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Show I I LLOYD-GEORGE WILL J IIJITIIE FALL Celebrated Welsh Statesman I Announces-His Visit to the I United States. II MAY GO TO THE PACIFIC 1 1 Stops Will Be Made En Route 1 in Response to Many m Urgent Invitations. I' 3y CHESTER OVERTON. Speclnl Cab!: to Tho Tribune. LONDON', Dec, 25. Lloyd George has now nnnounccd his visit to the United States for next September. When u Relocation of prominent Pittsburg -Welshmen approached him with nn Invitation to coma to Plttibur?, the chancellor, owln;: to the precarious position of tho homo rule nnd Woliih disestablishment bills, was then averse to sivlnfr a definite answer. Since thnt time, however, the sovcrament's position has so developed that Lloyd Gcorsro has been' able to de-oldo de-oldo upon September for tho visit. After the PlttaburK visit became public pub-lic the chancellor was delupcd with Invitations Invi-tations from Welsh bodies from almost r-verv town In .America. So far ho has declared his Intention to visit Now York. Philadelphia and Boston, whero ho Is prepared to address hie countrymen in tho vernacular. Permission Is Given. The chancellor expects to bo in Amor-lea. Amor-lea. about a month, 'Efforts aro being mado to Induce him to eoctend his Itinerary, Itin-erary, and thro Is overy prospect that he will visit Win Pacific coast and Btop off In tho middle west aa well. Meanwhile every precaution 1h belns taken to secure a triumphant reception, even If tho covcrnmcnt is turned out bo-fore bo-fore the tour begins. "Many things may happen before next fall." ho told the Plttnburj; dclcsatlon. "Tho government may not bo in power, and you wouldn't want mc thpn." "But wc should, " replied the delegation. delega-tion. "It lu Lloyd Georgo wo want, whether ho la- chancellor of tho exchequer ex-chequer or not.'' Will Remain One Month. This difficulty being removed, Lloyd George easily pot tho premier's permission permis-sion to mako tho. proposed vlalL Further Fur-ther nri'angoments have bcon moro or less held up owinc to tho refusal of the majority of doctorH to give medlca benefits bene-fits tinder thu chancellor's pot measure, the national Insurance acL Threata have been trwdo of Ktato medical services- iuiIoss the chancellor agrees with their term, but tho real result of tho rupture between the chancellor and tho doctor will not bo known until January Jan-uary If. Mounwhllo. unmindful of thir trouble that Is agitating tho Hritlah medical profession pro-fession and which now threatens to disrupt dis-rupt tho profession, Lloyd Georgo hau sonu to Crlcclcth, his native Welsh heath, where. In a modest llttlo bungalow bunga-low built Mnec his rlso to powor. he Ih spending iho brief Christmas parliamentary parliamen-tary recess. |