Mr. Lloyd George has made full and clever use in
the Liberal dispute Of the tactical advantages to which we referred last week. Lord Oxford's letter rebuking him no doubt had the appearance of being unneceasarify severe about a single incident. The cause of the letter was, of course, a long series of undisciplined and ineon- siderate acts by Mr. Lloyd George which were hot mentioned. This was Mr. Lloyd George's opportunity to make a great display of gentleness and reasonableness which brought a large number of Liberals to the side of one who could, on the facts as presented, profess to be an injured man. Mr. Lloyd George's speech at Manchester was in his characteristic manner. He complained that he had not had "a square deal" and that the real trouble was that his nominal leaders had stick-in-the-mud methods while he was said to be" unstable " merely because he was " alive." *'"a -
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