Mr. Lloyd George's letter on the retiring Liberal Ministers is
precisely the sort of letter Mr. Lloyd George might be expected to write. So far as it shows traces of, malice there is some provocation, for I understand L. G. was invited to attend the Queen's Hall meeting, but not invited to speak at it. The organizers may have been wise in that, for Mr. Lloyd George might have said on the platform what he said in his letter, which would have rather chilled what he calls " a joust to welcome returning prodigals." Be that as it may, what Liberals and some others would like to know is what Mr. Lloyd George's considered intentions are politically. To say that is to assume that he has any, which, I think, is doubtful. He is in the best of health physically and enjoying being a farmer more than. he has enjoyed most things in life. His pigs and his three thousand poultry and the rest of it fill life very satisfactorily. But no man was ever more ready to let bygones be bygones when necessary (or with greater reason), and my own prediction is that if the Samuel Liberals, which means, of course, the Liberal Party of the future, really mean to put its back into schemes of reconstruction and employ- ment, Churt will see its squire a good deal less and Westminster a good deal more. And if there is to be a real Liberal campaign on disarmament, absentee landlordism will be more conspicuous still.
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