The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-01
CONSERVATIVE "NoW
PROPOSE" LLOYD GEORGE

wilt DISPOSE
| The conservatives propose" but il
the opinion of a vast majority. of Ameri
can editors Lloyd George can be ex.
pected to dispose" before the smok,
Of battle finally clears away over tn.
British political battle fields. The resig
nation of the Premier was anticipated
but there is a general disposition on this
| side of the Atlantic to question the
ability Of Bonar Law to construct {
government that semi permanently will
| fill the gap in the British governmental
organization.
Everywhere warmest tribute is paic
to the great work of Lloyd George dur
ing the years he has been in the public
eye and, while he may be out al
present, the belief seems to be increas.
ing that he will very soon be able again
to resume his position under the spot
light of public admiration.
He has been called an opportunist, ~
says the Springfield News, but it is the
wise man who rides with, rather than
defies, the storms in a menacing hour
The days are filled with anxieties for
England. Each passing hour reflects the
requirements of the super-man." In
changing front "often and quickly" the
Nashville Banner recalls that Lloyd
George was carrying on the business
of nation which has more varied in
terests than any in the world during a
period of time when nothing was as
sured.'' while the Buffalo Times sig
nificantly suggests, there is no finality
about the elimination of Lloyd George.
He is out of office, yes, but out of poll
tics, no. Indeed he seems to be in poll
ties as deep as ever The Chicago
News also is attracted by this sugges-
ton, remarking after a critical review
of the general British political situation.
that stranger things have happened
in politics than that Lloyd George be-
fore many months should again be sum-
moned to form coalition ministry" 1t
should be remembered in this very con-
nection, the Syracuse Herald suggests
that the coup that compelled his resig-
nation was a secession of the old line
Tories from the coalition and that it
defines his status as a representative
of the anti-Tory masses of goth century
Great Britain. 1t undoubtedly leaves
him stronger than ever in Liberal
Scotland and Wales
The rejoicing in France can be de-
pended on, the Utica Observer Dispatch
feels, to strengthen the Lloyd George
position 'for the British have not been
unmindfuI of the fact that the gratitude
face and that her confessed friendship
was extremely volatile" His greatest
achievement was not as premier, the
Savannah Press thinks. but as minister
of munitions when "he mobilized the
Industrial resources of the nation and
brought the manhood of England into
action to make munitions of war and
to get the men into the trenches. The
Indianapolis News also, after reviewing
and praising his work all along the line
likewise suggests that "for the present
he is out-but he is not down" Be
cause Of the attitude of labor generally
and the existing world situations, how
ever, the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
feels that this cabinet lis one that con-
Germs the world as no other in Great
Britain has ever done and the course of
events will be watched with anxious in
terest everywhere" ......s-
Emphasizing this view the Aberdeen