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/& cabinet minister Ee. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE-A Character Sketch ascent is finished without on January 17, 1863, and at the "Hi arsks yer--hain't it a hec- S-nomic fac'-- 1?" "'0Old yer tongue." "Leave it to George." "Hi arsks yer--"' lf splendid | | daughter, |es from Britain have noted as an{filled with the hope of a new and | until the everyone | a misp | interesting "domestic reaction to {the European situation, the rapidly | { growing demand for the return of | {David Lloyd George to power." | Blows to British prestige abroad and the complex problems at home, | are given as some of the reasons of this demand. The political situ- ation in Britain is not yet stabil-| ized; that much seems certain, and 80 long as Lloyd George is alive and well he will be a power to be reck- | oned with, Born in 1863, he is yet | {full of viger, and but for his white, | shaggy hair, appears to be a much {younger man than he is. of Canadians | Thousands wilt} shortly have the opportunity of see- | | ing and hearing him; not so many |} as would like to do both, nor as many as Lloyd George himself! i | would, no doubt, like to oblige. | { Those who are among the fortunate | ones will have an opportunity of |: Judging what manner of a man | this who was for so long the out-| standing figure among the states- | men of the world. In his short] | tour of this country he will be ac- {companied by Mrs. Lloyd George, | jherself a keen politician, and a| campaigner, and his | Megan, the youngest| | member of his family and a boom jSompanton in his travels and walks. 1 His Wide Understanding The following from a character sketch by William Banks, the ma- terial for which was gleaned at first hand during a British election | | campaign, may prove of interest In| {conjunction with the illusttations of the great British statesman and {his wife and daughter:- | Welshman though he is, despite | the accident of birth in an English i | city, he knows the Englishman of He goes to meet the King The earnest looking gentleman | of the aspirates sat down very sud- denly under the persuasion of sev- eral pairs of 'hands. , Premier Lloyd George, as he was then, pro- ceeded with his speech to an aud- fence in a part of London whence the late lamented Chevalier ob- tained many of the characters that made his songs so famous. It was In the general election campaign of 1918, when Lloyd George reached the zenith of his political career. He talked to that audience as to a every rank better than the Eng- lishman knows himself. He under- stands the Scot and his imperturb- able belief in his own country and race, as the Garden of Eden and |the Salt of the Earth. He can be| {an Irishman when the occasion Se! mands, with exuberance that | arouses laughter, with depth of/ feeling that finds expression in| pathos or passion. He can battle { with the boldness, energy and con- | | fidence of all these races, or find | |the way to conciliate the warring | elements among them when others | see only the broad road to division |and destruction. He Knows the People He still remains Mr. Lloyd George--The Right Honorable Mr. | David Lloyd George, to be exact-- Dame Margaret (Mrs.) Lioyd George and Megan George 'familiar. That is characteristic: Lloyd George can make. himself at home with any audience. At the close of the meeting a local char- acter, moving a vote of thanks, naively confessed that he had his "money on George," and the sec- 'onder opined that "they cawn't beat im an' if they hever do '¢'ll come back an' knock 'em silly." Is Still a Power Is he coming back? It is just about a year since he resigned the premiership, which he had held 'since 1916, and completed seven- years of continuous service as Bonar Law fol- him as head of the govern- in a few months gave se of ill-health, to Stan- win, the present premier, "Vithin the last few weeks despatch- though one seldom hears the first name. Titles that would give him precedence over many who trace their ancestry back for centuries, have been offered him by the King who. is one of his closest friends. They still await him. Nor is his refusal of them based absolutely on hatred of titles as such. It is not improbable should he, by choice, or for other readens retire from public life, that he would ac- cept a title. But he reads the mind of the British people as if it were a printed page. He knows that as Mr. Lloyd George he is more out- standing figure than he would be as a member of the peerage. He also has a passionate devotion to the common people. His own early struggles gave him first hand ex- perience of the hardships and the sorrows of the poor. His soul was a 4 : dh i To ar bétter Britain; where who honestly desired to work and was fit, should have work to do. | The war made many of his schemes toward that end' useless. They called for the expenditure of large sums. The cost of the war has! prior claim. But in the hour of his | fame and prosperity he does not | forget whence he sprang. { Lloyd George in Action Not a tall man, ihdeed one would best describe him as short, Lloyd George actually gives the impress- | { | { | { is = He knows his master's voice-- Lloyd Géorge's favorite dog ion of being bigger, physically, than he is. He has sturdy shoulders, a good sized neck, a large size head and a fine face. He always takes an excellent picture, whether in action or repose, because he is so alive. His eyes, frequently describ- ed as brown, seem to change color with his moods. They sparkle or flash, they grow dim when sorrow or compassion play upon his heart strings, they challenge to combat when he faces "hostile audiences, they crinkle with delight when he Js pleased. His mass of hair, gray now, is like a battle gauge when he is aroused. His moustache, as gray as his hair, has a curious in- ward turn as if it had been so trained by constant biting upon fit, although one scarcely ever finds him doing that. This peculiarity adds to the piquancy of his fea- tures, which at times have an air of wistfulness; he is thinking thea perhaps, of the Welsh hills where his heart so often strays, even when his body cannot make the journey. As a Speaker The voice of Lloyd George is not always compelling. That is notice able some times at the beginning of his addresses, particularly if he happens to be treading on delicate ground. He is-at his best, perhaps, in the face of a sudden attack or & scornful jibe in the House of Commons or during a public meet- ing. One wonders if the jibes are not some times deliberately" in- tended to arouse him simply that the House or the public audience may enjoy his counter attacks. Then, or when after feeling his way at a public gathering he finds that he has gained the real attention of his audience, he is inimitable. His voice gathers volume as he pro- ceeds, until one begins to find in it a rich baritone quality, that stirs the emotions if it does not always appeal to the reason. He can sing, too. In the little Welsh chapels he attends when he steals away to "his own people for a rest, or in any other assemblage where there is massed singing, he joins with fervor, in good time, and with a trud ear for the right notes. Uses Few Gestures Lloyd George uses few gestures. He seldom wears his glassds when speaking, but he often taps the thumb of his left hand with them. Occasionally he refers to his notes; quite often, when thoroughly warmed to his subject, he throws them on the table and proceeds to the end of his speech without them. Hecklers do not easily turm him aside. Few of them get the better of him. Friendly interjee- tions are at times adroitly seized upon to {illuminate or emphasize his remarks. The writer recalls a London. political meeting where Lloyd George was extolling the gal- lantry of the British and Overseas ons forces. Hig named all the Dominions Australia, perched up- led until its conclusion, which marked by a burst of ly, at Chafiey's Locks, during Jul MIND; the Rideau canal system, little heering that is possible only a crowd of British-born. Into His Comfidence He descends at times from Jigher plane of his | out of Parltament. stands peaks and glimpses that which is] 80 real to him, To the vision that guides him in| 80 many of his policies and actions must be added the courage that drives him through to attainment. His word has not always been law to those who now follow him in or Times was when he was regarded with some- thing like dismayed astonishment and bewilderment, by all except his own class, the class of the shoe- maker uncle to whose devotion and self-sacrifice he owes go much. Of what need to recount his rise to the Premiership of the little Britain that is so truly the heart of a great Empire? The foundation for it was laid before the war. hour for Britain and her allies the call was for him, and he answered it, not only because he was ready, but also because he believed that he was predestined to lead Britain nd the Empire--in the larger ense of leadership. * How He Does It Two things have greatly assisted Lloyd George to go so far and' at 80 tremendous a pace. One is his ability to dose or sleep for short or long periods on trains in the intervals stolen from momentous debates in the House of Commons, or in rarer periods snatched from the huge amount of work that was always waiting for him during his Premiership at his London resi- dence, the famous Number 10 Downing Street, and now confronts him at his private home. The other safety valve is his capacity for really resting mind and body when holidaying. Fishing, golfing, walk- ing' with the members of his own family, social intercourse with old friends, companions of his earlier! years, or with new acquaintances are better medicine to him than all the doses the doctors could prescribe. The happy faculty of making himself at home in any company is another one of his secrets of sue- cess. He ean talk with the coal miner of his work understandingly, because he has visited many coal mines in search of his information. He can discuss finance with the most expert of financiers, because as former Chancellor of the mHx- chequer he knows his subject. It is said of 'Lloyd George that he knows the Bible better than any A other book--it certainly seems to be the well-spring of many of his apt phrases and epigrams. He reads widely but not on any special plan of study. He does not read technical or scientific newspapers or periodicals, but he reads at every opportunity, and when travelling reads, the billboards if he happens to have exhausted his book or newspapers. d George Lions ¢ was born of Welsh laced word, and the audience | with him on the mental|The famous shoemaker-uné¢le who In the cructalt.| | twenty-five, re age of three was left fatherless. became his foster-father, took Lloyd~ George's mother and her In his old felt hat and with an over coat slung over his shoulder. This is a characteristic attitude in an Informal hour little family to make their home with him in Llanystumdwy, a tiny Welsh: village. In 1884 he was called to the bar as a solicitor, having in the interim won a local reputation as a champion of the poor. In 1888, at the age of he married Margaret Owen of Criccieth, a woman who proved to have rare qualities of helpfulness, and who provided an added stimulus for her energetic husband. They have two sons and two daughters, both the sons hav- ing enlisted very early in the great war and served with distinction, One daughter, Olwen, is married, and the younger daughter, Mega: is her father's constant companion, He has occupied a seat in the Commons for Carnarvon since 1890, that is, thirty-three years. He was President of the Board of Trade, 1905-8; Chancellor of tha Exchequer, 1908-15; Minister of Munitions, 1915-1 Minister of War in 1916 for a short time, and became Prime Minister in Decem- ber of that year, resigning in Oo- d, tober. 1922. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1023 L. C. HEMSLEY from R. J. 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