New Britain herald., 1922-11-04
TT BETWEEN REACTION AMI RADICALISM, ADVISES LLOYD GEORGE IN SPEECH
While Former Premier Warns Voters to Put Nation Before Party, A. Bonar Law in Another Address Declares Policy to Work With France and Italy
Deposed British Leader Also Declares Socialism Must Be Repelled.

London, Nov. 1. (By Associated ] Press) Former Premier Lloyd George in delivering today his first popular address in London since the fall of the coalition cabinet, made a strong defense of the late governments pol icy and pleaded for a vigorous middle course, free from both revolution and reaction which he described as equal ly dangerous to the interests of the nation.
 Addresses 5000 Persons The ex-premier spoke in motion picture theater to a crowd of 5000 persons--all who had been able to make their way into the building out of 8 throng of some 25,000 persons who had applied for admission. If the attitude of Mir. Lloyd Georges audience and that of the throngs of people clustering about the doors seeking admission are any cri- terion, the former premier has by no means lost his popularity, even in London where most of the criticism of the late coalition has centeyed.
 Gets Big Ovation. ' When the ex-premier appeared on the stage the whole audience rose and joined in cheering which lasted sev- eral minutes before he was able to begin. Although he did not appear to be in his best speaking form. he was able to hold his audience spell bound, except for intermittent cheers for more than an hour.
 Particularly acceptable to the audi ence was the ex-premier's summary of the economic and financial poli- cies of the late government.
 When my friend Mir. Bonar Law, the new premier, left the wretched coalition cabinet" said Mir. Lloyd George, "the British sovereign would buy in the United States only 13 shillings tuppence worth of merchan- disc; when MT. Bonar Law managed, at the Carlton club, to overthrow that cabinet, the British sovereign would buy IS shillings fvepsnce worth of merchandise" & Speaking of the dangers of extreme socialism and from like conservatfsna Mir. Lloyd George laid aside his notes, leaned his head backwards in his characteristic fashion and declared:
 When you get home, get your dic- tionaries, turn to the letter R, read down to the word reaction and then read 9 very little further and you come to the word revolution They come very close together, almost in the same column but remember, re- action comes first"
 The ex-premier warned his hearers to remember at the coming elections that they would chose parliament for Ave years, and he asked if they wanted a parliament which would sleep politically and remain quiescent. unmindful of the many difficulties which were bound to lie ahead.
 Warns Against "Standstill."
 Tranquility" he added, does not depend upon the ship but upon the sea. A standstill policy isn't policy, it's 8. yawn."
 A little further on the speaker de- clared:
 You don't slow down the ship by sitting on the accelerator"
 The achievements of the late gov ernment in the industrial and financial realms were not the results of a mere negative policy Lloyd George main tained. They were the fruits of ini- tiative and hard work. The former premier declared that tax on capital must be resisted firmly, adding that he did not anticipate any great dan ger in the revolutionary clements in the coming election,
 Avoid the extreme of socialism" he said, but let us also avoid the extreme of standstillism.
 "A great nation like ours cannot stand still, You want a strong group of independent men, free from party ties-strong enough to insist {. on g. steady course free from all ex- tremes."
 He said that where there was a pact between the conservatives and liberals in any constituency, he hoped the voters would stand by it honor ably. In districts where no such mu- tual non opposition agreements have been reached he suggested that the should be carefully ques- toned as to whether they were pre- pared to place the interests of the
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