New-York tribune., 1922-10-15


well AZ the Conservative palicy. ths
speaker secais2d that VIXEN he became
Premier. in 1915, he fSuu& An Eastern
then took up the Treaty Of Ssvres.
and, after denying the charge that ht
hsd taken foreign reietions out of tho
hands Of the 6ritiah Forcign 0face,
gave = detailed kissery of the drawing
up of the Sesxes eeaapaes and the Lon-
dou agreement Of 1890.
Masses Drafters Of Sevres Psrs
As for sagnatsurs.' who ase the am
ateurs, who prepared this policy r
Lieyd George demanded. aril mama
then-vssconna Grey, I<ord Gursan,
Kari EsifcuY, Andrew BonaY LMw and
nyxeif, for Britain; NM. Clemencesr
and peincares for France and, for
America, President Wilson. A Ana ar
ray Of sxmakeurs'l
The Premies then attacked tbs sab
ject hs had reserved for the and Of his
address--domestxc politics KeYaarking
that SEve had lang spsil and a
pretty hard one" he declared that In
1916 he accepted thA rremiezaAip only
after beggfng Baifcur and Bonar Law
10 take it IL turned ont, ha said, he
would welcome the freedem.
.I1i watch, for instanca.s he said. 1to
learn how - forgive Germany her rep
arations and yet make France lore MS
more tha1 eve-. In watch how we
are 70 pay tho United States, vet for
give every other country everything
.aey owe us~ I'll watch how you work
The edueafional system. giving more to
he unemployed, yet tightening taxes"
Lloyd George scarcely referred to
the danger of Laher party rietery,
which Austen Chamberlain stressed
yesterday in his speech at Birmingham,
and declared that he would support
fully arg goyernmsnt which embarked
on reconstruction, provided it did not
adopt injurious revolutionary or re-
dictionary tactics. His only reference
to dissatisfaction among the Conserva
tiyes was the remark that he thought
the resolution to be moved against him
ut the Tory conference in November
would have been more honorable in
November, 1913.
Closes on Personal Note
The Premier closed his address with
emphasis on the personal note, saying:
sIf in consequence of the position
have taken I drift into the wilder
ness, will always recall with pride
that j have been enabled in the dark
hours Of my eountry's history to render
her no mean service.
81 east myself upon the people whose
cause I have never betrayed in thirty
two years of strenuous public life"
MANCHESTER. Oct. IA (By The As
sociated Press).-Prime Minister Lloyd
Georges speech to the Liberals Of the
Manchester Reform Club this after
nccn, expected to be historic utter
ance, was disappointment because
the Premier gave no intimation regard
ing his plans or his program. In that
respect his oration was similar to that
of Austen Chamberlain at Birmingham
yesterday.
OF his address Of one hour and TWEEN
nearly an hour to defense of his
Near Eastern policy and to ridicule of
his critics.
Receives Great Welcome
Mr.. Lloyd George received an en-
thusiastic welcome when he reached
the Reform Club for luncheon before
outside the building extended virtually
the entire length of the street on
which the club is situated, and the
Premier's appearance was the signal
for a great burst of cheering.
When cries of "Speech!" were heard
the Premier paused moment and
then, commanding silence with up
raised hands, he said:
II thank this great gathering for
greeting me to this city to put the
case of the government in the efforts
which they have made to establish
European peace and prevent bloodshed
from spreading throughout eastern Eu-
rope"
The crowd outside the club num-
bere6 between 1000 and 5000. When
the procession of motors with the ofa-
cial party appeared there was one loud
cheer, and the Prime Minister then
made his stop for a moment on the
steps to speak few words of thanks.
Clubhouse Is Crowded
The clubhouse was crowded with
many more than the three hundred per-
sons selected to attend the luncheon,
and all had an opportunity to shake
hands with Mr.. Lloyd George. The
luncheon hall, with it's dark oak cell
ing, was the chamber in which John
Bright, Gladstone and other notables
had been entertained
The chairman, Sir Edward Rhodes,
escorted Dame Lloyd George in, while
the Prime Minister led Lady Rhodes to
her place. When the guests had assem-
bled the party stood and sang "Auld
Lang Syne."
A notable feature of the luncheon
was the attendance of seme twenty
ladies,
In beginning his speech at the
luncheon, and thus raising the curtain
on q new act in the political drama
which may mark climax Il. the career
Of the striking central figure, the Pre-
mier referred to the Near Eastern
crisis, declaring the people Of this
country must not believe that their
government had endeaYored to rush
Great Britain into war.
I'VE have not been wsrmongers, bu.
paaeemakers." he said.
The Premier arose amid a tense
silence of expectancy on the part Of
his hearers, who were looking to hin
to begin the fight for his political life
great array of journalists eagerl,
seized upon his words and rushed then
on to the four corners Of the globe,
Warns Country Will Resent 1t
Continuing his defense of the gov
ernment's policy regarding the Nea,
East, Mr., Lloyd George said the ne
gotiations had been conducted in s
manner unprecedented in this country
The government, he declared, had beer
assailsd with Misrepresentation sucl
as nc government ever had heen sub
jected to. The country would resent
this, he declared, adding that ther,
were queer people let loose" in the
press in these days.
Ny task has been made much eas