The New York herald., 1922-10-22
speech in Full.

been hOiSted at the Carton CluD.
The great combination Of men of all
parties and creeds for national pur-
poses. a combination which led US
to victory in the war and which was
leading us gradually but surely out
of our troubles in peace, has been
brought to an end. 1t has been
brought to an end not because 1t
has ceased to serve the nation; 1t
has been brought to an end be-
cause the parties are not getting
enough out of it. 1t is for the peo-
pie of this country to say whether
the party comes first or the nation
comes first.
stand for the people. The
time has come for a calm, dispas-
sionate, perfectly fair review of
what that combination, which
started six years ago. has accom-
llished for the nation. II 1t has
not served the nation, condemn it.
On the other hand. II it has served
the people we'll, if it has helped TO
achieve something, treat 1T fairly
and WELL 1t has been, think, sub
jected to more criticism from more
adverse conflicting quarters than
almost any Government. 1t had
cne or two disadvantages in de-
Tending itself. The first was that
4. did not have parties and press.
1t had no Liberal press, it had no
Conservative press and, therefore,
il had no steady partisan press that
you could depend upon,- whatever
happened, to defend it's actions.
Cites Hard Work Done.
The second difficulty in dispos-
ing Of criticism arose fromathe fact
that no Ministers in any admins
tration in this country have been
so continuously hard worked. |
have been worked pretty. hard all
my life, but I have never been so
hard worked as have these last
six years. have not had holi-
day. have started on many.
TLaughter1 have many times
said, We'll, I'll HE me off to the
valleys OF. Wales, where i viii be
sheltered even by the impediment
OF language. from prying eyes and
from deputations.' Laughter.
said, If Wales is not a success III
try Scotland and off / went. ]
chose a place where there is no
road [laughter1. but I had to hold
Cabinet councils in the widest re-
cesses of the highlands. Believe
me. have not had a holiday.
] have worked hard and have
Rad no time. when criticism was
falling upon me. to go and tell the
real story. tCheers.l / am now
one of the unemployed, and when
somebody wrote me a couple of
days ago asking me if I could re-
ceive a deputation Of the unem-
ployed, said. on the contrary.
would join the deputation. Laugh
teri
begins Serial story.
! am gsing to begin by telling
my story now and I'll tell 1t in num-
bers 1t will be a serial and ] think
that the people will listen to it and
willing to put my record in the
hands OF the people as to whether I
served them well or not. (voice:
You have.D have served them
honestly. (Cheers) / have served
them sincerely. have served them
With one dominant purpose and that
was to serve my native land to the
best of my ability.
,This combination was formed
during the war to put more 'vigor
and more power into the problems
of war. Governments can win wars
and Governments can lose wars.
governments can make it possible
for our gallant soldiers and sailors
10 win victory. Governments can
make it easy for the most gallant
soldiers and sailors to lose. The only
claim I put forward in behalf of the.
Government is this: We did every
thing that Government could do
to enable the soldiers and sailors to
win the war. They can organize the
material resources OF the nation,
they can organize the nation at home
tp face its responsibilities and sus-
tain its responsibilities. If there is
81 failure at home. 1t means failure
in the field. Loss of morale at horne
is always reflected in the battle line
Because, they are closely related to
the soldiers at home who assist the
soldiers in the field.
One Reason Germany Failed.
That is one reason why Germany
broke down. Her uoldiers were brave
s.oldiers--let us recognize courage in
An enemy--but they heard stories
Of starvation and privation and
misery at home. That minimized
their spirit. their courage. Every
thing that could be done TO sustain
the spirit and will of the nation that
she may go through to victory 1
claim that this Government did for
that purpose.
We did our best to promote unity
at home and in the forces abroad
80 as to enable the whole strength
OF the Allies TO concentrate, and,
as matter OF fact, the leading part
~ PtOiiiodhb eiht unity was tdkeu
by us among the Allies.
SO much for what we did during
The war in that great trying time.
i am told ] made very good war
servant but { am no good in peace.
j am first rate in row, but when
things are quiet and there is really
nothing 10 bring forth my energy I
am really Of very little use, they
say. am sort OF doctor who Is
very good in bad cases when IL is a
matter of life and death. but am
no good to cure headache. You