II, 1868.
HiS father. n Unitarian schooImas-
ter. died when David was an infant
and the child was adopted Inv an
uncle. Richard Lloyd, n welsh shoe.
maker and lay preacher. With only 4
limited education, David went into !
aw office in the little town In North
Wales where he lived with his uncIe
Then he married and soon dtved int
politics.
For is years he was n liberal mem
ber Of parliament, representing Car.
nhrvon. Then came a rapid rise to
Tame. His ascent to a place among
the mighty began in 1908, when AS.
auth became prime minister. The
little Welshman with the sparkling
eyes entered the cabinet as chancel.
Tor OF the exohequer. The next year
m the great budget battle he routed
the once powerful house of lords. His
achievements in this fight was called
the first victory against the privil-
eyed citadel of wealth in the modern
world"
With the coming on of the war
Lloyd George ~convulsed the country
by introducing drastic reforms in tax.
ltion which put new burdens on the
wealthy CLASSES and confiscated part
OF The unearned increment of land.
In 1915 when England was threat
ened with strikes at a time when Ger.
many was scoring heavy successes on
the western front, Lloyd George left
the chancellorship of the exchequer to
become minister OF munitions, and
with no other equipment than a pri.
vate secretary and an office table.
staked his reputation and his future
on mohiliziing the Industrial
OF the nation before It was too late"
In his tremendous task of succeed.
ed n SO when Kitchener of Khar-
toum was lost at sea the welshman
took his place as secretary of state
for war. With Sir Eric Geddes he
pushed into the work Of reorgn MIXING
the railroad system supporting the
British armies in France. Then on
December s, 1915, he was called &c
the premiership.
Almost Immediately he substituted
n small compact war cabinet for the
larger and more unwieldly ministr,
that had gone.
During the wal hi turned tho indus
tries of Great Britain INTO vast NUM-
ton factories, raised an army of s.
100000 men and organized 5000 ,00C
war workers"
He proved for construction of 4,
900. 1000 tons OF shipping. transferred
the big estates into truck gardens and
kospitlas for cooperation and enforc.
ed CONSUMPTION on a proud and free
people. He followed up the collapse
of Russia and the italian debacle al
Caperetto by rushing British troops
to Siberia and Italy. He helped make
II possible for the United States to
transport 100000 soldiers to the
western front and he was a big fac
tor in the appointment of Marshal
Foch as generalissmo of the allied
forces.
His naturalization of shipping
greatly mitigateG the submarine men
ace. Other remarkable achievements
OF his regime included the enfran-
chisement of women. the institution
OF a minimum wage for farmers and
the initiative and successful prosecu-
ton of the Palestine expedition and
the consequent downfall Of Bulgaria
and Turkey.
The British prime minister took as
notable n part in the conclusion Of
peace as he had aiken in the winning
of the war.
When the armistice negotiations
were concluded at Versailles, he was
there When the peace conference as
senbied at Paris he went there as the
bead OF the British delegation n
with President Wilson. Clemenceau.
orlsndo and Baron Chinda OF Japan,
constituted the supreme council.