If Mr. Lloyd George is wise he will make a
virtue of necessity and go at once with a good grace. If he decides to do that, no one will want to make his departure unpleasant. There will, indeed, be a great deal of sympathy with him in all quarters, as there always is, and ought to be, when a great man falls with dignity. It is no mean thing to be Prime Minister of England, and the nation that conferred this signal honour wants to treat its servant with kindliness and generosity. If, however, he clings to office, makes excuses for staying, and in the end has to be told plainly that he is to go, he will have committed a blunder so grave as to be irreparable. Mr. Lloyd George's resignation, if really voluntary, need lead to no permanent eclipse. If he is dismissed after a struggle by a disillusioned nation, he will be given no second lease of power.
