Farewell, Caesar!

Ex-Premier Lloyd George visited Philadelphia, Scranton, returned to Manhattan and left the U. S. on board the Majestic, thus concluding his triumphal American tour of 6,000 miles, during which he spoke in 22 cities.

Philadelphia. Here, as everywhere, Mr. George was welcome. The keynotes of the ex-Premier's two speeches in Philadelphia: "The Rhine is a river of blood." " We want you to help us bring peace to Europe." Later he said: " You say to us,' Why do you want us to get mixed up in it?' Why? It is because you are men. You have your political difficulties and your personal animosities, but I hope, regardless of all hindrances, the spirit which prompted you in 1776 will call you forth again in the defense of democracy."

Scranton, Pa. Before one of the biggest meetings that he had ad- dressed in the U. S., and to an audience composed almost entirely of Welsh people, Mr. George paid a sterling tribute to Mr. Charles M. Schwab and voiced a plea for " help, help, help." Of Mr. Schwab, Mr. George said: "He was the first man to come to our aid in organizing a more ample and efficient supply of munitions. The Kaiser offered him three times the price his great plant was worth in an effort to rob us of his support, but he stood by the Allies. You can therefore appreciate the feeling of a Britisher who took a leading part in the prosecution of the War toward a man who gave such chivalrous and generous aid to the cause of liberty when in jeopardy on the battlefields of Europe."

New York. During his brief stay of two and a half days in Manhattan, the principal activities of Mr. George were confined to attending a dinner of the Lotos Club, a visit to the grave of Theodore Roosevelt, an address in the Manhattan Opera House.

Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, in presenting the distinguished guest to the Lotos Club, said: " We welcome you to our Lotos land and to Bohemia not as a former President of the Board of Trade and Cabinet Minister for many years; not as Chancellor of the Exchequer, associated with policies that make history; not as Minister of Munitions or as Prime Minister of England--one of the greatest titles ever known to history--during the conduct of that stupendous war. We welcome you not as a statesman of national and international and permanent achievement and fame. We honor those things, we applaud those things; but we welcome to Bohemia and to the Lotos, David Lloyd George, human being."

Mr. George's speech dealt with the American Revolution's effect on Britain and said that it had taught the Mother Country how to treat her Dominions. Referring to the problem of reforming the House of Lords under Mr. Asquith's Government, he said that Dr. Butler was called in to inform the Cabinet upon the workings of the U. S. Senate. " There was no greater constitutional authority than Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, and we invited him to attend a Cabinet meeting. I think he is the first stranger to have ever attended a meeting of a British Cabinet. I never use the word foreigner when I am talking about America. He gave us a full account of the powers of your Senate, a very truthful account of the relations between the Senate and the House of Representatives. And we decided not to risk it." (Laughter, applause, cheers.)

At Oyster Bay, Mr. George laid a wreath upon the grave of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt. Attached to his floral tribute was a card upon which Mr. George had written: " To the memory of an attractive and powerful personality, who fought the good fight with radiant valour.

"D. LLOYD GEORGE.

"November 1, 1923."

The meeting in the Manhattan Opera House took place without any untoward incident, except a rumpus created by a band of hostile Irish, who were, however, held in check by the police. At this meeting Mr. George made his last speech, exhorted the U. S. to join Britain in saving civilization, which, said he, " is doomed within this generation to a catastrophe such as the world has never seen unless something is swiftly done to save it."

Among those who flocked to see and hear Mr. George:

Journalists: Arthur Brisbane, William R. Hearst, Frank A. Munsey, Adolph S. Ochs, Ralph Pulitzer, Herbert B. Swope, Henry L. Stoddard, Lawrence F. Abbott, Ogden M. Reid.

Financiers: George F. Baker, Jr., August Belmont, Thomas W. Lamont, Dwight W. Morrow, E. R. Stettinius, Willis H. Booth, Seymour L. Cromwell, Otto H. Kahn, Fred I. Kent, Seward Prosser, Frank A. Vanderlip, Felix M. Warburg, Paul M. Warburg.

Lawyers: Paul D. Cravath, John W. Davis, Alton B. Parker, Frank L. Polk, Samuel Untermyer, G. W. Wickersham.

Business Men: Irving T. Bush, Charles M. Schwab, Elbert H. Gary, Julius H. Barnes, Alfred C. Bedford, Eugene G. Grace.

Politicians: Alfred E. Smith, Charles D. Hilles.

Divines: Wm. T. Manning, Ernest M. Stires.

Major General Bullard, President N. M. Butler of Columbia, Samuel Gompers, Edward F. Albee (vodvil man).

Golf Metaphor. Ex-Premier Lloyd

George's proclivity for using golfing expressions recalls a number in speeches he has made. At the Manhattan Opera House, he said: " I have only two things to say about its [Hughes' proposal to assist in reparations conference] future course. I do not know how many ladies and gentlemen there are here who play golf. [Laughter.] Just a few, I see. There are two principles which are constantly dinned into the ear of the goiter which I would apply to Mr. Secretary Hughes' proposal now. The first is, follow through. The second is, keep your eye on the ball. It might get lost. You are playing in rough country, full of bankers, part of it a wilderness. There are some who might try and get the ball into the rough and once it is there they might even substitute another. Follow through. Keep your eye on the ball, once you have begun. And if you do that I believe this great play will be won. Europe will be better for it. America will be better for it. The world will be better for it. Humanity will be better, civilization will be better for it."

Then there is the old, old story of how Mr. George invited M. Briand to play golf at Cannes, France; how he told the latter gentleman to keep " his eye on the ball," advice which M. Briand followed. His Chamber of Deputies thought that M. Briand ought to have kept his eye on politics; M. Briand was ousted.

In a speech at Genoa (1922) Mr. George, speaking to some Anglo-American journalists, chose as his subject the difficulties attending pre-War and post-War debt settlements with the Soviet Government. He spoke for about 20 minutes and throughout his speech he used golfing metaphors. The Allies were " bunkered " for the moment. A skillfully used "niblick " would put them " on the green." He expected to "hole out" in a few days. Tchicherin had momentarily laid the conference a " stymie," et cetera.

Departure. The following day Mr. George, accompanied by his wife, daughter and entourage, left the U. S. on board the White Star Liner Majestic. He expressed himself sorry to leave, but hoped that circumstances would permit him soon to return and visit the South and the West. Reporters asked him the time-worn question: "Have you a final message to the American people before you sail? " " Only this," he replied, " I am very sad at leaving this hospitable land and its most warm-hearted people."

One hour later the ship had left the harbor, was carrying Mr. George back to troubled Europe, back to his native land, back to politics and perhaps, eventually, to the Premiership of Great Britain.