Evening star., 1923-09-12
CAPITAL IN ROUTE
| OF LLOYD GEORGE
Washington Among II Ameri-
can Cities Former Premier
Will Visit.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.


David Lloyd George, former premi-
er of Great Britain, plans a great
swing around the circle in the United
States next month. He will visit
more than dozen cities along the
Atlantic seaboard, including Wash
tngton, and in the middle west. From
the hour of his arrival in New York,
about October 5. until his departure,
on or about November 3, Mr. Lloyd
George will be the guest of the Welsh
Society of America.
James ]. Davis. Secretary OF Labor.
Is chairman of the board of directors
of the society. and arrangements for
"the little Welshman's" American So
1Ourn have been completed under its
auspices. Il G." will cross the coun-
try and for a good deal of the time
live in private car chartered. op-
Grated and maintained by the Welsh
Society.
First Speech In Montreal.
Although the celebrated wartime
prime minister of TIE British en-
pire VIII land on soil of the United
states, he will deliver his first speech
in North America on British terri
tory-Montreal On arrival at New
York Mr.. Lloyd George will be well
coined privately by a distin guished
and limited company of Americans.
but will not sPeak-for publication
on that occasion. He will proceed
almost at once to Montreal. and there
his maiden utterance on this side of
the Atlantic will be delivered.
From Montreal. L. G." will go to
Toronto. Niagara Falls and Winnipeg,
points Crossing into the United
States from Manitoba. his itinerary
and speaking program, as tentatively
arranged at this time, includes the
following cities. ST Paul. Mimi.
Minneapolis, Mimi: st. Louis, Mo;
Springfield, ILL.,: Mooseheart. ILL.,: Chi
cago, III: Louisville, Ky; Frankfort,
Ky; Indianapolis, Ind; Cleveland,
Ohio; Pittsburgh. Pa; Washington,
ID. c.: Richmond. Va: Philadelphia,
Pa; Scranton. Pa: Boston. Mass.
and New York city.
To Visit IL Cities.
In addition to these seventeen
points, others not now definitely de-
Cided upon may be included. Mr..
lloyd George wants to. visit. at
Springfield. ILL.,, the tomb of Abraham
Lincoln, of whom since boyhood he
has been profound admirer. One
of Il. G,'s" most powerful oratorical
efforts was his address at the unveil-
ing of the Lincoln STATUE in London
a year or two ago. He will go to
Mooseheart. Ill, because it is the
created by James ]. Davis. Secretary
of Labor. IL. c." wants to pay a spe-
cial tribute of esteem to "Jim the
Puddler," the Welsh boy who came
to this country with his parents, tin
plate workers from Wales. forty
years ago and carved his way to
fame and fortune
Scranton. Pa,-will be visited by the
Lloyd George party because it is the
''welsh center" of the United States.
In that citadel of anthracite IL c."
Is expected to address a vast and
enthusiastic gathering of Welsh
- ~.
and his-native tongue, in which he
wakes quite as eloquent as he does in
the kings English.
Mr. Lloyd George is hent upon
Keeping utterly unofficial his whole
American journey. Everywhere. II
has been arranged, the mayor of the
city he visits will be the only official
host, At Washington, in particular.
anything savoring or a state char
ecter, for IL. G." is now what is
known in Britain as private mem
Der" of parliament, without official
professed purpose in coming to the
United States is to see the country.
which is virgin soil to him. He would
have gone to the Pacific coast, ex-
cept that parliament resumes in Lon
don early in November and he de-
sires to be in his seat on the. front
opposition bench Only two or three
prepared addresses are planned by
Tfte bTlIlSn SIdIeSIudH IOT his AIhcI-
iCan tour. His other speeches will be
informal and extemporaneous.
Sought Everywhere.
Demands for "L G.'s' presence and
speeches have come from every quar-
ter of the United States. Hardly a
town or city of Importance has not
attempted to capt:ie him: Des
Moines, Iowa, is particularly anxious
to have him at great midwest medi
cal convention in the last week of
October Edwin T. Meredith, former
Secretary, of Agriculture, who has met
Mr.. Lloyd George often in England.
is endeavoring to induce him to add
his home town to the speechmaking
circuit.
There's one diversion -"L. G." in
tends indulging himself while in our
country, in addition to speechmakIng.
That Is golf. He's passionate dew
otee of the links and plays a far
g better game for a man of sixty than
most of his contemporaries. He is a
devout Baptist and may be expected
TO nfng1e on some important occasion
with Americans of that faith. Sec
retary Hughes is of Welsh origin and
looks forward to fraternizing with
al G."
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