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Show MITES OF mm AND 1L0YD GEORGE leal Policies Adopted Industrial Crisis Save Situation Jmier big issue e Minister's Qualities Raised; Griffith and Collins K)V. COX SAYS: Btvil George, the prime in. QDk the ccntei ' the jKgathcrs in linglanil. II" fWonly on" f the outstanding pes of the war that remains In ner prediction r-,n pret; safel; tyjnadt that ;hf day of the old-Hned old-Hned English I" riland past for t hi- time, and (E very serious doubt whether 11 ever p.-lurn JBjand adopted n policy jjHBepend' ni s w hi' h shook t )v iCnarlf- to their toes when I ' gBiitlatcd Th. are now quit--jffed that li saved ihe country a serioua situation L tk feud u .-. -A 1 Kcllffe was Inevitable because W confli ' i : i K Bex of the men. be 1721. England has had onl: Jrlmc ministers. . In the riffrears since the beginning r rfjHird republic. France has h l'I Mttnlers and ridmlni-' !Kr an a erase t"nn of tJfn months !' ;i nr.:i.st'T '"whroin h cs and yn'A a muh. ii of them. Ebtcdiv higher Hum any v. h--i jThere is a. common appreel eusc II- r )"!' i! .: i'.n is homo-Is homo-Is and ' ) . s'reM of the war and lerniath has in.- m i in d h--r . pttl S.o adopted ;i p..:;. B to the un .. . 'li fcnts which -hook the reaction-( to their to - when it was lnltlat- are now quite agr m tho cuun.ry from a .-erlous Bt, 1S22 jf mt million s;n ill" o.-. ;nn i ' jndar y.n- an 1 ol over B thous i ii . . in pared to July K The MB Grtar. lie;- .in I- vpillonM. It will be n BW 'serious the probl-m Hans . SBhetn' - ggfgHul unetuplovrio-ir .- DfEN l'I I' 1 ( ujt K er the t :-. i... :o I ; r ; Sflbf a million u. n w n road-buii i.n .1. . . i tC f Wiiter supplies PBflE ra'.lio.id edlng up of .ov . iTinii n: i,l Credii s v. i i.. 'i !'" QOlrposo of re-eslabU.-di i : .1 de. Over ninety million i rids en paid oui in o. to ; , i yed. I'nder tru- ..,:-:. :n I! ave paid int.. i he ! jQt million pounds, ..nd t ! Mpons twenty-one. nililioii. r -are said to .-om. 11 1' withstanding tir.s. Hie basi'i 6 Involved Is iommend d e-. n tf lervativ.-s T r. id. .b . t n.n-rdlnarily n.n-rdlnarily run against govern-lid govern-lid to lndi Idu.iln cannot In Ajj P be made to the present plan! u, rcixaon ih.it fainill. H have fdt I ,tJi' Iships ..(.'.'.is..t ii" , i r rvW' e go i-i ntn.-riT d' l.i. i-.l :.iid j Be SUppi.irte.j witliout i fg.-i :d I tl iuence 'George th.- pi Inn- nnn.Mt.-r, fffM' Inter aliout whb h llo- si..nu Jfi 'in Eriglund II.- is the only JlCthe outstanding Hsun.r .f the .t remains In power. In dla-per.sonaiitii dla-per.sonaiitii i in. average D at ..n. . . n u l ! s about FCertainl , )...-, .. periled t " glnation of the win hi and nd foe nr.- in ar. m. thai it ., i a mf.si unusual man to . the l b-Hi. ir yflr jh early i.art of i h- -ummei lid oci - tonally find an Enff-(On Enff-(On the c.nt liu-nt win. i-x-the opiiib.n K Of ;.-..rg. - 1 1 : ll.-i ial bi ll ; Id desh . .1 for a Unit' a I b a-t I fcf an "old-fashioned English 9 It." In other words, the wanted a breathing spell, and It ha.i associated Georgu i turbulence of th- last two (j Ventuii'.j t.. i .-mat k ' bat p : -IJJF ngland ... iinli-.l a r. I i. -, !.. W I?" but t n.- qui. i, . ;P fTJr' exp'.n.n." has t-.i-.: v I th.. .i-.,,,i,, . . u , ,lM,, ,,,., . 1 1 1 I Hfd lierhv as fitting Into the . tetlnui-d on Page TTHvo) COX WRITES OF 010 ENGLAND American Editor Praises Qualities Which Keep Lloyd George at Head (Continued From Page One.) requirements of a reaction townrl conservatism. All through the summer sum-mer the question was. ' Who will succeed suc-ceed George?" PRAISED AND ACCUSED "When we r 'ached Ixmdon. tho answer an-swer seemed to be that Lloyd George vvould b0 his own successor, meaning by this that he would hold over until the next gen-nil election, whioh comes In 1923. There are few who believe ,thnt a special election will he held this year. George's critics charge him with l'iim an opportunist"; his rrlonds meet It with the claim that If the gOV-ernmi gOV-ernmi at had held arbitrarily to certain flx.d policies It could not have con-tinued con-tinued You hear It said that George every morning ascertains the direction f tho wind in the currents of public opinion, but you will usually find an enthusiastic enthusias-tic supporter who will Inquire vvheth-,er vvheth-,er It Is not the wise man who rifles with, rather than defies, the storms in a menacing hour. Some say that his performance has not been up to his preachment of progressive measures, whereupon tho contention Is advanced that he has been very much nnrc progressive than any of his predecessors. predeces-sors. VPPEAXiED TO IV STRESS Unlike the two Pitts:, George hai perfect health and he has the advantage advan-tage or an early experience with the everyday affairs and cares of the average aver-age man. Certainly no premier knew human nature any better than George does. If he were a military general It would be said of him that ho assembled as-sembled his line after reverses ami made combinations with such strati - gie skin ns to confute his opposition A member of tho reactionary group Bpokfl in extensive criticism of George, whereupon I asked him why It vv is Uhat a man possessing the delinquencies delinquen-cies Just aliened could hold on so long His reply was, "Well. It's a most extraordinary ex-traordinary thing. A menacing problem prob-lem arises public alarm develops. George arises In the house of commons com-mons and with a reassurance that soems all-sujft Icient he enlms the ele-jments ele-jments of dlseont-nt. Things move so fast that the circumstance or situation sit-uation fails to hold general interest, and then we conservatives ask ourselves our-selves what, If anything, it was that i.e. ire;' actually did. But the point is that the storm la over and George still sits at No io Downing street." The prediction enn pretty safely be made that tho day of the old-fashioned English statesman In England Is past for the time, an.l there's very serious doubt whether it will ever return. EMERG1 Si POIiXCOES. Many policies of the present aro. of course, based upon emergency. No one seriously proposes for Instance, a continuance con-tinuance of Insurance against unemployment unem-ployment beyond tho existing period of depression. A very wise old Scotchman, Scotch-man, however, made tho observation that it might bo very much harder to abandon this law than It was to creato It. He gave point to his thought by recalling tho story of tho Irishman who grabbed the pig by the tall and found it a deal of trouble to let go Lloyd Georgo will be slxtv years old next January. While of Welsh parentage, par-entage, he was born In Manchester. At eighteen, he visited tho house of commons. com-mons. In his diary, ho recorded those Impressions: "I will not say but that 1 eyed the assembly In a spirit similar to that In which William the Conqueror Con-queror eyed England on his visit to Edward the Confessor aa the region of his future domain " Ho Is ono of the most effective public speakers of Ills time, and yet his oratory Is not of the fervid kind He is rather free from gesticulation, his voice has a carrying effect and does not huve to be forceel; ho commands com-mands intense interest, colors his observations ob-servations with pertinent anecdote and gives point to his thought with stories that como to him with a facility that was characteristic of Lincoln. FEUD MOST BITTER The feud between Goorge and Northcll'fe was inevitable because of the conflicting temperamental qualities quali-ties of the two men. You hear many thi'Tl i ' pressed ns to what actually actual-ly brought about disagreement, Some believe (hat it resulted from a technical techni-cal violation of confidence Tho story is related that at a meeting meet-ing at No. io Downing etrset between tho two men, George aske(i Northrllffc whether he would like to take chnrgoj of tho air sen Ice hy ministerial appointment ap-pointment Northcllffo said he would like to think It over. A day or two afterward he wrote a letter declining the offer which literally had not be " mado, and publlwhed It In his paper jThere was confusion In the department depart-ment In quest Inn and considerable agitation agi-tation In th-- prime minister's office Northcllffe wns Idolised by the. newspaper fraternity that Is, the workers looked upon him as a benefactor bene-factor to the profession. I remarked on the kindly comment In the English I press which followed Northcllffe's death rind a gentleman holding a ro-spon ro-spon lible station on one of the morning morn-ing papers said that even If there had I in ii a policy of unklndness. in was quite cert a I n that no newspaper pub- i Usher would hav e been abb- to Induce J any of the Journalists to write MENTIONED tN JEST. I asked Mr EJteed, the editor or tha Times, Northcllffe's most Influential publication, whether he had at :my time during his llfo expressed the wish to be buried In Westminster Abbey :IIe said ho had never mentioned It but once, and that was probably in jest. StSpd and Nortficllff Were play-ling play-ling golf on a course near London. Number eight hole, was v ery ham Steed played It In four, whereupon NorUlCliffe remarked. "If I over did that, ami was burjed in Westminster Abbey. I would wan them to write on my monument that 'He played number eight In four ' " Since 17:' 1 England has had only thlriy-slx prime ministers. One has served four times, two three times, and nine twlco at the head of affaire. Singularly, the average length of an administration has been about four years. In the fifty years since the beginning of th.- third republic, Francs has had thirty-seven premiers, and sixty-five administrations, or an aver-ago aver-ago term of less than seventeen months for each minister. Five of tho Urltlsh prime ministers have been Scotchmen, three Irish, one Welshman. Welsh-man. Twenty-five have been the sons of peers, and clghtesn heirs to a peerage. All except four were born in affluent circumstances, and all X- pt four wre brought Up In the country 1'ltt became prime minister when he was twenty-four years old ladslotfe completed his tenure when he wus past eighty Only eight can be said to have had any profession Other than that of politics. Two of these were soldiers, one a novelist, one a business man and but four were lawyers. When you remember the statement made during DIsraellM regime by Lady Monfort that "all prime ministers have tho gout." it Is surprising that tho average length of llfo has been seventy years. George's service of sixteen consecutive years aa a member mem-ber of the cabinet is unsurpassed for nearly a century. George takes great prido in showing show-ing his visitors through the Downing street establishment, lie is proud of tho traditions of tho old cabinet room, although it Is not difficult to sense his disapproval of tho events that lod to tho American revolution. Ho said, speaking of this historic episode: "Here's where it all started, right In this room, and that fellow up there (pointing to Lord North's picture) made all tho trouble" Tho term of the average prime minister min-ister during the greater part of the last two hundred years has been tempestuous. tem-pestuous. When Disraeli responded to the congratulations of his friends over his election, he said: "Yes, I havo got to the top of the greasy pole " I have so greatly admired the lato Arthur Griffith, and his distinguished co-worker, Michael ColIIna also deceased, de-ceased, that I cannot restrain carrying carry-ing Into this story Lloyd George's expressed ex-pressed estimate of the two men In speaking of Griffith, he said: "Ho was a genuinely ablo man. He was never in a hurry in his mental processes. He always knew what ho was about. The subjects under discussion dis-cussion were given careful thought and he moved into his Judgments with such unwavering conviction that once agreement was reached he nover retraced re-traced his steps. No man ever lived with a greater moral courage. When we began the conference out of which camo Irish freedom, wo agreed In le"s than fifteen minutes on the way we would go about it Finally time came for acceptance or rejection. Ho calmly said, I am going to accept It ' I asked him what his colleagues would do, and he replied that he did not know, but that ho believed in the plan and he would defend It if ho had to do It alone. His death was a great less to Ireland and to humanity." i 'f i ollins ho said-"Mike said-"Mike was one of the rarest spirits I ever mot. Ho would have had a great career. His physical courage Is responsible for his taking too many chances. Ho was so useful to his people peo-ple that he should havo given morej regard for his own safety. Ho had strong opinions but was always courts cour-ts ous and accorded to the other fellow the right to his beliefs ' Sir Horace Plunkett. whoso service for Ireland is well known cays that Collins was the composite type of srddlcr and statesman." (Copyright, K'2J. by EA Service. Inc. What about the- Ix-ajrue of Natlonx? Ex-Governor Cox will t-n what it la doing In tomorrow's article. |