NO REST FOR LLOYD GEORGE
Mr Lloyd George, returning his thank to a deputation of tho Dingwall Town Ooun oil, who presented him on September 2 with the freedom of tho borough, said in doubted whether any of those great men re corded in tho Dingwall roll, such as Fox Lord Grey, Gladstone, Rosebery, or Cham berlain, had “ as hard and insistently etrenu ous task as tiro ono Providence has on trusted to my fcoblo hands.” It had been labor without ceasing, he said He had tried to find rest in Wales, n England, on the Continent, and now he ha< fled to tho Highlands; but his task, hi declared, hod pursued him eveu into them remote glens. However, he said, ho mus go through with it, and if God gave him th< strength ho would. “It will take a great, deal of getlinj through, but Eomotnmes when thiugs seen worse they are really much bettor," he dc dared. “ I know from the touch of thingi and from tie sight of things, comparinj them to-day with a year ego and the yea: before, that they arc gradually pelting bet ter. “If we pull together it will greatly hoi] the world, for if Britain goes down I di not know what help there is for Europe Britain is the mightiest, safest, and times of all lands. I do not see anything that cai take its place at the present moment." Ho expressed the hope that ho would haw tho iinro and strength to seo that the Bn tish Empiregot through its troubles am perils, and if it did, ho said, tho work would bo saved.
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Evening Star, Issue 17824, 22 November 1921, Page 7
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274NO REST FOR LLOYD GEORGE Evening Star, Issue 17824, 22 November 1921, Page 7
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