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Show LLOYD GEORGE SOON TO LEARN SAD LESSONS Nit Wit's Vote Counts as Much as That of a Pitt. IIV MAXIMILIAN 1HRDEN Gcrmuiiy's Foremost PablldSt, (Copyright, lf22. by The Standard-Examlnerj Standard-Examlnerj BERLIN, Oct. 2 8 Mrs. Lloyd G' ui'K, who certainly knows her hui-pand hui-pand better or worse th:in anybody else, says his resignation does not : make muc h difference In David's life Sinci lis Is i born fighter and will continue to fight even outside of of-fltfe, of-fltfe, Nobody doubts it but as a slm- 1 pie member ot parliament be wllj not havi the premier's superior weapons and It Is doubtful whether even tho Biblical David, after ills dothrone- ni would have succeeded in killing kill-ing Goliath with tho ordinary shepherd's shep-herd's weapons. Possibly Goliath Is today lacking In tho house of commons but any parliamentary 'nit-wit's" vote counts as much as that or a rut and wiierol the majority rules Intellect risks dc-feat dc-feat David's prophesy that the country I will not allow a government b mi -dloi Pity WBS not based on experience, Indeed, history .shows mediocrities often ar' indl.spenslble In the transition transi-tion period. England wunts to be ESngllfb again which Lloyd Gootko never was. nxrAOiu roH i.u. Men of foreign or half foreign nationality na-tionality often iiaw hypnotic power 1 over tho people. Alexander, Tho Gri it, wab an Albanian, Napoleon, a Corsican; Louis Napoleon, Dutch; the I Hohcnzollerns came to Prussia from south Germany, C'ath. rlA. Russia 3 greatest ruling talent. v,is German! I Disraeli and Stahl, organizers of tne Prussian junk' r party, were Jows, and lUsinarck had a drop of Slav blood. Lioyd George, extraordinarily non-I non-I English, accomplished w-hat the oth-1 ers seemed Impossible and even the Iron Kitchener was powerless to do. He compelled rapid flow of an Immense Im-mense amount of munitions; built np a tremendous military machine; so- cured unity of command, compelled 1 the endurance of the nation in Us j darkest days. Ho was the moving 1 power of the war und was not afraid to iniposo the heaviest taxes ev-jn during the war. thus saving the country- Ho won tho working elass win u OS chancellor of the exchequer he introduced the 'poor man's budget" and as R pacifist opposod tlie B01 r war's Imperialistic policies and as a Socialist opposed the privileges of tho . lords. His hypnotic pov r over men saved the umpire from financial ruin Probably mo Englishman could have achieved such mastery over the popular pop-ular Imagination. GOOD MI DI T01L He was admiraul titted to media'.u between two continents because he possessed unperlshablc gaiety, x-traordinary x-traordinary Idealism, Ruptlst sentimentality, senti-mentality, together with the impartial business sense- of tho best Americans Any hundred per cent Englishman wo'uld have hesitated to break the treaty with Japan, abandon fleet su-premacy, su-premacy, grant the dominions full ; rights of determination in agreement on the Imperial policy, allow Ireland tie same statutes au England, mako concessions to Egyptian nationalism, and even prepare tho vvuy for the self government of India. Lloyd George did this because he undr- j stood modern necessities and that only by this price could America's lasting friendship be had. , Ho finally foil a victim to his own 1 power Crowds of cheering flattereru Influenced his judgment making him j ' believ e that ho could do anything ' His hasty soviet negotiations wen bas'-d on the dcslro to controi new-petroleum new-petroleum resources, his moody, rnon- I arch-like behavior at Genoa and l-i dally sermons directed toward FrattOe on self-restraint despite the EnglUn destruction of Germany's navy, and if.he Balfour notes a transparent at-; 1 tempt at pressure on America were the most prominent but not the only 1 j mistakes he made In recent months. 1 0 accomplish the precise Industrious Polncare's fall. sinc; the latter would! not yield to his hypnotism he threat-j sned and scolded France, provoking rude retort! Then came the fatal j error of his Near East policy. The premier could have suvod himself him-self ir he could have lound tho courage cour-age to say: , HE FEARED FURY. "Our empire won't bow before Asia, ' and won't allow the Turk, under I ; Whoss misrule tho richest lands wero j devastated, to return to Europe and I I make Adrlanoplc and Constantinople h aaln the scene of ghe.stly Christian j massacres." Rut he feared the fanatical fury of ; the Indian Mohammedans and four 1 years after victory put his signature I to the greatest humiliation in the his- ! tory of EiiRland 3 Oriental policy, lie , lulled to perfect the agreement with I I Russia, The Prince of Wales' Indian I I trip, was a failure and the Sultan I Kallf is more powerful than for cen- I turies. Italy Is discontented a-id the entente tics are loosened while David's ( harp and Ulng no longer are t f ii I 1 tual I ! Now he has to disappear. For how 1 long? The November fog descends on ! England's cliffs and only one thlmr 1 j is certain Mrs Lloyd George Is right,' j when she says her husband will con- I tlnue to fight for his political alms, j For which ? That s the question. I When a man loses power ihrou'h rendering service to royalty ho soon ! learns to treasure again the old radl- I cal democracy. |