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LLOYD GEORGE'S WORDTO AMERICA ON LINCOLN DAY
"Battle We've Been Fighting
the Same You Fought Over
50 Years Ago," He Says.
EUROPE,TOO,FACES SLAVERY
Militarism " Has Been Crushing
Out Freedom of the People
Under Its Control."
MUST BE WAR TO A FINISH
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Now, as in Our Civil War, No Com- promise Is Possible — Allies In- spired by Lincoln's Example.
By CHARLES H. GRASTY.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
LONDON, Feb. 10. -David Lloyd George has given me for publication a Lincoln Day message.
The absorption of the British Prime Minister in absolutely the greatest task ever laid upon a human being is so deep that he was unable to at- tend the opening of the House of Commons this week, and literally evrry minute of his long working day is taken up with the vital matters of the war. But the Lincoln anniversary made such an appeal to him that he gave It his time and thought, and now «ends this historic message to Amer- ica:
A LINCOLN DAY MESSAGE
I am very glad to respond to your request for a message for publica- tion on Lincoln Day. I am glad be- cause to my mind Abraham Lincoln has always been one of the very first of the world's statesmen, because I believe that the battle which we have been fighting is at bottom the same battle which your countrymen fought under Lincoln's leadership more than fifty years ago, and most of all, per- haps, because I desire to say how much I welcome the proof which the last few days have afforded that the American people are coming to real- ize this, too.
Lincoln's life was devoted to the cause of human freedom. Prom the
day when he first recognized what alavery meant he bent all his energies to its eradication from American soil. Yet after years of patient effort he was driven to realize that It was not a mere question of abolishing slavery in the Southern States, but that bound up with it was a larger issue: That unless the Union abolished slav- ery, slavery would break up the Union.
Faced by this alternative, he did not Bhrink, after every other method had failed, from vindicating both Union and freedom by the terrible instrument of war. Nor after the die for war had been cast did he hesitate to call upon liis countrymen to make sacrifice upon sacrifice, to submit to limitation upon limitation of their personal freedom, until, in his own words, there was a new birth of freedom in your land. Like the Present Conflict.
Is there not a strange similarity be- tween this battle, which we are fight- ing here in Europe, and that which Lincoln fought? Has there not grown up in this continent a new form of slavery, a militarist slavery, which has not only been crushing out the freedom of the people under its control, but which in recent years has also been moving toward crushing out freedom and fraternity In all Europe as well?
Is it not true that it is to the mili- tarist system of Government which centres in Berlin that every open- minded man who is familiar with past ; history would point as being the ultl- j mate source of all the expansion of armaments, of all the international un- rest, and of the failure of all move- ments toward co-operation and har- mony among nations during the last twenty years?
We were reluctant, and many of us refused to believe that any sane rulers would deliberately drench Europe In its own blood, so we did not face the facts until it was almost too late. It was not until August, 1914, that it became clear to us, as it became clear to Lincoln in 1861, that the issue was not to be settled by pacific means, and that either the machine which con- trolled the destinies of Germany would destroy the liberty of Europe or the people of Europe must defeat its pur- pose and its prestige by the supreme sacrifice of war. It was the ultimatum to Serbia and the ruthless attack upon Belgium and France which followed because tha nations of Europe would not tolerate the obliteration of the in- dependence of a free people without conference and by the sword, which revealed to us all the Implacable na- ture of the struggle which lay before us.
It has been difficult for a nation separated from Europe by 3,000 miles of 8ea and without political connec-
/\s with its peoples, to appreciate ^ZDy what was at stake in the war. In your civil war many of our ances- tors were blind. Lord Russell hinted at an early peace. Even Gladstone declared " we have no faith In the propogation of free institutions at the point of the sword." It was left for John Bright, that man of all others who most loved peace and hated war, to testify that when our statesmen | " were hostile or coldly neutral the British people clung to freedom with an unfaltering trust." But I think that America now sees that it is human unity and freedom which are again being fought for in this war.
The American people under Lincoln fought not a war of conquest, but a J war of liberation. We today are fight- ' Ing not a war of conquest, but a war ! of liberation — a liberation not of our^- selves alone, but of all the world, from that body of barbarous doctrine and inhuman practice, which has estranged nations, has held back the unity and progress of the world, and which has stood revealed in all its deadly iniquity in the course of this war.
In such wars for liberty there can be no compromise. They are either won or lost. In your case it was freedom and unity or slavery and separation, in our case military power, tyran- nously used, will have succeeded In tearing up treaties and trampling on the rights of others, or liberty and public right will have prevailed. There- fore, we believe that the war must be
fought out to a finish, for on such an issue there can be no such thing as a drawn war.
Inspired by Lincoln's Example.
In holding this conviction, we have been inspired and strengthened beyond I measure by the example and the words of your great President. Once the conflict had been Joined, he did not shrink from bloodshed. I have often been struck at the growth of both tenderness and stern determination In the face of Lincoln, as shown in his j photographs, as the war went on. I Despite his abhorence of all that I war entailed, he persisted in it be- I cause he knew that he was sparing I life by losing it, that if he agreed to j compromise, the blood that had been shed on a hundred fields would have been shed in vain, i that the task of | creating a united nation of free men ! would only have to be undertaken at even greater cost at some later day. It would, indeed, be Impossible to state our faith more clearly than Lin- coln stated It himself at the end of 1864.
On careful consideration [he said] of all the evidence It seems to me that no attempt at negotiation with the insurgent leader could result in any good. He would accept nothing short
of severance of the Union, precisely what we will not and cannot give. His declarations to this effect are ex- plicit and oft repeated. He does not deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves; * * • between him and us the issue is distinct, sim- ple and Inflexible. It is an issue which can only be tried by war and | decided by victory.
That was the judgment of the j greatest statesman of the nineteenth century during the last great war for human liberty. It is the judgment of this nation and of its fellow-nations overseas today.
" Our armies," said Lincoln, " are ministers of good, not evil." So we do believe. And through all the carnage and suffering and conflicting motives of the civil war, Lincoln held stead- fastly to the belief that it was the free- dom of the people to govern themselves jwhjch was the fundamental issue at I stake. So do we today. For when the j people of Central Europe accept the j peace which Is offered them by the Allies, not only will the allied peoples be free, as they have never been free before, but the German people, too, will find that In losing their dream of an empire over others, they have found self-government for themselves.
D. LLOYD GEORGE.
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LLOYD GEORGE ON LINCOLN. The English have: made WASHINGTON one of their national heroes, and they arc in the course of doing the same thing with Lincoln. In their mentions of neither is there any foreign accent- no more, at any rate, than in our men- tions of Shaxespeabe. ir they praise PETE8 (he Great or Garibaldi of any other national hero, it is In the tone of admiring strangers, not as part pos- sessors; hut they have appropriated Washington, and are fast taking the same way with LINCOLN.
•Tt was a pleasant and gratifying thing to find the British Premier send- ing to this country his tribute to Lin- coln as a part of the Lincoln Day celebration. The tribute was not i mere praise, but intelligent dis- | cussion. Some of the things be saidi about Lincoln in the message he sent through The Times are not enough re- membered. Our own praise of Lin- coln tends to dwarf him sometimes by being one-sided. We hear so much of his tenderness, his gentleness, his kindness, and his sadness, that there Is some danger of forgetting his stur- dihess, his iron strength, his indomita- bllity, and of erecting a mushy Idol in place of the downright and unflinching man. " I have often been struck," says Mr. Llotd George, " at the " growth of both tenderness and stern " determination in the face of Lincoln, " as shown in his photographs, as the " war went on."
Concerning this tendency to make great men over by one-sided though well-meaning idolatry, the late Robert G. Ingersoll once complained:
Washington is now only a steel en- graving • * * Hundreds of people are now engaged In smoothing out the lines on Lincoln's face.
The lines on Lincoln's face were not all lines graven by love and pity; they were the lines in a. face that grew both in " tenderness and stern determina- tion." He did not. spend all his time breathing benedictions and pardoning deserters; he was a resolute man. whose sword was Grant, "the Ham- merer," and he did not shrink or wa- ver, nor was he ever in doubt about his aim or how to win it. It is of this less emphasized side of him that the Brit- ish' statesman, now bearing the bur- dens of a great war, is reminded on his birthday, and serves us well by re- minding us. .
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Lloyd George's Tribute to Lincoln.
In the exercises of {he unveiling of the statue of Abraham Lincoln alongside West- minster Abbey a few days ago Lloyd George in eloquent words uttered a senti- ment expressive of appreciation of the Emancipator that robs not us of our heritage in having had Abraham Lincoln as an example, yet claims him for the whole world. As a part of his tribute in words well worth preserving the British Premier said :
I doubt whether any statesman who ever lived sank so deeply into the hearts of the people of many lands as Abraham Lincoln did. I am not sure that you in America realize the extent to which he is also our possession and our pride. His courage, forti- tude, patience, humanity, clemency, Ms trust in the people, his belief in democracy, and, may I add, some of the phrases in which he gave expression to those attributes, will stand out forever as beacons to guide troubled na- tions and their perplexed leaders. Resolute in war, he was moderate in victory. Mis- represented, misunderstood, underestimated, he was patient to the last. But the people believed in him all the time, and they still believe in him. Tn his life he was a' great American. He is an American no longer. He is one of those giant figures, of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death. They are no longer Greek or Hebrew or English or American— they belong to mankind. X wonder whether T will be forgiven for saying that Gkorge Washington- was a great American, but Abraham Lincoln- belongs to the common people of every land. They love that hag- gard face with the sad and tender eyes. There is a worship in their regard. There is a faith and a hope in that worship.
t When it is recalled thai the ruling classes of Great Britain regarded Lincoln as a rude backwoodsman when he was perform- ing his great work of saving the Union we can well underhand that a marvellous change in sentiment has taken place when !iis stptue occupies a place near where Eng- land's highly honored dead are buried and 'when the bead of the British government points him out as one of the giant figures of history, a character for whom England with her thousand years of histoid can offer no parallel.
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DOUBT whether any statesman who ever lived sank so deeply into the hearts of the people of many lands as Abraham Lincoln did. I am not sure that you in America realize the extent to which he is also our pos- session and our pride. His courage, fortitude, patience, humanity, clemency, his trust in the people, his belief in democracy, and, may I add, some of the phrases in which he gave expression to the attributes, will stand out forever as beacons to quite troubled nations and their perplexed leaders. Resolute in war, he was mod- erate in victory. Misrepresented, misunderstood, un- derestimated, he was patient to the last. But the people believed in him all the time, and they still believe in him.
In his life he was a great American. He is an Ameri- can no longer. He is one of those giant figures, of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death. They are no longer Greek or Hebrew or English or American — they belong to mankind. I wonder whether 1 will be forgiven for saying that George Washington was a great American, but Abraham Lincoln belongs to the common people of every land. — Lloyd George.
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" With Malice Toward None, with Charity for All"
"The preservation of the American Union, the emancipation of the slaves, are notable events in the world's history. But reading the story I feel that the personality of Abraham Lincoln and his statesmanship are in some respects even greater than those colossal events.
"Resolute in war, he was moderate in victory. Misrepresented, misunderstood, underesti- mated, he was patient to the last. There were those who thought he ought to have shown his abhorrence of war by waging it half-heartedly; there were those who thought he ought to have displayed his appreciation of victory by using it hard-heartedly. He disdained both these counsels, and he was often reviled by those counselors. But the people believed in him and they still believe in him.
"In life he was a great American. He is American no longer. He is one of those giant fig- ures, of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death. They are no longer Greek or Hebrew or English or American — they belong to mankind.
"Abraham Lincoln belongs to the common people of every land. He is of their race, of their kind, of their blood, of their nation, the race of the common people. They love that haggard face with the sad and tender eyes. There is a worship in their regard. There is a faith and a hope in that worship.
"May I respectfully, earnestly, say one word from this platform to the great people of America? This torn and bleeding earth is calling to-day for the help of the America of Abraham Lincoln."
—From the speech of David Lloyd-George, prime minister of England, at the unveiling of the Saint-G Statue of Lincoln opposite H'estuunsler .Ibb'e'y, July so. 1920.
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Braves Bad Road to Visit Birth- * place of His Ideal.
TRUDGES OVER KENTUCKY FARM
Ex-Premier Leaves Louisville for Indianapolis To-day.
Lotnsvii.LE, Oct. 21 (Associated Press). — The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln at Hodgenvlllf, in western Ken- tucky, was visited to-day by David Lloyd George. Evidencing the greatest Interest in the Jog cabin in which Lin- coln was born and all landmurka on the old farm, which is now a national park, tho distinguished visitor trudged about the place and a-sked a running fire of questions concerning the early life of the man wtto Its his Ideal.
Lloyd George last week visited the tomb of the martyred President at Springfield, 111., and eagerly arranged to visit the birthplace during his week end stay here aa the guest of Judge Robert W. Bingham, publisher of the Louisville Times and Courier -Journal. Although at first intending to go by automobile, the former Premier made the sixty mile run on a special train furnished by Judge Bingham. Members of the official party and several residents of Louisville ac- companied him on the trip.
At Hodgenville Lloyd George was met by several hundred Kentuckians, all of I characteristic pre-rovolutionary Ameri- can stock, who still live In a sparsely settled region and who habitually refer in conversation to the great President as "Abe."
Proceeding to the public square, the former Premier stopped In front of the old courthouse to inspect the monument of Lincoln by A. A. Weinman and was received by citizens and achool children, the latter singing "God Savo the King" as the distinguished visitor stood be- fore them bare headed.
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to the farm with its old log fence surrounding it and with several hun- dred residents from the vicinity about him, entered the granite memorial build- ing to inspect the log house within, Carefully examining the small structure of logs and clay, built without the aid of nails, he peered through chinks j In the wall, stood at. the open doorway , to be photographed and then signed the | visitors' register.
Prom there he desconded the eleva- tion on which the memorial building stands to the spring, which, half hidden in a rock cave, supplied water to the Lincoln family more than 100 years ago. He walked about the farm, examining all objects of interest, even the old tree under which thd boy Abraham is said to have played until 8 years of age, when his father moved to another section.
Returning by tho special train to Louisville, Lloyd George remained at tho home of Judge Bingham and will leave here early to-morrow and go to Indianapolis, where he will speak to- morrow night. From Indianapolis he will go to Marlon, Ohio, to pay homage at the tomb of President Harding and to call upon Mrs. Harding, and thence to Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Washing- ton. From the capital he will go to j Richmond, Va., and Philadelphia and | possibly to Scranton for a few hours on October 31 before going to N«w York city for his final address of his Ameri- can visit-
Former British Premier Recalls
Trials of President With
Enemies Like His Own.
ALSO HAD WAR TROUBLES.
Wreath Placed on Sarcophagus Near Coolidge Offering.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 18 (Asso- ciated Press). — David Lloyd Seorge came here from Chicago to-day and paid homage to the memory of Abra- ham Lincoln.
With bared head, heedless of a cold driving rain, he approached the mon- ument and entered tho tomb of the martyred President, where he placed on the sarcophagus a WTeath with his card bearing the words:
"A humble and reverent homage to the memory of one of the world's
Recalls Lincoln's Troubles.
Standing with head slightly bowed below the sarcophagus, and for a moment in deep reverie, he said, as if speaking to himself rather than to those aboxit him:
"He is the greatest man grown upon the American Continent. He is growing, too! Oh, yes, he grows.
"I've just been reading about the time (he had. I read of the most recent ones, about two years ago. It was rather an account of the troubles he had in the war with Generals and politicians. They were worse than mine."
Wreath Near Coolidsre's.
The wreath was placed on the top side of the sarcophagus, just above one standing In front and placed there several months ago by Mr. Coolidge, then Vico President.
Before going to the tomb, Mr. Lloyd George visited the Lincoln home, near the centre of the city. Showing the greatest interest in all matters con- cerning the great President whom he has regarded as an ideal since boy- hood, the former Premier went through the different rooms and examined all articles with minute attention to de- tails.
Mr. Uoyd George attended a pnb- llo dinner to-night and later de- parted for St. Louis.
Lloyd Georjre Will Rest on Ills Visit to Loni«ville.
LOUISVILLE, Oct 18.— Former Prime Minister Lloyd George will nr.t make any public appearances here upon his arrival Saturday to spon3 the week-end, according to a tele- gram received to-day from Sir Alfred Cope, his personal representative. The telegram said that on account of Lloyd George's health he must have complete rest.
A public luncheon and a parade has been cancelled and it was an- nounced Lloyd George, Dame Marga- ret and Miss Megan would spend the week-end hero at the homo of Julsra Robert Bingham.
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The American view of Lincoln is pretty generally understood because it is much the same. The estimate placed upon him by a foreign states- man of world-wide reputation is therefore interesting. Mr. Lloyd George, famous premier of England, said of Lincoln:
"I doubt whether any statesman who ever lived sank so deeply into the hearts of the people of many lands as Abraham Lincoln did. I am not sure that you in America realize the extent to which he is also our possession and our pride. His courage, fortitude, patience, human- ity, clemency, his trust in the people his belief in democracy, and may I add, some of the phrases in which he gave expression to the atributes, will stand out forever as beacons to quiet troubled nations and their perplexed leaders. Resolute in war, he was moderate in victory. Misrepresented, misunderstood, underestimated, he was patient to the last. But the people believed in him all the time, and they still believe in him.
In his life he was a great American. He is an American no longer. He s one of those giant figures, of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death. 1 hey are no longer Greek or Hebrew or English or American they belong to mankind. I wonder whether I will be forgiven for saying that George Washington was a great American, but Abraham Lincoln belongs to the common people of every land. — Lloyd George.
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SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 19.— {By Universal) — David Lloyd George, leader of Briton's forces In the world's greatest war, was a worship- per yesterday at the shrine of Abra- ham Lincoln, who safely led his na- tion through the greatest civil war the world has ever known. '
Arriving in Springfield, the site of Lincoln's early struggles, at 3 p. m. yesterday, Lloyd Goorgb and his party from abroad visited the home In which Lincoln resided at the time of his election to the presidency, and later the stately tomb in Oak Ridge cemetery where he was entombed.
Both the visit to the home and to the tomb were in a spirit of deepest reverence for Lloyd George thorough- ly knows the story of Lincoln and has the highest regard for his great services to the cause of humanity and democracy.
His appreciation of Lincoln was i expressed in the tribute he wrote on a. card as he sat at Lincoln's own ' desk in the old home. It was this:
"A humble and reverent homage to one of the world's freatest men."
This card was written at the re- quest of Miss Mary Edwards Brown, curator of the home, a distant rela- > tlve of the Lincoln family. It was ! later transferred to the wreath which Lloyd George lad on the Lin- j coin tomb.
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'Slings and Arrows' From Lloyd George Speeches Combined
Reviewed by John Locke.
"Slings ind Anows- by Dtvid Lloya uV"' M" P' Harper * B,oth«".
The self-styled "Champion of the Under-Dog in Britain" speaks. He is a world figure, well-known to Americans. Idolized by many, ana- thematized by many, Lloyd George remains active and respected aft- er 40 years of public life.
"Slings and Arrows" is a very proper title for this offering. It consists of aphorisms and excerpts [from his numerous public utter- ances. Some of them are quite lengthy, while others are only a sentence. All are terse and to the .point, whether one can agree with the opinion stated or not. Tradition Broken. In the preface Mr. Lloyd George (comments very illuminatingly on the change in political oratory in his generation. There was a tradi- tion in British politics that no par- liamentarian made over three speeches a year. These addresses were carefully prepared and fin- 1 ished off with weeks of polishing. Gladstone broke the tradition, and nowadays several speeches a week are often delivered by prominent men concerning national affairs.
"Public speeches are now," he says, "as a matter of course, largely improvisations. Some orators will suffer from this cause, others will undoubtedly gain. To audiences the 1 change is an undoubted advantage; for in 99 cases out of 100 the lengthy prepared oration was bor- ng, dreary, and wholly ineffective. Fresh and Startling. The war premier is certainly one of the orators who has gained by the change. His picturesque and dynamic self is well-adapted to the 'ntensity and spontaneity demanded by present day campaigning. The new style is one also well suited to his humanitarian plea.
On subjects l'ke patriotism. Mr. Lloyd George is commonplace "Patriotism is a powerful incentive to unselfish action." "It is not what a nation gains, it is what a nation gives that make it great." Yet he sounds fresh and startling, like the prophets of old, in his stubborn statements of economic fact. "What want in this country is more right and less so-called charity." 'The angels of light that speed at jvery dawn from the heavens car- lying their radiant message of laoaling and hope to countless mil- lions of homes are bricked out of the mean streets."
Tired and Tories.
His sagacity jg well illustrated in the observations of the psychoo- logical make-up of the so-called public. "A tired nation is a Tory nation." "A peace which keeps a nation in servitude for years to re- deem even a just debt can never ^ a real peace." He offers an acu ^ analysis of the rise of dictatorshii ifter the war. It is unquestionably his political shrewdness that ac- ounts for his opportunism, a wil- lingness to unite with parties not entirely in accord with his own iews, to stave off complete defeat. He knows the foibles of his people iHe cannot always have his own way, or the way he thinks best. This is the explanation of his con- duct at Versailles.
There are some sections of "Slings and Arrows" that are not immediately intelligible to American readers; the passages on the budget and the land problem. And there are questions to which only the scantiest reference is made. His strong declaration against social- ism, for instance, is followed by only meagre hints at the basis for his antipathy.
International Plea Made. "Non-conformity" will interest preachers; "Free-trade" will hold the attention of farmers, business men, and consumers. "Reconstruc- tion" is worthy of deliberation by everyone. The industrial crisis in England has advanced one stage be- yond our own, and therefore com- ments on it by this brilliant states- an are timely and instructive. Ex-
spoken word is even more than a mere Selbst-portrat, or a bare re- cord of causes advocated and ac- 1 counts duly rendered." It is his- tory. Of course, this volume of words is not a complete biography. In the case of the famous Welsh- man, as with all mortals, laying has not always meant doing. Fur- thermore, the quotation in part robs us of a complete picture. We get a very inadequate idea of the struc- ture of Mr. LloydN George's ad- dresses, and often his meaning is ambiguous by the detachment of the remarks.
Admirer of Lincoln.
Reading a volume like "Slings and Arrows" has almost universally one effect, regardless of others. It im- presses the peruser with the fact that national boundaries are tran- scended in many ways. This is not merely because Lloyd George is a great admirer of Iincoln. not yet merely because he has delievered speeches in Illinois. But in rehears- ing the controversial dicta, the dls- cerpts from his American speeches jcerning man sees that British peo- present his plea for international pie have pretty generally the same
responsibility, a plea that has not been altogether forgotten on this side of the pond.
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problems of life that we have: And furthermore, when -we, as nations, come into conflict, there are Britons and Americans and French- men that will be found on one side, and there are Britons and Amer- icans and Frenchmen that will be found on the other side.
"The path to peace, justice and prosperity is by no means well- marked, and disagreements are inevitable. They are due to the absence of infallible judgment in man. Read "Slings and Airj with that truth, ia ooiad,,
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LLOYD GEORGE ♦ TOLD OF LINCOLN BY "ABE'S" SON
Cheers Speed Ex-Premier on Journey to Canada.
Montreal, Oct. 6.— Lloyd George, wartime premier of Great Britain received a tumultuous reception or. his arrival in Montreal at 9:15 o'clock tonight for a visit of .two days.
Accompanied by his wife and the smiling Megan, Lloyd George wa greeted on the platform by Mayor Martin, Lord Shaughnessy, W. J Roberts, president of the St. David' Wel<m society, and a host of other dignitaries. The band of the Gren adier guards played Welsh airs.
The statesman was conductee3 through cheering crowds and be tween rows of mounted police tc the Mount Royal hotel, where aftei a few minutes' rest he gave a re- ception to a number of citizens.
Burlington, Vt., Oct. 6. — [Special.] — On board the Lloyd George Special en Route to Montreal. — In every ad- dress he has delivered so far before an American audience Lloyd George, Great Britain's war premier, has held on high the image of Abraham Lincoln as that of the man, among all men in history, whose life and ideals had done most to determine his own course.
Today, while en route for Canada on his special train, the British states- man was afforded an opportunity to meet Bobert T. Lincoln, son of the great emancipator.
The meeting occurred after the Lloyd George special had pulled into Man- chester. Vt. Mr. Lincoln, now a sep- tuagenarian, has been spending the summer in the vicinity of Manchester At one time during stay here he was I so ill that his life was despaired of. ' Rut he had expressed a desire to meet the man to whom the history of his ! father had meant so much. So ho was on hand when the train reached the , station.
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posed by a gnat war, Lincoln had ived through five years of similar tragedy and overwhelming anxieties The ex-premier of Great Britain asked hl3 visitor what he remembered of the civil war.
" It is not much, except that I saw my father grow older and sadder as the struggle went on." he continued. " I was little more than a boy and at the time was at school or college." Speak of Assassination.
The assassination of Lincoln came up in the course of the conversation. Mr. Lincoln told the statesman that when first informed that his father had been shot he was told the bullet had lodged in his father's arm, and that at the time he had lightly re- marked, " O, father will get over that all right."
The British visitor stood bareheaded on the station platform while he talked with Mr. Lincoln, who wore a heavy overcoat and was muffled up to his chin. He had been warned by his phy- sicians against exposing himself to the chill mountain air, but had insisted upon coming. Shortly before the start was made, Dame Margaret Lloyd George and Miss Megan, the former premier's daughter, emerged and joined him. Both were presented to Mr. Lincoln.
" This is Abraham Lincoln's son," said Lloyd George simply. "You two know I worship his father."
A Treasured Memory.
After the train got under way again Mr. Lloyd George received the news- paper correspondents accompanying him on his tour. He was full of his talk with Mr. Lincoln and said that the meeting would be one of the most treasured memories he would take home from his visit to the country of Abraham Lincoln.
" I am thrilled with meeting the son of Abraham Lincoln," he said. " There is no man in all the history of the world that I place higher than Lin- coln."
" We compared notes," he added. "Abraham Lincoln had to endure the burdens of a civil war for something like five years. The late war lasted about that long. But Lincoln's lot was immeasurably harder than was that of the statesmen intrusted with the conduct of the world war. That was a war wiin foreign nations. A civil war is much more wearing. You .ire killing your own people. As I lock at the pictures of Lincoln, t can glimpse the deepening shadows of sor- row Imprinted on his wonderful face as the g£e lengthened Into
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LLOYD GEORGE PAYS
Places Wreath on Sarcophagus
of Martyred President's Tomb
Despite Driving Rain
Springfield, Ills., Oct. is. David Lloyd George came here today and paid homage to the memory of Abraham
Lincoln.
With bared head, heedless of a cold driving rain, the war-time premier of Great Britain approached the monu- ment and entered the tomb of the mar- tyred President; where he played on the sarcophagus, a wreath with his card bearing the words:
"A humble and reverent homage to the memory of one of the world's great- est men." ^r
Accompanying him were Dame Mat* car.-t, and Miss Megan Lloyd 'George as well as members of the official Recep- tion Committee.
Standing with head slightly bowed below the sarcophagus and for a mo- ment in deep reverie, the man who also has known the pressure of greatest re- j sponsibilities in time of war said audi- My, as if speaking to himself rather than those about him :
"fie is the greatest man grown upon the American • continent. He is grow- ing too— oh, yes, he grows.
"I've lust, been reading about tne time he bad. I reaJ of the most recent oies about two years ago. It was rather an account of the troubles he had in the war with generals and poll- tici-irs They weiv worse than nunc.
The wreath was placed on the topi side of the sarcophagus just above one standing in front and placed there sev- eral months ago by President Ooohdge, when he was Vice President.
Before going to the tomb, Mr. Lloyd George visited the Lincoln home, near the center of the city. Evidencing the Neatest interest in all matters concern- fug the great President, whom he has retarded as an ideal since boyhood, he former Premier went, through the different rooms and examined all art - SeTwith minute attention , to all de- tails In the room where Mr. Lincoln ^as notified of his election as Presi- dent the distinguished visitor paused n remarked to Dame Margaret and othersT "This is the room where he
Prow -i Vve at-grandniece of Mrs. Lm- cllnH6 signed3 tlie register before en-
tei&rn?ng°t; his, hotel, Mr Lloyd
Ge vge prepared to attend a pub be d» - , n^r tonight and later to depart for St.
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Springfield, 111.. Oct. 18.— [Special.] —David Lloyd George, war premier of Britain, bowed, in homage today at America's shrine— the tomb of Abra ham Lincoln.
The little Welshman, who himself " came up from the people" to the high- est position of statesmanship in the United Kingdom, was visibly im- pressed by his visit to Lincoln's home town today.
Citizens of Springfield who often have welcomed world notables said | none of the long list of distinguished visitors have manifested more genuine interest or expressed more noble trib- ute to the martyred President than | the impetuous British statesman did i today. Certainly no visitor ever re- ceived a more demonstrative reception. Speech Eulogizes Lincoln. The climax of the former British pre- mier's visit came in a speech at the Leland hotel, where he confined his "i marks to a stirring eulogy of Lin- n.
At the hotel banquet Mr. Lloyd George was formally welcomed by Gov Small, who said in introducing him lhat "his has been a courageous life of service to his country and to his fellow men, as was that of our mar- tyred President."
In his speech at the banquet Mr. Lloyd George said:
" I have come here today with one | purpose — to pay my humble and rev- I erent tribute to the memory of one of | the great men of the world. It is dif- ficult to express the feelings with ' which I visited the home and the last csting place of one of the noblest fig- ires in the history of mankind. Lincoln's Influence Grows. "There have been great men whose lives constitute part of the history of I he world; there are a few whose lives have become part of the legends of humanity. These are the greatest, and ' -incoln's name will ever remain con iPicuous amongst these. His fame is I der today than it was at the date of as death and it is still widening. His I fiuence is deeper and it is still deep- ning . 1 " Even if this were the occasion I 'lo not feel competent to pronounce any judgment on the qualities that jmade him great and on the deeds or words that will make his name endure or ever more. Least of .all would I presume to do so in the city where here are still living men who knew !<m. " He was one of those rare men horn you do not associate with any irticular creed, p.irty or even coun- y. He belongs to the human race n every clime, land and age. Man for the Ages. " There are the great men of a party, or of a creed. There are great men of their time, and there are great men of all time for their own native land, but Lincoln was a great man of all time for all parties and lor all lands. He was the choice and champion of a party, but his lofty soul could see over and beyond party walls, the un- limited terrain beyond. His motto was: ' Stand with anybody who stands right. Stand with him when he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.' No pure partisan would ■ver assent to so disintegrating a prop- osition.
" His life in many ways is one of the saddest gf human stories, and even
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Lloyd George Lays Wreath on Tomb of Lincoln.
the tragic end comes as a relief. He once said:
" ' I have not willingly planted a thorn in any man's bosom,' ^nd yet as soon as he reached the height of ambition this man, who shunned hurt and scattered kindness along his path, was doomed to send millions of his own fellow countrymen through the torturing experiences of a prolonged and fierce war against their own kin.
" This, the tenderest soul which ever ruled over a land, was driven for five years by an inexorable fate to pierce the gentle hearts of mothers with an- guish that death alone can assuage. And in this, the greatest and most poignant task of his life, he wris wor- ried, harassed, incumbered, lassoed at every turn by the vanities, the jeal- ousies, the factiousness, and the wiles of swarms of little 'men; he was mis- represented, misunderstood, maligned, derided, thwarted in every good im- pulse, thought, or deed. No wonder his photographs become sadder and sadder and more and more tragic year by year up to the tragic end.
Wisdom a Heritage.
" His example and his wise sayings are the inheritance of mankind and will be quoted and used to save it from its follies to the end of ages.
"The lessons of his statesmanship are as applicable today as they were sixty years ago. They will he as ap- plicable a thousand years hence as they are today. Being dead, he still speaks his message of moment for this present hour.
" The first is: ' Trust the common people.'' That trust is weakening in the continent of Europe and country after country is abandoning its faith in democracy. It is the time to pro- claim Lincoln's indomitable confidence in the ultimate justice and good sense of the common people.
Charity for Vanquished.
"What is his next message? 'Clem- ency in the hour of triumph.' The doctrine of tin: pagan world was woe to the conquered. Lincoln's doctrine was • reconcile the vanquished.'
" It is a time for remembering that
vengance is the lustlce of the savage
and that conciliation is the triumph of civilization over barbarism.
" Lincoln is the finest product in the realm of statemanship of the Christian civilization, and the wise counsel he] gave to his own people in L. this triumph he also gives today to the people of Europe in the hour of their victory pver the forces that men- aced their liberties.
"A time is coming when the princi- ples of Abraham Lincoln will have to be fought for again;" elusion. "And the flags of. Great Brit- ain and of the United States standing together, ratlylng about them the m*-n taught the principle i ol Abraham Lin- coln, will yet save the world for lib- erty, for peace, tor good will amongst men."
Views Lincoln Relics.
At the Lincoln home Mr. Lloyd George came in contact with mrnifr.- toes of the most intimate til great emancipator.
From the Lincoln home. Mr. Lloyd George went to the tomb on the out- skirts of the city, where the most Im- pressive pari of his v. •sit occurred. Sere he laid a sri.v,; wreath of ever- green on the catafalque.
"Humble and reverent tribute to one of the world's greatest men " was writ- ten on the card attached to the wreath. They were the same words that Mr. Lloyd George had written in the reg- ister at the Lincoln home.
Crowds packed the hotel loi>i.;. a for a glimpse of the British statesman when ho left to eater his oar for tin- trip to St. Louis tonight.
HAPPY OVER VISIT HERE
With the applause of 12.000 Cbl- cago&ns s 111 ringing In bis ears and happy o\ the result of hi.- CI visit. David Lloyd <'••■ •: yesterday for Springfield to n. visit tc Abraham Lincoln's tomb. L had long been a desire of England's
war promier to visit the burial place of Ametica's gn -man, he
said, before his train left. •• i did enjoy my visit to Chicago,"
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LINCOLN. [Council Bluffs Nonpareil.] Lloyd-George quotes Abraham Lincoln occasionally in his speeches. This doubtless explains why he is effective with the common people. Lincoln gripped fundamentals. He was always sane in his methods, s;mc in his conclusions and invincible in logic. Lincoln's letters, speeches and arguments are as pertinent to condi- tions today as they were when their author lived. lie was never an oppor- tunist, l fj^
Lloyd George
TREADING UPON SACRED SOIL: LLOYD GEORGE
at the Door of the Log Cabin Inside the Lincoln Memorial
at Hodgeville. Ky., Erected on the Spot Where Stood
the Original Cabin in Which Lincoln Was Born.
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One of the Greatest
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On the one hundreth anniver- sary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Theodore Roosevelt, then President, said that Lincoln was "one of the two greatest Amer- icans; one of the two or three greatest men of the nineteenth century; one of the greatest men in the world's history . . . He lived to lead his people through the burning flames of strug- gle from which the nation emerged, purified as by fire, born anew to a loftier life . . . Ever doing his duty, ever facing the future with fearless front, high of heart and dauntless of soul. Un- broken by hatred, unshaken by scorn, he worked and suffered for the people."
Mr. Lloyd George, who visited Lincoln's grave some years ago, in his speech there said: "There are only a few whose names have become a legend among men. Among them is conspicu- ously stamped the name of Abraham Lincoln. His fame is wider today than at the time of his death, and it is widening every year. He belongs to mankind, in every race, in every clime, in every age — a great man of all time, for all par- ties, for all lands, and for all races of men."
Of books about Lincoln there is no end. One of the latest in our Book Store is an interesting human biography by Dr. Barton; another is a "Psycho-Biography" by L. Pierce Clark. But psycho-analyze him as they may — there remains the noble character, the sympathetic heart, the great soul that goes marching on. The great men of all nations regard Lincoln with profound veneration. "He belongs to the ages."
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THE WORLD Lloyd George
IN REVIEW on l.in.oln
By MAJOR GENERAL DAVID PRESCOTT BARROWS
Miiitarr Authority and Former Pretidtnt of th. Univenitj of California
IN THE summer of 1920 the British government accepted
and unveiled a bronze
of Lincoln that was the gift of
a group of American citizens.
It is a replica of the figure of Lincoln created by the American sculptor, Augustus St. Gaudens.
Lincoln is represented as hav- ing risen from his seat and standing at the full height of his great frame. The hands clutctt the lapels of his coat. The head is slightly bowed. The features reveal the sad composure, the benignity and the strength of the famous face.
In accepting (his replica of perhaps the greatest statue cre- ated in America, the British gov- ernment chose to locate it in Parliament Square where, on the one side Westminster Abbey and on the other the Houses of Parliament look down upon it. Here it stands where, in the words of Elihu Root, "the living tides of London ebb and flow about it."
In that famed company Lincoln is the only one who was never a subject of the British King. Yet in the view of scholars and statesmen, he belongs there be- cause he was the consummation of the long, common struggle of England and America for human freedom.
I was privileged to be present in Westminster Hall at the ceremonies- preceding the unveil- ing of this statue.
' Lord James Bryce presided. J' was the last time that I ever saw him. I remember him that daj for the beauty and sweetness of his personality. The address of presentation was made by Elihu | Root.
The speech of acceptance was, jmade by the Prime Mini IGreat Britain, David Lloyd, George. He spoke without manu- scripl or notes. As he proceeded: tears flowed also from his eyes. I What he said was brief, but it lis applicable now, as we emerge lagain from another world war infinitely more terrible in its loss and ruin and in the resentments which it will leave. Also because, so far as I know, this speech has never been published in America, it seems timely to print it as it appeared the next day in the ,London TimesL
The Prime Minister said: "In a few moments we shall see unveiled before our eyes a | presentment in bronze of the 1 best known historical face in the Anglo-Saxon world. I doubt whether any statesman who ever lived sank so deeply into the hearts of the people of | many lands as Abraham Lin- coln did.
"1 am not sure that you in America realize the extent to which he is also our possession j and our pride. His courage, fortitude, patience, humanity, , clemency, his trust in the peo- i pie, his belief in democracy, will stand out forever as bea-
cons to jjuide troubled nations
and their perplexed leader** Resolute in war, he «a» mod* erate in victory.
"In his life he »a> a great
American. He is an American
no longer. Jj(! j., one of those giant figures, of whom there are \er\ Jew in histoiw, who lose their nationalit\ in death. They are no longer <ireek or Hebrew, or English or Ameri- can— they belong to mankind. "I WOndet whether I Will be
forgiven for saying that Georgia Washington was a great Ameri- can, but Abraham Lincoln be- longs to the common people of everj land. They love that hag- gard face with its sail ami ten- der eyes. There is a worship in their regard. There is a faith and a hope in that wor- ship.
"Tile great people who can produce men like Lincoln and Lee for their emergencies, are sound to the core.
"The qualities that enable the American nation to bring forth, to discern, to appreciate, and to follow as leaders such men, are needed now more than ever in the settlement of the world.
"May 1 respectfully, but earn- estly, say one word from this platform to the great people of America:
"This torn and bleeding earth is calling today for the help of the America of Abraham Lincoln.''
visited this statue in Parliament Square, between Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament in 1925; hear^ Big Ben strike 12:00 NCONi There is another similar statue in Callow Hill Ceme^ tery in Edinbourgh, Scotland. I well remember visiting that one, too. I think these two statues are the only two in Europe.
You will probably appreciate the speech of the Prime Minister David Lloyd George, because of his death so recently, this for your collection.
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Lloyd George, British Premier
Lincoln a World Hero
WHEN Stanton, the Iskcfi lary of war, closed Lincoln's eyes and drew the she< I over his face, tic uttered in a low voice ii" prophetic words, "He belongs to the ages." He is nol simply one of the greal men ol the nineteenth century, lie has already becomi a beacon-light <>f the centuries. He is a fixed .star in the firmament <>f history. To him men in all ages will turn to mark their course ami direct Hie destiny of the people of liberty.
But Lincoln not only belongs to tin ig< - he belongs to the world. lie has become a
world hero. In Russia to-day they are long- ing and praying for a Lincoln to lead them out of the swamp in which the\ are flounder- ing; Rizal, the Filipino patriot and martyr under the Spanish rule, was inspired bj the life and words of Washington and Lincoln. During the great war, which the world felt was a struggle to make the world safe for democracy, no man's word- wen- quoted oftener, nor to greater effect than those of the great emancipator. Europe, or the- best of it at least, has come to claim him as its own
Lloyd George, the ISi M i I. pn mier, ipeaU- ing at the unveiling of St. Gaudens' statue of Lincoln in Parliament Square, London, said
"I doubt whether any statesman who ever lived sank so deeply into the hearts of bh< people of many lands as Abraham Lincoln did. 1 am not sure thai sou in America realize the extent to which he is also our possession and our pride. His courage, forti- tude, patience, humanity, clemency, his trust in the people, his belief in democracy, and, may 1 add, some of the phrases in which he gave expression to those attributes, will stand out forever as beacons to guide troubled na- tions and their perplexed leaders. Resolute in war, he was moderate in victory. Misrep- resented, misunderstood, underestimated, be was patient to the last. Hut the people be- lieved in him all the time, and lhe\ >lill be- lieve in him.
"In his life he was a ureal \inencan. He is an American no longer. II. i» one of those giant figures, of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death Thej are no longer Greek or Hebrew or Eng- lish or American they belong to mankind I wonder whether I will be forgiven foi say- ing that George Washington was a great American, but Abraham Lincoln belongs to the common people of every land