14 FEBRUARY 1920, Page 1
Of course Mr. Lloyd George will try to form a
new anti- Socialistic party and to lead it. But the nation will think more than twice before being sure that he would lead it in earnest. It cannot forget the circumstances in which the Sankey Com- mission was appointed. It will have a very uncomfortable recollection that at that time Mr. Lloyd George seemed actually to want nationalization. It will also require an explanation of the striking statements in Mr. Roch's remarkable book, that Mr. Lloyd George actually made some promises to Labour about nationalization. But we must wait for all these matters to develop. It is enough to say now that a new and sharper issue which had its source at Paisley is presenting itself to the country.
