Mr. Lloyd George is to be heartily congratulated on the
speedy termination of the libel case in which he appeared as plaintiff yesterday week. Grose charges reflecting on his private character hail appeared in the People in January last, and the proprietors, the defendants in the action, acting on the advice of their counsel, withdrew the charges unreservedly, admitted that they were false and without foundation, offered the fullest public apology for publishing them, and paid £1,000 damages. Mr. Lloyd George having gone into the box and stated that the charges were an absolute invention, the Judge, Mr. Justice Lawrance, in approving the terms of settlement, made some very proper observations on the gravity of the offence, and expressed his opinion that the plautiff had acted with extreme moderation. It is much to be hoped that this case may read a salutary lesson to those who are tempted from a political motive to indulge in the practice of mud-throwing on the offchance that some of it may stick. Mr. Lloyd George is further to be congratulated upon his courage in facing his libellers, and refusing to take up the position that he would only demean himself by noticing them.
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