The worst thing in Mr. Massingham's diatribe is the innuendoes
made about Mr. Lloyd George. Apparently' it is Mr. Maaaingham's pose to regard the Secretary for War as a renegade Liberal because he had the courage to insist that compulsory service had become a national necessity. The charge which is sequestered in the passage quoted above is that what Mr. Massing, ham no doubt calls the attack on the " only headquarters that Liberalism now possesses " was the deliberate personal act of Mr. Lloyd George. Yet if he were not blinded by his vindictive attitude adopted of late towards the Secretary of State for War, he must know that Mr. Lloyd George would have nothing to do with choosing a new office. What we presume happened was that the soldiers, or officials, in a particular department found that such-and- such extension was needed, looked into the question of the best places available, judged that the National Liberal Club was the appropriate place, and accordingly asked for it.
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