FIGHTING SPEECH BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12386, 6 December 1909, Page 5

FIGHTING SPEECH BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

LONDON, December 3. Mr lJoyd George, speaking at tho National Liberal Club, vehemently denounced the Lords as Mad Mullahs and wreckers of the popular hopes. That

House, ho said, had now perpetrated its last act of destructive fury and initiated one of the greatest and most promising struggles of modern times.'. Mr George reiterated the Bannerman formulas that Liberal legislation must' become law within a single Parliament.' Describing Lord Cnrzon as not very wise^ or tactful, Mr George remarked that he would bo les^ dangerous as a ruler of the House of Lords than as tho Ruler of India. He added: " For- further particulars apply to Lord Kitchener. If you want more information apply to Colonel Middleton. Then there is Lord Milner. There is one thing in common between Lords Milner and Cnrzon. Both are very clever men. Both possess every gift except common-sense. Lord Cramer found his charge devastated by ■ misgovernmcrit, and left it abounding in smiling prosperity. Lord Milner found smiling lands, left them, after years of mismanagement, a score-h----od, blackened desert. His is a peculiar genius for running institutions and countries into destructive courses." Mr Lloyd-George next attacked Lords "Rothschild and Revolstoke, and twitted them nn their ancestry. Both were running down British investments and all things in. a country that offered hospitality to their forefathers. After arguin gthat the Lords were overborne by tho liquor trade, Mr Lloyd-Georg<J exclaimed :; — " We've got 'em at last. I mear not to let 'em go until all account; nve settled." Earl Carrington, presiding, character i?ed it as a marvellous speech, destinec to have a far-reaching effect.