The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-17
UNEMPLOYMENT WORK SAVES ENGLAND
Seventh Acknowledgment George, Griffith and Collins

two men. You hear many theories ex-
pressed as TO what actually brought
about disagreement. Some believe that
it resulted from a technical violation
of confidence.
The story is related that at meeting
at No. 10 Downing Street between the
two men, George asked Northcliffe
whether he would like to take charge
of the air service by ministerial ap
pointment Northcliffe said he would
like to think il over A day or two
afterward he wrote a letter declining the
offer which literally had not been made,
and published it in his paper. There
was confusion in the department in
question and considerable agitation in
the prime minister's office.
Northcliffe was idolized by the news
paper fraternity-that is the workers
looked upon him as a benefactor to the
profession. l remarked on the kindly
comment in the English press which
followed Northcliffe's death and a gen.
tlenan holding a responsible station on
one of the morning papers said that
even if there had been policy Of un-
Kindness he was quite certain that no
newspaper publisher would have been
able TO induce any of the Journalists TO
write il.
I asked Mr.. Steed. the editor OF the
Times, Northcliffes most influential
puh1ication. whether he had at any
| lime during his life expressed the wish
TO be buried in Westminster Abbey He
said he had never mentioned it but
once. and that was probably in Jest.
| Steed and Northeliffe were playing golf
on q course near London. Number
eight hole was very hard. Steed played
| it in four. whereupon Northcll1le re-
marked: If l ever did that. ana was
! buried in Westminster Abbey would
want them to write on my monument
thst He n1AvAd number eight in four. !"
| Since 1921 England has had only thir-
! t,-six nrifne ministers. One has served
| four times. two three times, and nine
twice at the head of affairs. Singularly'
! the average 1angth of an admInlsua
| has been about four years. In the 1lftE
wears since the beginning OF the thllu
republic France has had thlrtv-seNeh
pr4rniers. and sfxty-five ADMINISTRATORS
! or an average term of less than seven
| Teen months for each minister. Five Of
! the British prime ministers nave beeh
Scotchmen. three Irish one Welshman'
TWENTY-FIVE have been the sons OF peers
land eighteen heirs to peerage. All eA-
cent four were born in easy or dlllUeil1
circumstances, and all except -FOUR were
brought up in the country. FllI p0-
came prime minister when he was wen
tv-four wears old. Gladstone competed
| his tenure when he was past eighty
| 0n,,- airht can be said to have had any
profession other than that OF poIiticS'
| Two of these we're soldiers, one nov
aHe+ me q business man and but TOUR
were lawyers.
! WHEN YOU remember the statement
r7sda during Disraelrs regime by Lazy
Monfort that "all prime ministers nave
the govt" il is surprising that the aver
age length Of life has been seventy
vaars. Georges service Of sixteen con-
| soc,,ttvA wears as member of the
cabinet is unsurpassed for nearly CEN
fury.
Irish Leaders Are
| Given Need OF Praise
! CAorge takes great pride in showing
his visitors through the Downing street
! establishment He is proud OF the traol-
+ions az the old cabinet room, although
II is not difficult to sense his d1sap-
nroval Of the events that led 10 the
American revolution. He said speaklns
! - +bis historic episode: Here's where
- ell started. right in this room, and
+rat fellow up there (pointing to Lord
| A-or+b,s Dicturel made all the trouble
} The term Of the average prime MN
is+ar during the greater part of the last
TWO hundred years has been tempestu-
ors When Disraeu responded to the
CONGRATULATIONS of his friends over his
eIsction, he said: yes, I have got to the
top of the greasy pole.
have so greatly admired the late
Arthur Griffith, and his distinguished
co-worker, Michael Collins, also de-
ceased. that 1 cannot restrain carrying
Unto this story Lloyd Georges expressed
estimate Of the two men. In speaking
of Griffith, he said:
| He was a genuinely able man. He
was never in a hurry in his mental pro-
cesses He always knew what he was
about. The subjects under discussion
were given careful thought and he