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lew It was only a years ago, but they had already forgotten it. (Cheery and laughter.) But the workmen of Great Britain had not for gotten it. Supposing they had spent half! of that upon wiping out slums, building decent homes for the workmen, setting up The need of a united Liberal party,garden cities, where it would be some joy enlowed with a social programme which to dwell, where it would be some recruit- ment for them to rest from their labours'; would counteract the activities of the opening up avenues to reach them, im- growing extremist elements, was the proving transport facilities to take them to theme of address by Mr. Lloyd and from their labours; to develop and

restore rural England and agriculture;} {{ George to the young men of Oxford on

to open up the treasures of this great Jane ind. He was the guest at luncheon Empire; if they had only spent onhith at the Randolph Hotel of the Oxford Uni of it, what a different country they would bave had. And the worker was going to versity New Reform Club, of which he is demand these things, because he know the honorary president. This was too now that Britain can do it. lateful a generation, declared the ex Premier, to be spent in personal recrimi. nation. He was not there to apologize for the part he took during the war and alter. The white sheet of repentance was a poor substitute for a mainsail when they wanted to get the ship along. The old phrase was Repent and be saved." bly was t case of Repent and be on those uanines." Men who came in terms were not worth having. On con ations which maintained the self-respect of both sides he was willing to work, as he ad worked in the past, for progres- sive principles.

It might be asked why he had not done these things when he was in power. His was that if every Frime first unswer Minister who ever existed was to be told after he censeu to be Prime Minister that he had no right to propose any other reforms because he did not carry them when Prime Minister, there was no Prime Minister who ever lived who would be entitled to appear in publio life after 1 (Laughter.) The fact of the matter was that in doing things they discovered how much more there was to be done. (Cheers.) Any business man would tell them that. For the first two years of the six he was in power he was engaged, and had con- What mattered even more than the turtas of Liberal unity, continued Mr. Cetrated his mind and strength about Lloyd George, was the task they were the most terrible struggle it had over directing the resources of this country in setting themselves. The war revealed the waged. The whole of his time in the strength and resolution of the country third year he was engaged in the making It revealed also its weaknesses, "and, above all, the extent to which social con of the peace in the great task of demo ditions had undermined the physique of bilising and restoring millions to civil the population. This was a problem for life. There were three years left, and what about those? They were times of un- the young people to look into. What were those conditions? Insufheight rest, times of disturbance. There were nourishment, bad housing, lack of due troubles in Europe, and Britain had to care for health, lack of essentials of be there with her restraining and mode- healthy" existence, lack of work and restrating hand. What had happened? For under conditions which, were conducive the moment Britain. had lost control oven in Germany. What a difference it made. to strength, inadequate leisure, and, et There was this to be said, at any rate, them own it, in many cases the excessive for his Government; they never had indulgence in alcoholic liquor-all these their hands off the lever once. (Cheers), causes were preventable causes. They

had what he called the poverty line--the But in spite of all that they made more tine below which millions of people lived liberal proviston for the unemployed than and had their being in this rich land. had ever been made in this or any other where they had an inadequate supply of country; they raised £100,000,000 for food for themselves and their childret, housing: 200,000,000 for the destitute un-

pensions of mployed, the an inadequate supply of food, clothing Service men were increased; they settled and accommodaton to midatain life at a

the

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He believed in

decent point of strength. There were three Ireland; they restored the credit of this and a half millions who lived in slume country. "What they did justified him in in a country that could spend ten thou-paring on any platform and claiming that more should be done whatever party sand million pounds on a war. There was another line the misery line.

happened to govern this country. He No destitution, no hunger, no privation, but was for Liberal unity, because he believed. conditions that are incompatible with the it was essentia in order to save the essentials of civilised life. (Hear, hear.) country from the extremes of reaction, Fed-not a sufficienes of palatable food. and he would not use the word revolu

tion-crude changra Clothes--no such as you care to see. yourself and those you care for in a national unity as long na national oner. crowd with. Housing-yes, dingy streets taken that the old party system should The decision had been gency lasted. tant you shuns or pass through in a hurry Doctors and either discovered or be restored. If the old party system was invented something they called vitamines. restored them was only one party be had The chief ingredient was the grech feat. Ser been a member of, and be stood with that to-day... (Cheers) He believed that The-mind-the soul must-have iteviln mins, and they must see that morever if they came together, if they worked in dure was brought into the lives of the the spirit of comradeship, without always millions. of people who bred under these taunting and gibing and jeering and re- conditions. Men had a right, if the councrioinating about the past, they could

also do that. try could afford it, to the essentials of civilised existence. Could it be done! Human nature sometimes put forward a gigantic effort, and then it astonished everybody. The late war was a case in point. Plagues and pestilences, dealt with in a scientific way, had most of them been driven out of existence. The BLM applied to social evils; there must be a enuse, and it ought to be inquired into.

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But it was useless to talk of unity or removing social evils unless piece were. established in the world. They had the same clements in existence in Europe to-day as precipitated the Great War Dational jealousies, suspicions. hatreds. rivalries, cupidities, revenge. They were aething through Europe. suy the last war would be a lesson. No, there had been many BLIS And "I would not deal with it in the way the next

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be like my friend, Capt. Guest, suggested the the last. Science was engaged in de- other day." declared Mr. Lloyd George. vising new means of destruction. What "You don't deal with these evils by was going to happen? They might live saying. Let us unite together to fight to see if this west on-the end of this Socialisin. That is n poor, sorry, sterile, civilisation. The means were potent and selfish policy unless you have some enough. They would be more potent. year thing to put up instead. (Cheers.) You by year. Was it possible Certainly. Was cannot deal with it by mere phrases, by it likely 1 Ho' could not tell, but of this talking about the importance of security, he was certain. The only way to make it and of co-operation between capital and unlikely was to convince people that it Iabour; there are some people who re was possible. The throne of peace was peat these phrases with a sort of childish perched on an ammunition dump. How belief in their cryptic efficacy. As if you miserable, how petty, how contemptible could exercise by n repetition of this these personal recriminations were when creed all the evils which are so terrible they thought that humanity was trembling to official Liberalism-the evils of in the balance-

Socialsm and of Liberal unity! (Laugh "After years of shuddering war," Mr. ter.) There is no more unappetising and unnourishing dish than a dish of stale Lloyd George concluded, "we have emer Hapdoodle. (Laughter.) You must have ged into the light. We have not yet pass- real examination into the evils, a realed through the clouds. The whole ground determination to deal with them, you is strewn with the debris of the great must deal with them in the spirit in ruption You think you are turning which we confronted our enemies in the the corner and that then the plains of Great War, by practical measures, and the future will emerge. You round the by a determination to use the whole corner and you find there is another ond ahead sharper. What is in front? Who sources of the land to stamp them out."

If a reasonable practical proposal will tell! la this glen we are dashing,

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at last to see the vision of the new home would do more harm than good, bat they he has been expecting, or is it the valley would get it. One of the reasong these of death? You will know, you will live things would not be tolerated much longer to give the answer, but let me tell you was that they had a generation which had this, that what will happen in this fateful been trained under compulsory education.

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Another reason was that this vast popu- generation depends largely upon what lation that was enduring these evils bad men of your age, of your gifts, of your now got the power to put an end to them zeal, will be able to do in that generation

it bad got the vote. The Good Samari. and for it." (Cheers.)

tan who helped the man who had been stripped and left destitute had got a dif- ferent problem now. He did not take the poor fellow to the fan; he took him to the polling booth. (Laughter and cheers.)

THE INCOME TAX

A number of new cinuses were proposed A third reason was that the Great War in the House of Commons on June 19th had revealed to the, masses of the people to he added to the Finance Bill with the of our country one great outstanding view of increasing the deductions from fact-the immense resources and resource earned income-tax and reducing the rute, fulaess of this country when it had got charged on the smaller incomes. At job in hand that it had set its mind tempts were also made to increase the upon. (Cheers.) When he brought in nount of the deductions for children, the first Budget for old-age pensions, for female relatives acting as house- health and unemployment insurance, the keepers, and for dependent relations, but provision in the aggregate did not come to the new clausea embodying these pro- more than £15.000.000. There were people pasals wore rejected by majorities which. who honestly believed he was driving the generally approached one hundred. outry to bankruptcy. Since then we An amendment moved by Sir A. Monil raised £10,000,000,000 for the war, not to Exempt a company, fr, or partner for ourselves but for the independence of ship from taxation of income genuinely | Belgium. We advanced over £2,000,000,000 | reserved for the development of business,

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