Another favourable symptom was the fact that we were now
beginning to enjoy the reward of having punished ourselves in the matter of taxation. He pointed *out that the exports in October were bettor than they had been since March. " Orders are at last beginning to fly in from the deluged lands, and the blue sky is beginning to emerge." Mr. Lloyd George then spoke of the Washington Conference as " a rainbow across the sky." " The American Conference has the future of civilization in its charge, therefore earnestly pray for its success. . . . Every man and woman of British birth has been taught to regard a serious- quarrel with America as unthinkable." Turning to Ireland he reminded his audience of how Sam Feiners had been invited to join in a settlement of Ireland. " There is a bettor prospect of that invitation being heeded to-day than in any other time for years." Then he read the partie3 to the Confer- ence a little lecture on the duties of giving and taking, this being particularly sent, no doubt, to the address of Ulster.
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