The New York herald., 1922-10-30
Lloyd George and His Fight for
Common Sense Politics.

siveness and instinct for knowing
what the public wants and ought to
have, Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE has the
Roosevelt way of speaking to the
public in language it understands.
He is making a whirlwind campaign.
His sword, which the adversary re-
Gently sneered at as being held In a
listless hand, is flashing now right
and left.
The ousted Premier believes with
FocH that the best form Of defense
is attack. In his speeches he Is
driving home arguments against the
folly Of throwing out cooperative
Ministry in order to install one
which represents nothing but party.
He is talking common sense politics
to the voters of Great Britain and
demanding the return of common
sense politics to the control of the
Empire.
Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE has a great ad-
vantage over his opponents in that
so many big men, men Of accomplish
ment and tried craftsmanship, went
out of Office with him. His successor
has filled their places with men who,
whatever their loyalty. their intellect
or their rank, do not yet measure up
to the mark that the men of the
Lloyd George Cabinet made. The
Conservatives ousted historic group,
leaving only Lord CURzoN.
Another advantage enjoyed by the
Welshman is that the Conservative
party has tended to split the Con-
servative spirit. Siding with LLOYD
GEORGE we find such distinguished
Conservatives as BALFoUR, AUSTEN
CHAMBERLAIN and BrRKENHEAp. These
men, who worked in Coalition Cab
met with a Liberal Premier, are re-
membered for excellent accomplish
ment. Will the Conservative voter
indorse a policy which discards Con-
servatives of such great stature?
The two finest triumphs Of the
Lloyd George Government were the
conduct of the war and the making
of peace with Ireland. LLOYD GEORGE,
ARTHUR JAMES BALFoUR, Lord LEE of
Fareham, WINSTON CHURcHILL-these
are all names intimately associated
with the winning OF the war, and
these are men who have been swept
out Of Office by the Conservative
party. In the Irish matter LLOYD
GEORGE was the master hand, but he
was ably helped by the Unionist
BIRKEyHEAD, the Liberal GREENWOOD
and the Liberal Conservative WINS
TON CHURCHILL. In cooperation
which is better name than coalition
they did the impossible. Yet they
are out, every one Of them. To read
the names Of the successors Of the
British statesmen who steered the
Irish treaty through is not to be con-
vinced that the Bonar Law Ministry
could accomplish that remarkable
task If it remained to be done.
LLOYD GEORGE very cannily COM
pares the records of the men who
served with him and the men who
have been called to the Cabinet by
BoNAR LAW. The new men, he as
sures his crowds, have done nothing
worth while. And what do they
promise to do? BoyAR LAW calls for
tranquility, stability and economy"
That sort of phrase LLOYD GEORGE de-
lights to tear apart. Society, he re-
torts, cannot curl UP like a bear and
wait until the winter is over; the
world had It's war and it must pay
for it.
LLOYD GEORGE uses to advantage
BovAR LAWS remark that 1t was bet
ter to split the nation than to split
the party. Such talk, OF course, Is
prehistoric Toryism. 1t is the Ian
guage of the hardest of the hard
boiled. Probably Mr.. BoHAB LAW,
like a considerable number OF ultra
Conservatives in the United States,
does not quite realize that the day Of
the hard boiled Ia over. There are
only two paths now in politics. One
is that OF liberalized conservatism;
the other of radicalism.
LLOYD GEORGE knows that. lie has
spent his life learning It. lie Is using
his knowledge to arouse a public
which knows a good deal more about
politics than It knew before the war.
And, with the help Of broad minded
Conservatives and such Liberals as
will 20 with him, with the help OF
powerful forces like Lord RoTHER-
MERE's papers. he seems likely to
'neutralize, II not utterly to defeat,
the ultra Conservative element.
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