FREE TRADE'S CHAMPION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18564, 23 November 1923, Page 9

FREE TRADE'S CHAMPION.

SPEECH BY LLOYD GEORGE.

NIMBLE WIT AND SATIRE.

PEACE BETTER THAN TARIFF

REAL TRADE RESTORATIVE.

By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright. (Received 8.30 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON, Nov. 21. Mr. Lloyd George's address at the Queen's Hall, London, was in reply to the Prime Minister's speech from the same platform on Monday. The great

hall was packed to the doors, and there

were many people in the street who were unable to enter. Before turning to the election, Mr. Lloyd George paid an eloquent tribute to the late Dr. John Clifford, and at his request the audience stood in silence for a few moments in reverence to Dr. Clifford's memory. The speech was very characteristic of Mr. Lloyd George's platform oratory, and abounded in rapid illustration, amusing analogies, and stinging satire. Perhaps his most original metaphor was to demand that Mr. Baldwin should explain why he thought it- would cure a shell-shocked patient if a mine were blown up under his feet. He added: "When a ship has sprung a leak from a terrific explosion it is not a tinker's job. Mr. Baldwin has done nothing but talk, talk,. talk. He has not done a single act. What we want is someone who will tackle the job. am not an applicant. Peace is the real remedy. We want a man who will pursue the problem of peace "with a single end and dauntless heart.'* The Tory Party when worried always took to tariffs as some people took to alcohol. Credit had declined in Britain since Mr. Baldwin took up his job. The only country where wages mere on the level of these of Britain was Free Trade Holland. Free Trade had given British commerce, trade and finance such vitality that British credit alone in Europe had been restored, and free imports were keeping Britain alive. To change her fiscal, policy in order to keep the homo fires burning would be like a drunkard breaking up furniture and flinging it into ! the fire. "Restore peace in Central Europe," said Mr. Lloyd George, "and trade will look after itself." Mr. Lloyd George's election itinerary has been published. He will leave Euston on Friday morning for Glasgow, and will thence go to Paisley to assist Mr. Asquith. He will be in Newcastle |on Monday, and in Sunderland for an even- | ing meeting, and will then travel to Leeds Tor a meeting on Tuesday. The following two days he will spend in Lancashire, and the week-end in N-orth Wales, in his own constituency, Carnarvon, where Mr. Austin Jones, a Conservative, is opposing him. On Monday, December 3, Mr. Lloyd George will speak in Norwich, and on 1 Tuesday he will be in South Wales.

MR. CHURCHILL'S CONTEST.

HOSTILE MEETING FACED.

"AN AMBUSH ELECTION."

Aistralian and N.Z. Cabin Association. Reed. 8.5 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 21.

Rowdy scenes marked Mr. Winston Churchill'a first meeting at Leicester. Owing to lack of police a mob rushed the hall and filled the seats of ticket-holders. When Mr. Churchill appeared it was evident that a large hostile element was present. He described the election as ah ambush election. In three hours the Cabinet decided to make this wild plunge. It was a good 'thing for Mr. Baldwin's reputation as an honest man that he did not realise how sharp were the tactics his party were employing. If Conservatives came into power there would be a desperate fight over tariffs, and the lobbies would be crowded with representatives of various industries.

RESTORED TO GRACE.

LLOYD GEORGE FORGIVEN.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 21.

The General Committee of the National liberal Club unanimously and without discussion rescinded a resolution passed in 1921 forbidding the banging of portraits of Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Winston Churchill in the club.

DR. A. W. CHAPPLE.

TO CONTEST DUMFRIES.

Sun. LONDON. Nov. 21. Dr. A. W. Chappie, formerly of Weilington, and author of " The Fertility of the Unfit," will again contest the Dumfriesshire seat as a Liberal Free Trader.