Mr. Bullitt further stated that Mr. Lloyd George evidently felt
that he owed an apology to the "young American " for his speech of April 16th and he sent Mr. Kerr to make that apology. According to Mr. Bullitt, Mr. Kerr also explained that Mr. Lloyd George had come to England with the firm intention of recom- mending action on the basis of Lenin's proposals, but that he had to change his mind as " he found that Lord Northcliffe and Mr. Winston Churchill had rigged up a Conservative majority which intended to slay him if he did so." Some denials, official as well as more or less official," have-been put forward on Mr. Lloyd George's behalf, and one of these statements—one of the less official, we hope—described Mr. Bullitt's statement as a " tissue of lies." While, however, we think that Mr. Lloyd George's speech in the House of Commons did an injustice to the facts and was therefore not fair to the House of Commons, we by no means think that Mr. Bullitt necessarily speaks words of reason or accuracy. We believe that he is a young intel- lectual of undoubted talent but of firebrand political opinions. Frankly, we confess that we are a little prejudiced against anyone who freely makes use of confidential documents and incidents for the purpose of injuring a political opponent.
