He stated that isolation of munition
depots may have many advantages,
blit he was not in a position to say
at this time whether he would urge
the abandonment of those depots and
LLOYD GEORGE, MAN OF CRISES,
RENEWING LIFE AND INFLUENCE
Ex-Prime Minister, Little Wizard, Stormy Petrel of
Britain’s Varying Fortunes, Becoming Domi
nant Figure as of Old.
BY EDWARD PRICE REEL.
By Cabin to Thp Star and Chicago Da,ily Npwr.
LONDON, July 24.—1 n Great Brit
tain’s exertion to improve her in
dustrial and economic situation, and*
thereby to re-establish her political
and social life upon a solid basis, one
of her most renowned public men ap
pears to be emerging from what some
were inclined to regard as permanent
eclipse. This man, by inborn faculty,
is a man of crises. His spiritual home
is in the political cyclone-belt. Wild
waters, domestic or foreign, set him
on the wing. He is, I suppose, the
world's liveliest human stormy petrel.
Need one name him?
David Lloyd George, for six oner
ous and dangerous years (1917-23)
British prime minister, was an old
parliamentary hand long before that.
He got his politic*, not out of his nurs
ing bottle, but earlier. Just as Swin
burne, for example, came into the
world a poet, so Lloyd George came
into it a politician. He has had his
ups and downs. His hat has gone into
the ring for countless fights—"all of
which,” says he, "I hated. I hated
them all. I am a man of peace.”
Whereupon, his audience claps fren
ziedly and rocks with laughter.
Ready When Country Calls.
Not idolized everywhere in Great
Britain for some years now, Lloyd
George is reviving. His heart is beat
ing more quickly. His lips are firmer.
