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Show LLOYD GEORGE OUTLASTED ALL BAR STATESMEN He Kept Seat as Orlando, Clemenceau and Wilson Suffered Defeat i ) i . I Cloy d George outlasted a'i the statesman who gu.Je the nations through the world war In ihe turmoil tur-moil of readjustment (nil followed ithat conflict, he kept hi scat at tho steering wheel when all arooind him wero losing theirs. The men with whom he sat at Paris as the "hlg four" of the peace conference con-ference long ago were toppled over Premier Orlando of Italy was the first to go His cabinet resigned in June, 1919. Tho following January. Clemenceau. Clem-enceau. the French. Tiger" was cast; aside Two months later the senate! Of the United States refused for a sec-j ond time to rn'ify the peace treaty Woodrov. Wilson had lu ought home from Versailles and not long alter-ward alter-ward his party was beaten at the r.nll.. OUTSTANDING FIGURE. After all of the other three had been put aside in their countries Lloyd George became probably the most out-ntanding out-ntanding figure among at th men of the world who were engaged In pub-;lle pub-;lle affairs. Ills position constantly in i danger from a possible dropping a Way ot one of the groups forming the coalition coal-ition on which his government rested, was strengthened, so far as history Is concerned after all the other war statesmen had gone, because it was he who acted as Great Britain's spokesman in the parleys last winter ith the rebellious Irish leaders parleys par-leys which led t" the creation of the Pre. estate, and peace after 7 00 years .- vi-X., Katu'Mn Kncrla n,l and Krlll D ENTI RE IN POl ITU 6. The rise of Eloyd George was an adventure in politics filled with as inuch romance as the I'.vcj of the famous fa-mous Americans who rsftm.') IP trout lo.,- cabins to the Whif i House. He was born In Manchester. Kng-ls Kng-ls nd, Janua ry 17. 1 ,'.,. His father. a Unitarian schoolmaster, school-master, died when David was an Infant In-fant and the child was adopted b an uncle, H:i hard Lloyd, a Welsh shoe- makei and la preacher with only a limitvl education, David went into; a law office? in the little town in north Wales where he lled with his uncle Then he married and soon dived Into politics. RAPID RISE TO FAAjEE. For 18 years he was a liberal member mem-ber of parliament representing Car-naraon. Car-naraon. Then came a rapid rlso to! fame His ascent to a place among; the mighty began in 1908. when Ai- ; cjuith became prime rhinfster. The little Welshman with the sparkling' I eyes entered the cabinet, as chant elor ' of the exchequer. The next year In : the- great budget battle he routed tho ones powerful houso of lords. His j achievements In this fight was called "tho firat victory against the prtvll-Iged prtvll-Iged citadel of wealth In the modern world." With the coming on of tho war Lloyd George convulsed the country by Introducing drastic reforms in tax-J at ion which put new burdens on the wealthy classes and confiscated part of the unearned Increment of land PACKS TRKMJiNDOl'S TASK. In 1916 when England was threatened threat-ened with strikes at. a time when Germany was scoring her heavy successes, suc-cesses, on the western front, Lloyd George left the chancellorship of the exchequer to become minister oi munitions, mu-nitions, and 'with no other equipment equip-ment than a private ori.tarv and an office table, staked his reputation and his future on mobilizing the Industrial Indus-trial resources of the nation before it was too late." In his tremendous task he succeeded succeed-ed and when Kitchener of Khartum was lost at sea. th" Welshman tool, his place as ser retary of state for war With Sir Enc Geddos. He rush d into the work of reorganizing the railway system supporting tlfS PrltiHit armies In France Then on December 6. 1916. he was called to tho premiership 1 Almost Immediately lie substituted (Coiitinuctl on Page Two) V uu LLOYD GEORGE j LONG II OFFICE I (Continued from lace One) a small compact war cabinet for the larger and more unwieldy ministry that had gone. During the War he turned tho In-! du.strlcB of Great Hrltain into ast munition factories, rulr'-d an army of j .".iiu.ooo men and organised G.OOO.OOo RUSHES MORE TROOPS He provided for construction of 4.000 000 tons of shipping, transferred transfer-red the big estates into truck gardens and hospitals for recuperation and enforced conscription on a proud nnJ? free people. He followed up the col-, lapse of Russia and the Italian de- baclo at Cuperetto b rushing British j troops to Siberia and Italy He helped help-ed make it possible for the United States to transport 2.000,000 soldkra to the western front and he was a' big factor In the appointment ofi Marshal Foch as generalissimo of the : allied forces. His nationalization of shipping' greatly mitigated the submarine men-i ace. i nher remarkable achievements of his regime included the enfranchisement enfran-chisement of women, the institution of a minimum wage for fanners, and the initiation and successful prosecution prose-cution of the Palestine expedition and the consequent downfall of Bulgaria I The British prime minister took as notable a part In the conclusion of pence as he has taken in the winning, of the war AT PEACE TRLE. When the armistice negotiations were concluded at Versailles, he was there When the pcint. conference assembled at Paris he went there ns the head of the British delegation and with President Wilson, riemenceau, I Orlando and Baron rhlnda. of Japan,' constituted the supreme council. During the peace conference and almost dully for the next three years tho lrl?h question gave Llovd George great anvlety. He gained the bitter hatred of some and the admiration of others when conditions In Ireland grew eo serious that he decided to deal with the situation In a military way and send the Black and Tani Into that troubled rnuirfn m. .w position that whatever freedom n - land received she would have to re-main re-main within the empire and In this too. he had his way. In the appraisal "of admirers Lloyd George was frequently credited with having "always given to the p. .or and oppressed the first place in bio heart " OITI N ( H (;ki MIND It was frequently said ot him that no statesman ever changed bis mind on questions as many times. Bv some h. was regarded as an opportunist who switched his position with great npeed and dexterity whenever the bandwagon seemed to turn In unexpected unex-pected directions Nobody could ever tell what lie was, cr-.ing do next Each time of the manv that his ietn. his purposes and his government govern-ment were under fire, the staunch lit- ti Welshman, not content with merely mere-ly defending his position, hurled his stinging oratory In a flerco counterattack counter-attack upon his critics. Personally he was always a popular figure and not even the Prince of Wales was photographed for the new papers and magazines more often than the little Welshman who bore the title of prime minister. |