Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Bonar.Law, and Mr. G. N. Barnes,
as the protagonists of the Coalition Govermix ent of to-.day and. also of to- morrow, addressed an enthusiastio meeting in the Central Hall, Westminster, last Saturday. Mr. Lloyd George set forth the pro- gramme of the Government, emphasizing at the start that we -were now living in a new world. Even the Throne had changed--it. had gained added respect, stability, and lustre from the actions Of its occupants during the war. Somebody must have authority from the people to go to the Peace Conference, and also to initiate Recon- struction. To talk of a "blank cheque" was blank nonsense. Re- cruiting figures showed that our-national physique was disgracefully lower than that of Frame and_Germany. Health and housing must be- national obligations. Industries must be reorganized ; agri - culture .must no- longer be neglected ; transport was too casual ; eleotrie supply must be taken in hand. Opposition, which had its uses,- was -organized fault-finding; it should have no place during Reconstruction. He regretted the Withdrawal of Labour from the Government ; the working classes would °end CI11/1 that action, which seemed-to him the height of folly. The country must. choose the men most efficient for the prodigious task of reorganization.
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