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NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 16 s jy J y vy n w ins mi in v ' r TODAY 52 PAGES FOUR SECTIONS A CAROLINA HOME NEWSPAPER OF CONSTRUCTIVE IDEALS, CLEAN AND RELIABLE IN NEWS SERVICE, AND A PROMOTER OF SOUTHERN. RESOURCES. 7 FOUNDED 1869. CHARLOTTE,; NG", SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1922. PRICE: FIVE CENTS DAILY SEVEN CENTS SUNDAY. LLOYD GEORGE BEGM CAMPAIGN TO REGAIN PREMIERSHIP Methodist Conference lis Working To Finish oon Work Bv Monday N e . ....... , . ,. , v Appointments of Preachers Ex- pected by That Hour. U , SATURDAY A BUSY DAY Candidate for Ministry Barred Because 54 Years of Age. BISHOP DENNY SPEAKS Number of Reports of Boards I and Standing Committees ,' Read and Adopted. BY MAMIE BATS. MONROS. Oct. 11. Constituting the leading features of the two alone of the western North Carolina Methodist conference beld today , ; were the nddreee of Bishop Denny to the cUae of undergraduates who were received Into full connection, ' the reception of another candidate for admission, the dleouealon regard- j lag the admission of another candi dal, whoN tfi being 14 yeere wan the cauae of ia failure to gain ad anlsalon on trial, the election of four nder graduate and one local preacher to the order of deacon and the adoption f a number of reports. 'of the conference boards and stand ing committees. ' ' The 11 ret a (tern oon session of the ' annual session was held today, the purpose of this being to hasten the completion of the business of the W.vbody in order to make posslbls final adjournment on Monday. f It is con ; fidently expected that the appoint ments of the preachers for the com ing rear win bo read oa Monday by . the hoar of noon. - he devotional service with which the looming session opened was .a,tmA at tha ranaaat of BlshOO Denny, by Bet. V, B. War v of AH v Qax motion. A. C Tlppett a menv ' W of too clean e the accent Tear, : having passed the .examination of character and having passed the ' "' committee oa examination, was ad- Vaneed to the elate of tb third nw v-.- ' - To taperasMtrary List. On motion. H. M Blair and 3. W. Long were referred to the commit tee oa conference relations for the supernumerary relation and N. R. Richardson was referred to the same committee for the superan nuate relation, all of these references being made at the request of those so referred. Announcement was made that 3. 1L Neal had surrendered his creden tials and had withdrawn from the ministry of the church. On motion. T. L. Kluts was dis continued, at his own request, ans wering minute question I, "Who have withdrawn 7" The hour for the order of the day , for the reception of the class Into full connection in the conference having arrived, the following named undergraduates constituting this clash were called before the chancel of the church, and following the ad dress of Bishop Denny, were re ceived: C. W. Bowling. A. O. Canada, R. O. Eller, T. W. Hayes, A. C. Kennedy, D. A. Lewis. J. T. Man gum. W. A. Rollins, A. C. tlppett, R. A. Trultt R. E. Ward. T. P. Jiml son. The statistical secretaries having completed their work shows that the conference contributed for all pur poses the past year a net total of $1,871,711. this being a net decrease of: S45.(4S compared with the net total contributed the previous year. Barred Because of Age. A. C. Tetherow. from the Mount Airy district, a cand date for admlai aion on trial in the conference, was not received, on the ground of bis age, which was 14 years. The point was made during the discussion of his case on the conference floor that to receive a man as far advanced in years as this candidate would be set ting a precedent and that within a few, years the probability waa that he would become a conference claimant, dependent upon the board of finance for support and that this won i a not ne just to otner memDers of the conference who had spent their earlier years In service within Its ranks. One member of the con ference used the word "right" In stead of "Jurt'ce" in this discussion, saying it would not bo right to the Other members of th conference to receive a man on trial of the age of this candidate. Bishop Denny at once called at tention to the fact that a difference exists between- a right and a privi lege and said that the "right" to do a , Anything cannot be refused to any one without doing that one an In justice, Inasmuch as right exists for the defense of Justice, but that a privilege" can be denied without lri fringlng upon justice. - B-shop Denny then said: "I ought never to have been made a bishop, for whenever a question Involv.ng the difference between right and privilege comes up, as on this case before us today, I always want the floor to discuss the difference." - When the vote, on the question was taken, Mr. Tetherow was not admitted on trial in the conference and Bishop Denny then said: "Had you denied this brother the right to corns Into the conference on trial, you would have done him an in Jus- ELEVEN KILLED AND 14 HURT IN WRECK ROCTTACH, Alsaoe-Iorrainc, Lorraine, Oct. Sl-Eleven per spue were killed and 14 hart tn a rear end ooUlstoa of trains near here today. The Lyons express ran, Into- freight train when, through error, the express waa switched to a freight siding Instead of being al lowed to go through at full speed oa the mala track. , rani suits Tobacco Cooperatives After all Alleged Contract Breakers. Damages Asked in Each In stance, Together With AIlow - ance for Attorney's Fees. ' RALEIGH. Oct II. The Trl ' State Tobacco Growers Ce-oper-ative association today Instituted suits against 14 members of the association . In eight counties ' aaklng damage at tha rata f 4 five cents a, pouad tor tobacco : , alleged to bare bees fold by tha growers outside tha association f H jUif-witt Stared In. taakt'suoertor; wiutjaA fn'-'aS:, "fat then Judge -Tnoaaa B Cal- '' - vert- signed temporary restrain lng orders enjoining 4he defend ante from selling more tobacco , outside tha aasoc'-" ..,.., Tha largest grower named In tha suits Sled yesterday la W. J. Bait, of Wise. Warren county, , who la alleged to have raised or acquired a crop of lOt.OtO pounds of tobacco, of which 10.- - 000 pounds have been sold out side of the association with the remainder yet to be sold. Dam ages are asked for In the sum of I1.S00 In addition to an al lowance of $760 for attorney's ; fees, i ' f Karnes of the six defendants enjoined, with tha amount of damages asked for at the rate of ' t cents a pound, follow: 1 Henry A. Mason, Wake, 1400 plus 1360 attorney's fees; Al Walker, Wake, 1500, plus MOO attorney's fees; J. T. Daniel, Granville, 1150, plus 1100 at torney's fees; David Gurganus, Green. $250, plus 1200 attorney's, fees; C. E. and M. T. Wlnstead, Person, $1,000 plus $500 attor ney's fees; W. i. Bait. Warren, $2,500 plus $760 attorney's fees. No complaints were filed In the other eight suits, which were against the following mem ' . bers of the association: T. M.- Conna, Wake; C. H. Branton, W. T. Denby, W. J. Ange, Thad Leggett and H. D. Wollord, all of- Beaufort; James H. Barnes, Johnston; - T. M. Bunting, "Martin. The actions were brought by Burgess and Joynes and Aaron Saplro, attorneys for the asso ciation. The association Is compowi of growers of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, bin all of the tefemlnn'.i in today's suits are restdotits of orth Carolina, . EARL CRAIG DEAD IN GASTONIA FROM INJURIES His Car Collided With Street Car Lived Only Few Hours After Accident . GASTONIA, Oct. 21. Earl . Craig, 21 years old, died here to night at 9 o'clock from injuries received at o'clock when the car In which he was riding col lided with a street car on Frank lin avenue, Craig was thrown 20 feet to the sidewalk, both jaw bones were broken. He receiv ed severe internal Injuries and he never regained comtciousness. He was ths son of Sanitary Officer B. W. Craig and is sur - vived by his parents, several brothers and sisters. Bystanders say that he ,was .attempting to pass another auto, when .he ran Into the street car. CANT PARDON MEMBERS OF CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD a rate ; . SPRINGFIELD, ILL.. Oct 21. The Illinois supreme court in an o.inlon h. nded dewn tonight de nies the right-of Governor Small to pardon members ' of the Chicago s"hool board who were recently or dered lined ' and Imprisoned on charges of contempt of the Cook county circuit court. The court directs that the fines be collected and that the board mem bers be sent to jail. ' - HiS I Renders Accounting of His Stewardship at Washington. HE DISCUSSES INJUNCTION Defends His Department Against Attack in Connection With ' War Fraud Cases. CANTON, O.. Oct ?1 -(By the Associated Press.) Making his only campaign speech to the voters of hia home state. Attorney , uenerai Daugherty tonight rendered an ac counting of hia stewardship at Washington, defended hia course In the Chicago injunction proceedings and In the prosecution of war frauds.' and declared that despite "accusa tion and calamity" the department of justice would proceed to perform Its duties as it sees them under tha constitution. In the strike emergency, the at torney general said, the federal gov ernment used the Injunction as the least drastic means at band for res cuing the country from "the grip of Civil war." He ascribed some of the blame to "the radicalism and character" of prominent labor lead era, and some of. It to "hard boiled" railway executives, and asserted that any attorney general who would not have acted under the circumstances "should be Impeached." Declaring the real purpose of at tacks oa the department's record in war frauds Investigation was to fores the hand of the government, and prematurely .disclose, important Vt dence, Mr. Daugherty said auck as saults had fctett Inspired,' not bj the department's .inactivity; but because tender spots had. been, touched by the suits already finder way, "We would have heard, Uttle etitt et&m of the department of justice.' ha sald "had It not been discovered that a case Uka tha, chemical foiA- aarJoai for instancjs, (in whleh-M-sc sable patents were assigned by pubr lie officials to companies which they themselves had organised,)' was nn- der Investigation, s md ' the part played by those Involved also waa being , scrutinized . by , government agents." Y.... DlfflcnlUea Encountered. The attorney general recounted the dlffioultles encountered in war fratfd prosecutions In the face, of scattered evidence of which he said 'the pre vious administration did not .avail Itself when the time was opportune; He said his own administration had gone to work as soon as It waa in stalled. - "As soon as It became known how efficiently the work was going on" he continued, "the storm broke. The opposition of the crooks was con ducted behind a smoke screen - of calumny treated for their own es cape, and the real reason for the at tack was, in every Instance, with held. The very men against whom both civil and criminal proceedings have been brought, were using the Ignorant and the notoriety seeker to make charges In the open that noth ing was being done by the depart ment of justice. "The real reason for their activity was the fact .that things were being done. "A congressional Investiga tion was demanded. Why 7. Be cause they could then, as they thought, disorganise us and compel us to produce the evidence prema turely and thus dissipate the govern ment's efforts' to bring and try the cases in a dignified, orderly way." Sumn Up Record. Summing up the record of the de partment under his administration, the attorney general said more than 400 cases are undergoing liquidation, that 150 dealing with war-time frauds were in .the hands of United States attorneys throughout i the country, and that 13 fraud indict ments already had been returned. In the past year, he said, the depart ment had begun 9,640 civil and 60, 000 criminal prosecutions, while ad judications and penalties collected since he came Into office totaled nearly $8,000,000. Mr. Daugherty prefaced his dis cussion of the rail strike with an assurance that he was no enemy of honestly organized labor. "I am your sincere friend and" will not deceive you." he sa d, addressing the laborer directly, "but you make a mistake when you set up rules in conflict with the rules, laws and con stitution of our common country. Principal - Trouble. "Tour principal trouble lies and your greatest danger is In the radi cal sm and character of some of your most prominent leaders. Tour security lies In the constitution of the United States and in the laws of the United States, and in the good opin ion, by you deserved', of all , the American people. There la no quar rel between labor and the govern ment. "A few Irreconcilable railroad executives, . who Insist upon calling themselves '"hrd boiled," might also with considerable benefit to the country, be dispensed .with. The tauit is not au on one side, but at a time when strife that was almost civil war raged in this country, the government having the right to do so, Insisted upon the railroads per forming their necessary functions to serve the people. Those in conflict with the railroads Interfered with the performance of this service, and - (Cesttneed en Pace Twe.) HULL-GOES AFTER G. 0. P. FOR BRIBERY IN CAMPAIGN Democrats :Turn Loose Heavy Gufis National Chairman Sees Rottenness in Rhode Island as a Direct Result of Newberry- -iam tt. UnjterJ States Senate Round of Hot Shots From ehator Pat Harrison Are Turned Loose. .. v ' i, ---i ' ." .'BT tt'l C BRYANT. ' WASHINGTON. Oct a 1 Demo-' crate turned loose their heavy guns on tkr reptietcans today. An eTfort to bribe la made In the senatorial contest in the Rhode Is land campaign. v Chairman Cordell Hull, of the democratic national committee, made tWe statement: Tha TrutW ef Wewberrjrlsm are revealed in the story from Rhode Island which 'charges that R. Llv ngvton Beeckmeh, republican candidate-for senator in that stats, through bis secretary and csmnn'rn manager, 1, Hoary Reuter, paid 1, (00 to Herve Lagaoe, a former dem ocratic oandldat for Congress, who, according to ha own affidavit re vealing the alleged transaction, be came a parts to tha deal In order to expose it 't- - . "The entire story charging this sordid transaction as it first appear ed in Tha Providence, R. I.. News and later In leading" papers of the country, and upon which ex -Governor Beeckman Is quoted as refusing to comment ought unless absolutely disapproved In all particulars, elimi nate him from the race against Sen ator Gerry for the United States senatorshlp In Rhode Island "Whether or not each transaction as is alleged In $ta affidavit of Mr. Lagace, accompanied by documen tary exhibits, is technically attempt ed bribery under the Rhode Island statutes or constitutes only the at tempted purchase of Mr. Lagace In the interest ' of ex-Governor Beeck man's candidacy, the moral turpi tude of the - alleged transaction Is the same. It is Newberrytsm in Its most offensive form In one of the seats of .wealth and social eminence In this country. 0. K'd by Republicans. ' "The republican party put the seal of its approval upon Newberrylsm when It seated Senator Newberry in a purchased seat If the republican party continues Its efforts to put ex Governor Beeckman In the United States senate after the revelation of these charges, then It will do for him what it has already done for Senator Newberry. "Mr. Lagace's charges, as origi nally made and republished in the leading newspapers of the country, ought to commaad the serious thought of all voters -everywhere who desire to see politics relieved of its most sordid features, and unless totally disproved a vote little short of unanlmoua" Issued with this was a list of sure hits by Senator Pat Harrison, ex pressions used in his speech here: "This administration's , only achievement Is In creating General Sawyer and naming 'Laddie Boy.' " "Fraud, deception, hypocrisy and - '-jbsattoeed ea face' eves.)''' Indictmrnts And Arrests MurdetiExpected Tuesday ,'iEl'JT0 mmum Vigorously Attacks What He Terms" "Machine Government" Declares Time Is Herejor Man hood to Wrest Control of State From Machine. Speebd Ths Observer. NEWTON. Oct tl.-Addreselng a courthouse full of Catawba re publicans. Marlon Butler this after noon made a vigorous onsolught on what he termed the "machine" gov ernment" declaring that the time had come for, the manhood and womanhood of the" state to wrest control from the machine in coun ty and state, as they had In nation, when they elected Harding by over 14.000,000 majority to clean up "the dirtiest job" a President ever faced, -r ...,, He appealed to the people of Catawba to unloose the grip the machine had on the school system of the county and- state, to stop corruption of the ballot, and to clean house generally. He pointed to the fact that m. cnmmnn rhixli.n thief mlsrht appeal to the supreme court out saia tnat any case against sn el'efred ballot bov stuffer was halted by the court which oald It could not go behind the returns. This he said was enough comment on the Iniquity of the election law. Once the people freed themselves from the control of political bosses, he said, end voted their own thoughts. North Carolina would take its rightful place amons; the states, pointing to Ohio, Indiana and Illinois as states which had let . e Continued eat Pace Htb. Sc&crsst County Grand : Jury to Resume Work Monday. NOW APPROACHING A CLIMAX "Much Stronger Case Than the Public Has Been Led to Believe." THE PROSECUTOR'S REMARK Evidence Developed of Contin uous Friction in Hall and Mills Homes for a Long Time. JO JO SAYS - Fair today and Monday; slightly warmer, today. ' - The longer you. gase at ah obsta cle the blssar It becomes.-. BY EARL L. SCHAUB. Universal Service Staff Correspond' ent NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct II. Two Indictments and arrests, it waa predicted tonight, will be brought about next Tuesday in the great n.ll-Xflll. kllline mvaterv. which has been Investigating the case will resume its work Monday. Today the prosecutors and detectives presented the jury wIV maps, charts ana an outline oi tneir nnuings. Monday they will go Into details. There has been continuous friction in both the Hall and Hills homes for a long period because of the ar dent love affairs between Rev. Ed ward W. Hall and his beloved choir leader, Mr. Eleanor Mills, who were slain over a month' ago when they strayed together from the bonds of wedlock. The two who are scheduled for indictment, it is said, are j man and a woman, both of whom have been previously mentioned in the long and baffling investigation. Hall Family Maid Quitted. The prosecu.ors are gradually bringing out this Information. Barbara Taugh, a maid in the Hall household, was quizzed for two hours today about the unpleasant relations in the family circle. After she was permitted to de part, Prosecutor Beekman made significant remark: -"We have a much stronger case .nan the public has . been, led to be lieve." Following this the prediction of In dictment and arrests were made. The authorities learned today that Henry Stevens, sportsman and crack marksman with small - arms, hss nevr had any.hing to do with his brother-in-law, the Rev. Mr. Halt The day before his wealthy sis ter was married to Hall, Steven said he would not attend the wed ding,, much less be the member of the family who would hand her over to the jovial rector. As a result Mrs. Hall's aged mother, In the course of the ritual, rose from the front pew and an swered the question. . "Who gives this woman?" these ilgnlflcent remark: From that day en, it is said, Stevens has never been in the Hall home when the pastor 'was present. It is also reported that the authori ties have learned that friction de veloped between Hall and his wife after she became aware of his habits and his love affairs between the ro matlc choir singer. Evldenci of a more pronounced split between Mrs. Mills and her meek little husband, James . Mills, mas presented today by Charlotte, their 16-year-old daughter, and Mrs. Csatlsaee ea rat seven.) TWO 1 IS BEET IT STATE LINE TO CONFER Morrison and Trinkle Discuss Subject of Highways. RALLY AT MOUNT AIRY Executives Shake Hands Across State Line; Valines up With Carolina to Get Out of Mud. MOUNT AIRT. Oct II. -The good roads meeting held at Mount Airy today waa the biggest thing ev er staged in the Granite City, the purpose o fthe gathering being boost a movement looking to the bulldlnr of a modern highway from Hilleville, Va.. to Mount Airy. This mornln ga throng of 1,000 o rmore, headed by Gov. E. Lee Trinkle, of Virginia, and Gov. Cam eron Morrison, of North Carolina, motored to the line dividing the two states, six miles north of Mount Airy Governor Trinkle, standing on the Virginia side, and Governor Mor rison on the North Carolina side, shook hands across. the Une. This part of the progiam produced rounds of applause .from the enthusiastic crowd. A motion picture was taken o fthe scene. . '. I Returning to Mount Airy, the two governors were entertained at din ner at. a local hotel At I o'clock Gov ernors Trinkle and Morrison made addressee at the tow naudltorlum and were head by a packed house. The merchants closed their stares for the occasion. .'- -.- -..- The two chief executives' advoca ted the building of the proposed link in the' highway rh!cb - would 1 five Virginia a southern outlet and fur- , .... W7 uovernor Trinkle declared that just as soon as money was available this route would receive attention. He also Intimated that a special ses sion of tha Virginia legislature may be called to work out good roads leg islation for his state. Governor Trinkle also let it be known that he was opposed to prop erty tax for (he building of good roads, but that he favored a gasoline tax of one or two cents on th ml. .Ion to get his people out of the mud. governor uorrison expressed him self as being heartily In favor of the proposition for North Carolina to build the six mife stretch from Mt Airy to the Virginia atate line, the same to connect with the proposed highway from Hll'-vllle. a P.ARTY NOMINEES INVITED TO NON-PARTISAN MEETING Democratic and Republican Candidates Asked to Discuss Issues With Leaguers Mon day. - e . AH county nominees of the dem ocratic and republican parties have been Invited by the Non-Part'san league to participate In a general discussion of campaign Issues at a meeting Monday night at :10 o'clock at the Central Labor hall, 200 1-2 West Fourth street. Officers of ths league were busy last night trying to get In touch with the candidates over the tele phone. Some were reached and promised to be on hand. Rev. O. J. Curry, pastor of the First Metho rtlst Protestant church, and Rev. T. P. Jlmison, of Spencer, are expect ed to make talks. Because of the Inability of Dr. 3. Q. Alexander and D. W. Howell to attend, the meeting scheduled for last night at the courthouse was postponed until Monday night. The ranks of the league are fill ing steadily, A. W. Keller, a candi date to the house of representatives, said last night. About 00 new names were added to the roll last week, one man slone turn'nv in 40 he said. DISCUSSES FEATURE CHRISTIAN-COILVENIiPN Afternoon Session Held at Elon College, Which is a Denomi national School. , BURLINGTON. Oct 21. DIs cusslohs led by prominent churchmen featured today's meeting of the Amer'.can Chris tian convention, now in session In this city. Principal among the matters considered during the day was the need for stressing the Im portance of rel'gious education. Presidents of the seven church institutions of higher learning were present and made brief ad dresses. This afternoon the covention held its session at Elon college, four miles from this city. The college is one of the church's schools. Among the speakers were Rev.' H. Shelton Smith, of New Haven. Conn., and Dr. Warren H. Dennlson, of Dayton, Ohio. The forward movement of the church was considered at some length at ths morning session. - Tomorrow the churches et , this city will be filled by visiting ministers. Ex-Prime Minister Is Given 0 ne Of Greatest Ovations Of His Career Three Thousand at Leeds Actually Hear His Oratorical Bat-, teries Unloaded While Fifteen Thousand Others Are Turned Away at Leeds Declares People Must Decide Whether Na tion or Party Comes First; "I Stand for the People." , BY FORBES W. FAERBAIRXr Univeraal Service Staff Correspondent (Special Cable.) LONDON, Oct 21. "It la for the people of thla country to declda whether the party or the nation comes first I stand for tha people." ' This is Lloyd George's appeal to the electorate at the beginning Of hia whirlwind campaign to regain the premiership lost him. when the conserva tive die hards broke up tha coalition government It was at Leeds, the heart of industrial England, today where tha Welshman unloaded hia oratorical batteries and received one of the great eat ovations of his career. Three thousand people heard hia actual speech and 11,000 were turned away. Hia Journey from London waa a personal" triumph marked enroute by tremendous enthusiasm. " Paying a tribute to Chamberlain and Horns for their statesmanship In bringing back the country to stabilisation, Lloyd George assailed the Tory die hards who pulled them down, saying: . . "It Is a crime against tha nation. We are the only people In Europe who have completely balanced the budget We are just beginning to look the dollar In the face on equal terms. We have recaptured the money market of the world. Our credits are better now than they ever were." ' Revolt Against Democracy. This, Lloyd George declared, was due to Chamberlain and Home, He thoroughly assailed the torlea who destroyed the coalition and declared the revolt started on account of his democratic principles which, he said, were not savory to the wealth of the conservative party. r Reviewing hia wai and peace time career, he declared that this com bination which "led ns to victory in War and which is leading us grad ually and assuredly from trouble In peace time waa brought $o an en.jU noi Because f. cease a to serve the nation, but because the party was not getting enough out of it "I hRve been told that I was a good minister, but no good In peace time. However,, war is not a bad test" "... y ' ' ' Lloyd George referred to the coal ition record In houselng,- disarma ment industrial peace and economy. and peace In Ireland, adding: "The trouble did net come from; experienced men in a conservative party." . . ... No Attack on Bonar Law. -- Far from attacking Bonar Lav and the letter's part In the break ing -up of the coalition, Lloyd -George referred to him with t pity, saying: "I regret that he allowed him self to be led. not by the best brain of the party but by those of the least experience and ability. "He has put himself in tha post- tlon of a horseman holding on by the tall neither dignified nor se . cure. . "If this reactionary ministry re. celves the majority of the votes, I am nonestiy apprehensive of . tha re sults." . , Lloyd George let It he known that he Is going to tell the story of re cent events daily until election and then place himself at the head of the people. He did not refer to the ' near east situation Dor the Anglo-French relations, but pointed out that the friendliest relatione bad ' been achieved with America. is LaaeVOierhyv who will probably be ' a member of Bonar Laws ministry, speaking at Manchester tonight, paid 1 a high tribute to Lloyd George, saying: "In ray political life, there la no man for whom I have a greater personal - friendship than Lloyd George. Nothing I will do shall for- felt for me that friendship." Lord Derby said that he was will Ing to co-operate with the liberals. " ... i Declares Banner Of Party Strife Has Been Hoisted LEEDS, Oct 21. (By The Asso ciated Press.) "The banner of party strife has been hoisted at the Carlton club." said Mr. Lloyd George in opening his defense of his admin istration at the meeting of the coali tion liberals here this afternoon. "The great combination of men of all parties and creeds for national purposes, the combination which led us to victory in the war and which waa taking us gradually but surely out of our troubles tn peace, has been brought to an end. not because it has ceased to serve the nation, but because a party waa not gsttlng enough out of it and it is for the people of this ' country to decide whether party comes before the na tion. 'The combination was subjected to criticism for more diverse and con flicting quarters and viewpoints than almost any government. It had one or two disadvantages. "It had no. steady partisan press which could be depended upon, whatever happened, to defend its ac tion. A second weakness from the viewpoint of dealing with and dis posing of criticism, arose, out of the fact that no ministers In any admin istration that ever existed in this country have been so continually hard worked. , Only Beginning. "I am now going to begin to tell the story from day to day, from week to week at any rate, until the elec tion is over, and, having done so, I am willing to put my record in the hands of the people. I have served them well, honestly and sincerely and with one dominant purpose. namely, to serve my native land to the best of my ability "Government can win wars and lose wars. What do I mean by that? . Governments , can make it possible tor our gallant soldiers and sailors to win victories. Govern ments can make M impossible for the most gallant soldiers and sailors ever to win. The only claim I put forward on behalf of the late gov ernment Is that it did everything a government could do to enable our soldiers and sailors to win the war. "Governments can organize ma terial resources and resources in men. They can organise the nation at home and face and sustain their responsibilities. It there is failure at home, It means failure on the bat tlefield. Looses of morale at home Is always reflected on the battlefield. They were closely related in the war. and stories at home affected the sol diers in the field. 3 "That Is one reason why Germany broke down. Their . soldiers were brave. Let us recognise an enemy's courage. But they beard atorles of starvation, privation and misery at home. That undermined their spir its and courage. Clear Road to Victory. "It waa vital for the ministers here to sustain a spirit which would clear the road to victory. I claim thla government did everything a govern ment could do for that purpose. We did our best to promote unity at home and among the forces so as to enable the full strength of the allies to be concentrated at the right point and at the right moment and as a matter of fact the leading part iq promoting that unity waa taken by us." , Mr. Lloyd George declared the resolution forming the basis on ' which the league of nations waa built was moved by tha British dele gation at the peace conference of which he waa the head. Declaring the treaty of Versailles had become the charter of liberty to tens of mil lions of people today, and pointing out that its first clauses had estab lished, the league of nations, Mr, Lloyd George said of that treaty: 'It restored Alsace and Lorralni to France, it restored the Italian provinces north of Italy to Italy. These questions, which were a kind of tumor In the constitution of Eu rope and a source of Irritation and inflammation, were removed. We liberated a number ounces which for centuries had been under the rule of the oppressor. In central and southern Europe populations which numbered in the aggregate . 20,000,000 were freed by one great act prepared in Paris and signed at Versailles which has given a char ter of freedom to millions of people. Destroyed Armaments. "We destroyed the great arma ments In central Europe which made the war. Conscription In central .En rope Is gone. The greatest source " of worry and menace In this country has disappeared, the huge army which stood Intimidating us, which darkened the horizon in Europe like a dense thundercloud hanging In the air. Everybody waa watching to see when the flash would render It and destroy Europe, and it did. That army has gone. k "This Is the first act in the great drama of peace, and I predict that the democrats of other lands will not continue to bear the burden of huge armaments when they see cen tral Europe from that oppression. Conscription disappeared here a few months after, the war. It will. dis appear before many years In other lands as well." ..' Mr. Lloyd George then took up the subject of the reestablishment of national credit, pointing oat that the British were the only people la Europe who had completely bal anced their budget 4 Twe C'oareea Open. There were twe courses open te us. One waa to follow the method adopted by every country oa the continent of Europe borrow and go oa borrowing. It has the appear- '--J C Mssil ea Paae twej
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Oct. 22, 1922, edition 1
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