28 JUNE 1913, Page 19

"' No, I have no fears for Lloyd George's future.

Besides, he wasn't speculating at all; he was investing for keeps. He said so.'

`If he meant it for a permanent investment,' said the Tory, he sold out rather soon—a couple of days or so later, wasn't it P But take him at his word and say that he intended this speculative stock to be a source of steady income for himself and family—then, in that case, I find him a shade too guileless. A man who claims to be such a. child in business matters is far too beautifully innocent for a Chancellor of the Exchequer who has to conduct the financial affairs of the nation.' "