Before Parliament adjourned on Thursday till May 27th, Mr. Lloyd
George made, to what is described as a some- what listless and frigid House, a statement on the new land policy which the Government are considering. He laid stress upon the deplorable condition of the agricultural labourer in many places, and the extraordinary phenomenon that the conditions are often worse in the counties which lie nearest to some of the great markets. True to his tempera- ment and record as the great political quack doctor, he assured the House that he had a get-well-quick remedy for the patient if only he were allowed to prescribe it. " I am sure it is possible, by means which I am not in a position at the present time to outline, to divert the stream of migration, and to get the surplus population in the towns to the land." Mr. Lloyd George then hinted, by an appeal for co-operation between all parties, that Limehouse acid was not one of the ingredients of the new dose. There was to be no attacking or even criticising of any class, because all had done their duty according to their lights. The Government had all the facts, and he hoped the report—that is, of course, the report of his private Land Commission—would not be prejudged before it was seen.
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