Mr. Lloyd George, speaking on Friday, December 3rd, at the
Constitutional Club—as a "Daniel in the lion's den "—expressed a just contempt for the "little imitation Gladstones " who were trying to arouse hostility to the Government by likening the repression of the Sinn Fein murder-gang to the Bulgarian atrocities. He denounced the brutal murders of soldiers and policemen in the strongest terms, and expressed his regret that the Independent Liberals could not spare a word of sympathy for the victims. "I tell you, for the honour of my own party, we have neither lot nor part in this ; and that faction does not represent Liberalism." Mr. Lloyd George said that the slanders of the Independent Liberals produced a bad impression abroad- " Britain provokes envy "—and encouraged the Sinn Feiners to pursue their murder campaign in the mistaken belief that Great Britain was weakening. The Government intended to stamp out the insurrection, and they were succeeding. They would then have to conciliate Ireland.
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