On Tuesday Mr. Lloyd George told-- his constituents what he
thought of the - change of Government. His speech, characteristic in every respect;-. was: most charac- teristic when he turned from emphasizing the duty of a modern Opposition to refrain . from purely destructive criticism to relate the story of the-last two years; howl in 1922 a broken world was gradually being nursed back to health by wise and high-souled leadership when: suddenly in October that leader was hurled from his seat by an irresponsible faction ; since _ then; how we have returned to, " chaos and old night." " In fact; no Government ever succeeded -in crowding .so many mistakes into so short a space of time." If_ this is Mr.' Lloyd George's idea of constructive criticism; as a point of literary interest we should really like to see a specimen. of his -.destructive 'style,. The only point . of...practics.11 importance in the speech was the statement that those National Liberals who had given pledges to support the Conservative Government would be no longer bound by them. This may or may not be so, but at any rate it would seem to be more an issue between the members in question and their constituents than one to be decided by an ex-cathedra pronouncement from the Party leader.
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