. Finally, Mr. . Lloyd George protests against the "
calumny " and "cowardly slander" which have been "spread insidiously and privately by men and women of the baser sort" against his honesty. "Not a penny of this fund," he declares, "have I ever touched for my private use." As Mr, Lloyd George protests so vehemently there must have been calumny of this kind, but we confess that we never heard of it. We cannot recall an instance of a serious person or newspaper saying that Mr. Lloyd George spent the money on himself. The real charge has been quite different and was directed against the impropriety of any political fund standing in the name of a single person. Many Liberals themselves have complained of this injurious anomaly. Last week it was announced that a Trust (in the legal, sense) had been formed and that Sir John Simon had approved of the deeds constituting it. Sir John Simon immediately denied this report—he had never Seen any deeds or expressed any opinion whatever. It may be said that the controllers of the fund arc, at all events, political trustees, but Mr. Lloyd George does not even use that phrase. He Calls them a Commi:t..e.
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