South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-16
PREMIER RETURNS
TO NATIVE HEATH
AS HAIL FELLOW
Index t. Character of Most
Powerful European Leader
Found at Criccieth.
BY T.. \. WRAN.
International News Service stan
Correspondent

International Ncws Service stan
Correspondent
CRICCIETH Wales March 81
rs MaiD III and when 10 Is posi-
lie 10 run 20 earth David Lloyd
George, prime minister OF Great
Britain. uncrowned king Of Wales
pcwerfulest politician in Europe.
then the best thing TO DO is 10 seek
him in his own native village. II
T. there YOU get him I'm the proper
perspective
why what ever, If il is not Mr..
Lloyd George, Come in. David.
What a stranger. indeed. But YOU
are. not looking weIl2 That London
air is bad for all. ] am told. And
how is Margaret. George? She is
well indeed And your sons?
have just been telling my boys that
II they do not do their business les
sons they viii never be prime min
listers of England"
Such is the greeting hurled in
fluent but cordial Welsh. 10 the
Prime Minister when he calls on
cottager's wife in Wales
He's just Old Friend
He may convulse British politics.
he may shake empires but when he
arrives AT Criccieth he is Just their
old friend. David. They like the man
who grew up with them; i'm fact.
they love him. But there is no par
ticular respect and certainly no awe
OF hian. What he has done is moth
ing more than any son Of Criccieth
should and ought 20 do.
In fact. il is part Of their self
appointed duty TO prevent him be-
coming swollen-headed and vain
glorious IL is their privilege TO
keep him in his place. And anec-
ton cannot be allowed TO but in
Six days ago LLOYD George took
three Of us along 10 his old Sunday
school We were TO hear the school
superintendent address. The prime
minister wished us to understand
the real secret of the greatness OF
Wales
We were glad to fan i'm with his
wishes He had been worried and
distract. His government had been
almost split asunder. ne was the
victim OF plots and intrigues Half
e dozen sections were attempting 10
drive him out Of the premiership.
Anything that gave MIN a sense Of
relief was a benefit in every way.
Parable For Premier
And SO the school superintendent
gave ont his text IL was from ST.
Mark xii; 1-13: THE Parable OF
the Wicked Husbandman."
This is the heir Come. let rs
Kill him. and the inheritance shall
he ours And they took him and
killed him and east him out OF the
vineyard"
There seemed 90 be bolsheviks
even in those days" was the COM
ment of the premier. with a some
what sickly smile Ana ne stayed
very little time after that
But the school superintendent
meant il ali FOR the best. Anything
approaching the bcsetting sin Of
vanity was entirely contrary 10 his
principles
Yet DESPITE these occasional re-
Bluffs the prime minister of Ems
land enjoys himself better az eric
cieth than anywhere else. So does
his wife. To fact. she Is I'm tho high
est element ol bliss Here she is the
farmers daughter over agaiu-ca-
pable supreme and confident
When He Digs Potatoes.
And when one reads tho stories Of
LLOYD George digging potato fur
rows IN the garden FOR relaxation
it II really a fslsehood What has
happened Is that AIr~ Georre has
found him Job that she considers
really useful although She admits
that ne is little good mt it In fact.
once he has yet q row Of potatoes
with infinite labor she usually comes
along and does the work over again.
Brought up i'm little four-room-
cd. homemade cottage hy Criccieth
the walls built Of huge stones Ia
boriously carried from the sc3shore
Lloyd George now lives i'm the
swaEEerest - looking mouse near the
village Tn appearance it lacks all
Ella borstion and resembles the coun-
try home that any American bus
mess man with $4,000 20 spare
would be likely to erect for his
family
But the house possesses Won
derful ouuook. The sun shines on
% all day. and from any one Of its
four sides there is a clear and Won
derful uninterrupted view ~ 50
miles The premier can look right
ont across the Irish sea he can
view the ancient towers of his he
loved Carnarvon Castle, from the
porch he can see the wonderful
vhite-tipped peaks OF Suowden
Al his feet lie the village and the
hay. when one has seen his home
~ Is possible 20 visualize tho per
orations Of his speeches when ne in
terprets everything in terms OF the
rugged mountains. tho surging sea
ard the beautiful woodlands
scenery Index 10 Character.
And this scenery is an index %
hts character a man who comes
~ race who have earned a
scanty living on the sea and have
literally scratched existence out ~
coil mainly composed 81 rocks fears
little either In the shape Of person
aiitics or difficulties
For relaxation. when NOT discuss
inE-in Welsh-the local affairs