MR. LLOYD GEORGE. [To the- Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—It
is not surprising that Mr. J. L. Garvin should be auto-intoxicated. But it is lamentable that the Spectator should be blind to the fact that never has Mr. Lloyd George deserved better of his country than at this moment. The cool, far-seeing courage and wisdom shown in the conduct of the dispute with the Turks place him in the front rank of British states- men—past or present. Just the right thing has been done, in the right way at the right moment—and done successfully in spite of tremendous difficulties that would have daunted a smaller soul. Had a like policy been adopted in July, 1914, there would probably have been no " great War " :-
"Suave mars magno turbantibus aequora ventis B terra magnum alterius spectare laborem ; Suave etiam belli certamina magna tueri Per campos instructs tua sine parte perieli."
Like the. English Milord of The Gamesters,. I am no longer satisfied with the. Editor of the Spectator.—I am, Sir, &c.,
SCRUTATOR.
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