The Monroe journal., 1922-10-27
NoRMALcy GOT MR.. GEORGE

reason, for the change Of British min
istry. OF all the editorials which we
have seen on the worldwide subject
of the downfall of Mr.. George, this
one from the Philadelphia Record,
is the most clarifying.
Mr.. George reached the premier
ship. says the Record, through feel
ing that Mr. Asquith was not push
ing the war with enough energy. As
Chancellor of the Exehequer, Secre-
tary for War and Minister Of NUM-
tions Mr.. Lloyd George had shown
extraordinary energy, invaluable
prcmptitude. and capacity for win
ming the labor unions which was
about as essential as beating the Ger
mans. The coalition in politics was
recognition of the fact that the war
was not a Liberal or a Conservative
Union affair, bat national affair
and that all parties must b. concern
ed in directing It.
The present Parliament was elec,-
ed IN December. 1918, a month after
the aymistice, before war passions
had begun to abate Mr. Lloyd George
stumped the Country en- the pledge
that Germany should pay the utter
mos. farth ng. 4 large delegation
from the members elected al that
time went to Paris dur ng the peace
conference to st,tfen the spine Of the
Prime Minister, who was suspected of
being willing to stop little short
of the uttermost farthing.
Since then a great deal has happen
ed. The war passions have subsidized
entirely. Pacifism of all degrees has
emerged 1t is a striking evidence of
this that Mr. Lloyd George has
recently been bitterly denounced on
the ground that he had wasted a lot
of British money in resisting the de-
mands of the Turks, against whom
the British had been fighting all the
way from Thrace to the end of MeSo-
pot&mia, whom it had pledged itself
to evict from Europe and whose afro
cies aga nst the Christians had stirr-
ed England as no other country ex-
cept America was stirred.
Now Mr. Lloyd George and the
Ministry have resigned because a
Conservative caucus, as We should
call it, voted by a large majority to
appeal to the country, or procure
new election, and the specific ground
Of this action seems to have been a
course that should have commanded
the confidence of his countrymen. He
did stop the Turkish advance on the
Dardenelles. 1t was a belated but sue
cessful resistance TO the Turkish in
surretion. Mr.. Lloyd George was
fiereely attacked by his political
friends as well as his foes, for
bringing England to the verge of
war and for the wasting of a
lot of money in war preparations.
1t was the sort Of thing that would
in normal tines make The reputation
of a British Premier
The difficulty Of accepting this as
the explanation of Mr.. Lloyd Georges
fall is that the Conservative party is
the Imperialists party in England; it
is the party that sneers at Little
Englanders," and is the party that
has always upheld spirited foreign
and colonial policies. And. further
more, Mr.. Lloyd Georges success on
the Dardenelles was due to receding
by France, the cause Of which was
Bonar Laws warning to France that
il it did not stand with England on
the Dardenelles England would not
stand with France on the Rhine.
1t happens that Bonar Law is the
leader of the Conservative party and
he now succeeds Mr. Lloyd George
as Premier. The probability is that
the Turkish crisis merely afforded
the opponents Of Mr.. Lloyd George
an opportunity to attack him. The
coalition was effected for the war,
and it has long since been worn out.
The greater part of the coalition was
furnished by the Conservative party
and Mr. Lloyd George is not merely
Liberal he is a Rad cal, the bette
more OF all British Conservatives
prior to the war. 1t has been a severe
test Of his pliabihty that he could
lead them, and il has been bitter
6ose for them to follow nm. The
break nearly came some months ago
under an attack by Sir George
Younger. Then it was averted.
Now it has succeeded because
there was new and exciting
topic on which to attack him. But
il was averted. Now it has succeeded
ecause there was a new and excit-
ing topic on which to attack him. But
in view of Bonar Laws letter in The
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