Mr. Lloyd George's Campaign In his speeches at Manchester, continuing
his campaign for a policy of national reconstruction, Mr. Lloyd George was rather clarifying than adding to the proposals lie made at Bangor. He -still stands on non-party ground. He asks for a Government—the present or any other— which will adopt a constructive policy for absorbing the unemployed by the devotion of capital to useful public works. He urges the appointment of a body of business men and economists to take a comprehensive survey 15f what is essential in order to re-equip the country in respect of industry, agriculture, transport and the amenities of life—the Government to press forward with such works when trade is bad, and slow them down when trade is good. It is not necessarily his function to anticipate the findings of the proposed expert commission as to what public works can be most usefully undertaken ; he limits himself to the more obvious of these, such as national housing, land drainage, water supplies, and the electrification of railways in urban areas. In regard to the last Sir Philip Dawson has since pointed out that \railway electrification has been proved to be neither speculative nor unremunerative. Mr. Lloyd 'George complains that the more detailed plans which he has pre- pared have neither been examined nor even asked for by the Government. The next step is that he should produce them. * * *
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