New Britain herald., 1922-10-19
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 The rise of Llyod George was an adventure in politics filled with as much romance as the lives of those famous Americans who as the school books say came up from log cabins 10 the White House.
 In Charge of Munitions. In the dark hours of 19l6 when
 England was threatened with strikes 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 private secretary and an office table staked his reputa- ton and his future on mobilizing the industrial resources Of the nation be- fore 1t was too late"
 In this tremendous task he succeed ed and 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 pitched into the work of reorganizing the railway system supporting the British armies in France. Then on December 6, 1916. he was called to the premiership,
 Almost immediately he substituted a small compact war cabinet for the larger and more unwieldy ministry that had gone.
 His War Record.
 During the war he turned the in- dustries of Great Britain into vast mu- nitions factories, raised an army of 5,50o,oO men and organized five mil lion war workers. He provided for construction of 4.ooo,ooo tons of ship ping and enforced conscription on a proud and free people. He followed up the collapse of Russia and the Italian debacle at Caporetto by rush. ing British troops to Siberia and Italy. He helped make it possible for the United States to transport 100000 soldiers to tho western front and he was a big factor in the appointment Cl hdI SIdl cNii lo 6ChSi oiiSoiiio VI all the allied forces.
 His naturalization of shipping greatly mitigated the submarine men, ace. Other remarkable achievements of his regime includedd the enfran- chisement of women. The institution of a minimum wage for farmers and the initiation and successful prosecu- tion of the Palestine expedition and the consequent downfall of Bulgaria and Turkey
 He took as notable a part in the conclusion of peace as he had taken in the winning of the war. When the armistice negotiations were concluded at Versailles he was there. Wher the peace conference assembled al Paris he went there as head of the British delegation and with President Wilson, Clemenceau, Orlando and Baron Chnda of Japan constituted the supreme council.
 The Irish Question.
 Even during the peace conference and almost daily for the next three years the Irish question gave Lloyd George great anxiety. He had favored home rule and had sought to recon cile the ulsterites and Sim Feiner5 but his efforts to this end were futile. He gained the bitter hatred of somt and the admiration of others when conditions in Ireland grew so serious that he decided to deal with the sit nation in military way and send the black and tans into that troubled country. He took the position that whatever freedom Ireland received she would have to remain within the empire, and in this. too, he had his way.
 In the appraisal of admirers Lloyd George was frequently credited with having always given to the poor and the oppressed the first place in his heart"
 It was frequently said of him that no statesman ever changed his mind on important question as may times. By some he was regarded as an op- portunist who switched his position with great speed and dexterity when ever the band wagon seemed to turn in an unexpected direction.
 t1e was porn Tn ManCneSter, Eng land, January IT, 1863. His father a Unitarian schoolmaster died when David was an infant, and the child was adopted by an uncle, Richard Lloyd a Welsh shoemaker and lay preacher. With only limited educa- tion, David went into law office in the little town in north Wales where he lived with his uncle. Then he married and soon dived into politics.
 Liberal For IS Years
 For 1s years he was liberal mem Der of parliament representing Car narvon. Then a rapid rise to fame His ascent to a place among the mighty began in 1908 when Asquith became premier. The little Welsh man with the sparkling eyes entered the cabinet as chancellor of the ex- chequer, The next year in the great budget battle he routed the once powerful house of lords His achievement in this fight was called the first victory against the privileged accumulation of wealth in the mod ern world"
 The coming on of the war Lloyd George conVulsed the country by in-