A GIFTED PREMIER

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3014, 27 February 1917, Page 5

A GIFTED PREMIER

telE JOHN SIMON'S TRIBUTE TO ' MR. LLOYD GEORGE. . Speaking at the London Society of jlArts recently, Sir John Simon said at '(this time of crisis, instead of reviving past controversies or jfcriticisms, the better mind of the naSjtion desired that wo should recognise JiJthe great qualities of hoth Mr. Asquith Mr. Lloyd George, and rejoice jjfchat eaoh, of them in turn had put his fbreat qualities at the service of his jfcountry. _ !' "Who is there," Sir John continued, denies the dauntless conrage, intexhaustible energy, unfailing 'resource, 'and all tlie other Btriking qualities of t'Mr. Asquith'a great successor? Mr. frLloyd George stands at this moment ijbefore the world as the embodiment of mational vigour and determination, and fthere is a second quality not perhaps 30 jroadily remembered at this time, but hue which ho pre-eminently possesses, sby which, when the opportunity offers, 3hc may be ablo to render priceless' serjrice both to his country and to the world. Ittii the history of our own industrial he has an almost unique [(reputation as 0110 who, when the golden Opportunity came, has brought, peace ']out of seemingly irreconcilablo oppo'isites. May these two great gifts iVhich ho so abundantly possesses be ilised in the service of his country to secure the ends for which we entered upon a righteous war. Such, I think, must bo the prayer of nrerv patriotic fed far-sighted citizens at this moment fef our destiny."