ADMIRAL’S STORY.
LLOYD GEORGE’S PIQUE. How Mr Lloyd George, then Prime Minister, is alleged to have received Admiral Wester-Wemyss icily, after the signing of the Armistice at ’the close of the Great War, is told in the Admiral’s biography, written by his widow. The biography is compiled from the Admiral’s letters and memoirs. Admiral Wester-Wemyss signed the armistice as First Lord of the Admiralty. He then telephoned the news to the King and Mr Lloyd George, who hastened from France to London, whither the'King had immediately summoned him. Instead of receiving congratulations from the War Cabinet, however, he was met with black looks. It was subsequently learned that Mr Lloyd George had planned a spectacular announcement of the Armistice at the Lord Mayor's banquet on November 9, but the Armistice had not then been signed. Accordingly, he decided to announce it in the Commons on the afternoon of November 11, the news meanwhile being kept secret. However, the King told his entourage, with the result that the news of the Armistice was published at 11 a.m. and all the excitement centred on the Palace, Mr Lloyd George’s announcement in the Commons falling flat. Mr Lloyd George says the story is preposterous.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 158, 4 June 1935, Page 7
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