New-York tribune., 1922-10-29

believed in the. necessity Of keeping
1 The country steady at time wher Il
was being threatened with serious
| storms.
Referring to the Coalition gcvern.
/ fnent. which had achieved the yictory
fn the war and which was now brckcn
uiss ne asked an explanation OF that
waDsrn act Of sabotage declaring that
/ he had neither heard nor read why.
Il am more psrplexed than ever,n he
continued, "and saink the naticn ii
perpIexed. | never heard a question
raised in the cabinet which would en-
| plain the split. Whore la the question
OF policy? 1t was not discussed In the
tcabiHet, and vet this has happened II
becomes more and more bewifdering.
4 awaited an explanation TO be given
bis constituents by my old friend Mr..
Bonar Law. Ny old friend and hope
my present friend, and / sincerely
trust my future friend. am tlgheing
no personal battle. should be ashamed
if were to invite the verdict OF q
nation of 2i,o0o,o0o electors upon d
personal iSSue.
Il waitd for Mr.. Bonar Laws ex-
PLANTATION, and am more doubtful than
ever. cannot find that he prctends
On any questions of policy
This was not the time. he said
with menaees on all sides. and with
menaces on all sides. and with the ma
ness, for moderate men Of like mind
who think of the security OF the state
TO fall out among themselves
This Is not the time, when we, also
doing our best, all of Us, in order to
extricate the nation out of its difficulty
and preventing its getting into pitfalls,
should quarrel among ourselves Why I
u read the explanation given by Mr..
Bonar Law. 1t is not rational one.
He said 1t was better to split the nation
than split the party. That is bad
reason TO give. Can the nation afford
to be partisan7 The world is in such
trouble, it is in such condition, that
you cannot afford to indulge In party
chickering's and quarrels until the ma
tion is on the firm rock again.
Call 1t Bad Blunder'
Il deeply deplore the decision, and
all my friends and can do is to do
our part TO avert the worst evil of tho
bad blunder, and that is what we pro-
pose to do.n
Referring 10 the composition Of the
new government, Mr.. Lloyd George said
the situation of the country required
the direction Of the ablest man avail
able, and that some of these men, as
the result of the action Of the Con-
seryatives, we're not available.
II need not name them,' he contin-
ued, but you know them. There is
Lord Balfour. one of the most brilliant,
statesmen of the world. You know the
ton conference. ! don't know Of any
other man who could have done it.
He had special qualities, which con-
cilate, which inspire, gifts of vision
gifts of imagination. The services he
rendered then, not merely TO the En-
pire, but to humanity use the word
immortal. He is no
longer available"
The former Prime Minister also paid
high tribute to Lord Birkenhead, to
whom he referred as "the most brill
liant Lord Chancellor the country has
seen for over generation" He also
lauded the work OF Austen Chamber
lain and Sir Alfred Mond-"all first
CLASS pTdlHS. ne ueCtdrSu.
:, There are some people who ns, do not
like brains," he went on. "They are
afraid of them. They think they will
god off, and they shun them. Believe
me, in every business--and statesman
ship Is no exception-it is better, to
have first class mind than 8 second
rate one,
~ do not want to say word about
their successors, but l am entitled to
say this; Look at them. There is not
one Of them IN achievement, in expert
ence, in talent--and ! am entitled to
say this---whom their best friend would
compare with those they have sup
planted.
,EsT Only Few Places Filled
'tWhy was it done2 And let me call
attention to the fact that 1t Ia only
few Offices that have been filed.
Why don't they produce the other
names? Well, it is obvious. They are
not names that will inspire confidence
well, | want to say this: When the
nation Is in such difficulties, when
trade is so bad, when we have 100000
home and troubles abroad you want the
best brains the nation can put on board
and it Is entitled to them.
That's why ! have misgivings Of
serious character What is the
next point that creates misgiving in
my mind? I don't like this negative at
titude. 1t alarms me. You cannot
maintain it. 1t will break down, and |
will tell you the danger of an attitude
of that kind or pose of that kind when
it is adopted. You stick to it long after
it has become of use to you, when it Is
mistake, and the time will come when
you find that you cannot adhere to it,
when you have to take positive stand