Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-21
THE FALL OF LLOYD
GEORGE.

I
l to change every seven years,
so that every cell is gone and re-
placed by a new cell. The old body
is gone physically and a new body
replaces it, even though the new
body is dominated by the same old
soul. But If the corporeal body
of a British premier is wholly
changed every seven years, it is
seldom that his lease of political
life lasts that long. Lloyd George
has ruled Great Britain as premier
now for seven years. During that
time his political policies have
changed far more rapidly than the
cells of his physical body have
changed. Politically as we'll as
physically he is a new man and a
very different mar from what he
was seven years ago, when he first
took office as premier of Great
Britain, and the one best hope OF
the British to win the war in France.
Lloyd George is the last of the
great war statesmen. One by one
they have fallen victims to the
short memory of the voters who
gave them place and power. The
British premier who has just re-
signed has had a most spectacular
career. In the early part OF it he
was the leader of the radical sec
ton of the liberal party. The con-
servatives hated him somewhat at
ter the manner in which the con-
servative republicans hated Will
liam ]. Bryan in this country in
the early days of his political
career. In the crisis of the Ger
man war when il appeared that the
British army was going to be de-
feated through lack of munitions OF
war, Lloyd George threw himself
and his notable energy into the
production of munitions on the
enormous scale experience showed
70 be necessary. He won that fight
and soon after was called on to
guide the empire through the war
In that task he received the sup
port of all parties, and after the
war was over he continued to re-
ceive the support of a coalition OF
opposite political parties, the con
servatives and liberals. There were
a good many OBJECTIONS from both
parties of individual leaders. The
labor party left him. The radica.
liberals left him, and some OF the
strong conservative leaders LET
him. In the last few months it wa:
evident that the political coalition
that supported him was going te
pieces. The policy of Lloyd
+, George in Ireland lost him some Of
the hard boiled tory support. Hi:
policies in the Near East lost hin
! support among two classes, con
servatives who thought he was no
aggressive enough and peace lovers
among the liberals who though
> they were too aggressive and near
ly plunged the empire into a new
war. The end came when the con
sentative party held a meeting ant
n by a decisive vote determined Il
withdraw from the coalition ant
put up straight party candidates o
G their own. Andrew Bonar Law
took this position and he will tr.
o to form a new cabinet of his owl
s from the conservative party to las
to a general election that mus
come soon. Unless that electio'
d gives a conservative majority larg
er than the party has at presen
o Mr.. Law can hardly hope to las
e long.
ISL The French are greatly please
Q at the fall of Lloyd-George, bu
s they may go further and fare worse
France is not loved in Great Bri
tain just now any more than Gres
Britain is loved in France. Their
n has succeeded to the tcomradeshi
induced by a common enemy in tn
~ sr.at mar = common hostility b