Word: lloyds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Premier Lloyd George was entertained at the American Club in London by the American Society prior to his departure for Southampton en route for the U. S. Ambassador Harvey, in introducing him, said that he was a great democrat, a champion of Anglo-American friendship, " the most vivid personality of his own time and one of the most remarkable personalities of all time. . . . The last time he visited Canada he hadn't enough money to go on to the U. S., but this time he has no excuse. . . . He will have an equally gracious reception from President Coolidge...
...Lloyd George said: " I shall be neither a missionary nor a bootlegger, I shall neither preach sound doctrine nor smuggle bad whisky." He said he was going to Canada to express Britain's great gratitude for her aid in the War. Referring to the sorry plight of the Allies in 1917 and the entry of the U. S. into the War, " L. G." said: " Just then that young Hercules of the West came striding along, fearlessly, dauntlessly, and took his stand here by the side of the Armies of France and of Great Britain. Do you know what that meant...
...Southampton large crowds gathered to wish ex-Premier Lloyd George Godspeed; conspicuous among them were Winston Churchill, Sir Robert Home, Sir Hamar and Lady Greenwood, General Smuts. At times the crowd could not contain its enthusiasm, several ladies broke loose and kissed him, the rest of the crowd succumbed to the leadership of the Rev. J. H. Shakespeare (one of the chiefs of the British Noncomformists), who called for hearty cheering, which ended in singing For He's a Jolly Food Fellow. To his adherents Mr. George said: " Look after the old country while I am gone...
...page book is written with characteristic Lloyd Georgian vigor and is full of sonorous metaphor. The Ruhr gets attention. Says he: "If Poincaré is out for reparation, his policy will inevitably fail in comparison with that which he so rashly threw over; but if he is out for trouble it has been a great success and in the future it will be an even greater triumph for his statesmanship. The permanent garrison in the Ruhr has possibilities of mischief which it does not require any special vision to foresee...
...Premier was invited to call on the President at the White House during his visit this month to U. S. cities. Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Lloyd George have this in common: each of them had a humble village cobbler as his earliest political adviser. Mr. Lloyd George's cobbler happened also to be his uncle and his acting father. Mr. Coolidge's cobbler is, as everyone knows, James Lucey of Northampton, Mass...