Evening star., 1923-10-07
VISIT RICHMOND j
|. LLOYD George AIM
Civil War Battlefields and
StoneWaII Jackson Magnet
for British Leader.
aY ROBERT r. SMALL.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. October 6.-When
David Lloyd George set sail for
America u week ago he said he had
no mission. Today he left for
Canada, still without mission. But
when he returns to the United States
for a longer stay next month he Will
have a mission.
Believe 1t or not, Lloyd George
likes war. He declares now, that
peace is the great problem OF the
world But, Hike every man who has
lived so long in the atmosphere OF
wa, war. Lloyd George , cannot T.. divorce .0sS,
Lloyd George was more PART Of the
world war than any other head OF
government Even Cfemencfau could
not drink in the military sf4e OF the
war as England's prime minister did.
May Visit RichmonA
Lloyd George got a tremendous kick
out OF visiting the battle fronAs. He
went to all of them. He talked with
all the commanding generah and
many of the lesser lights Of the-aalied
armies. He talked with them aA one
military man to another. and " was
often said of the prime minister at
all the military knowledge of soTne OF
the graduates of the staff college.
And SO 1t happens that when Lloyd
George returns next month his n1Se-
sion Will be a military one. He wants
to go to Richmond and to motor
through the Shenandoah valley. He
may extend his trip OF observation
ass far as Harpers Ferry and to Get
tysburg. Lloyd George wants to live
over again the campaigns Of Stone
wall jackson. He wants to view the
battles in retrospect from the Con-
federate side. He knows every de-
tail of the famous struggles. and to
him Stonewall jackson Is one Of the
great military heroes Of history.
Admires jackson strategy.
In this admiration of the dashing
Confederate leader. Lloyd George but
is expressing the view held by all the
ain. The battles of the American
civil war long have been the subjects
of closest study in tho military
schools and the Army Stan College
in England. The strategy and the
tactics employed in those conflicts of
furnish the groundwork for q mill
tary education In Great Britain.
And in the world war\the British
staff found itself constantly guided
by the history of the civil war. OF
American war. the British long ago
settled upon Stonewall Jackson as
the most brilliant and resourcefu
Lloyd George during the world war
embodied this army admiration for
Jackson, and IL Ia one OF the objects
Of his visit >to America to 60 over
the terrain OF StonewaN Jackson's
fights.
Welcome Ii Heartiest.
Although Iloyd George iS making
his visit as q plain private citizen,
1t Is difficult to conceive how he could
have been more formally and cordi-
ally welcomed than during his brief
stay here.
Attentions were also showered upon
his wife, Dame Lloyd George, and the
attractive young blond daughter,
Miss Megan Lloyd George.
right into the midst of American jazz
and the glorification OF the Amer-
lean girl" as they cali the more or
less undressea New York revues
he wanted to see something, espe-
cially American at the theater. So
they took him to the new Music Box
Revue where the music was typically
American, the Jokes extremely Amer
lean. the girls typically American and
the costum tropic to say
the least.
But the Lloyd Georges seemed to
like 1t all tremendously. There Is a
crash and ''blam'' to American re-
vues that are missing in the quiet but
dainty finished performances in Lon
don. Lloyd Georges life In New
York had been attuned to crash and
.'blam" even after two or three
hours on American soil, so the atmos-
phere of the revue was much TO his
liking.
Miss Megan Lloyd George had an
experience entirely new to her. She
met n lot OF unterrified American re-
porters. They fred a barrage Of
questions at her: Wanted to know
liz she smoked; If she intended to fol-
low the footsteps of her iliustrious
father and go into politics; whether
she was going to get married and
when. and what she thought Of the
feminist movement.
Miss Lloyd George said she might
take up politics some day. why
notr She does not smoke, but she
would not criticize those who do.
She is too young, oh. much too
Young" to discuss marriage. There
is so. much time for that sort of
Miss Megan has not met many
American girls, but hopes to on her
return 70 this country. She quite
captivated the reporters and proved
herself more skinful in perrying
questions than they were In pro-
pounding them.