Evening star., 1922-11-04
B0NAR LAW SCORED
BY LLOYD GEORGE
AssaiIs His Policy as a
"yawn" in Reply to "Drum-
mer Boy" Speech.
NOMINATIONS NEAR CLOSE
Opponents of Ex-Premier Watch
ing Carefully for Execution of
Threat to Spread War.
Ey the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
LONDON. November 4.-Former
Prime Minister Lloyd George, In de-
livering today his first popular ad-
dress in London since the fall Of the
coalition cabinet, made a strong de-
fense of the late governments policy
and pleaded for a vigorous middle
course. free from both revolution and
reaction, which he described as
equally dangerous to the interests Of
the nation.
The ex-premier spoke in a motion
picture theater to a crowd of 1900
persons. all of whom had been able to
make their way into the building out
of a throng of some $4,000 persons
who had applied for admission. If
the attitude Of Mr.. Lloyd Georges
audience and that Of the throngs OF
people clustering about the doors
seeking admission are any criterion.
the former premier has by no means
lost his popularity even in London.
where most of the criticism Of the
late coalition has centered.
Cheers for Several Minutes.
When the ex-premier appeared on
the stage the whole audience rose and
Joined in cheering. which lasted sew
eral minutes. Although he did not
appear to be in his best speaking
form, he was able to hold his audi
ence spellbound. except for intermit-
tent cheers, for more than an hour.
Particularly acceptable to the audi
ence was the ex-premier's summary
of the economic and financial policies
of the late government.
When my friend, Mr.. Bonar Law,
the new prime minister, left the
wretched coalition cabinet" said Mr..
Lloyd George. the British sovereign
would buy in the United States only
thirteen shillings tuppence worth of
merchandise; when Mr.. Bonar Law
managed at the Carlton Club to over
throw that cabinet the British SOW
ereign would buy eighteen shillings
five pence worth of merchandise"
Reaction and Revelation.
Speaking of the dangers from ex-
treme socialism and from like con-
servatism. Mr.. Lloyd George laid
aside his notes. leaned his head back
T; wards in characteristic fashion and
declared:
When you get home get your die
| tionaries. turn to the letter r. read
down to the word reaction then read
a very little farther and you come
| to the word revolution They come
very close together. almost in the
same column. but remember reaction
comes first. Even Murray's diction-
ary has a lesson which we will do
/ well to remember"
| Five Years to Go.
The ex-premier warned his hearers
/ to remember at the coming elections
| that they would choose a parliament
for five years, and he asked IL they
| wanted a parliament which would
sleep politically and remain quias-
| cent. unmindful Of the many dificul
| ties which were bound to lie ahead.
Tranquility" he added. does not
depend upon the ship. but upon the
! sea. A standstill policy isn't a pol
| icy-its a yawn."
A little further on the speaker de-
| clared: You don't slow down the
ship by sitting on the accelerator."
Lloyd George launched into his
speech with answer to Prime Minister
Bonar Laws sarcastic characteriza-
tion of him as drummer boy. The
little Welshman declared he was not
ashamed of this description and added
amid cheers. that Germany lost the
war because she had no drummer
boy.
On a speech last Thursday Mr..
Bonar Law compared Lloyd George to
2 drummer in the army. saying he
served a useful purpose in wartime.
as he did the drumming better than
any one. but that when the charge
had ended and some had fallen and
others were in the hospital a drum
mer would be out of place in a hoa-
pital unless his drumsticks were TAX
en- away from him.)