On Wednesday Mr. Lloyd George received a deputation which asked
for a grant of money towards the entertainment of the International Peace Congress in July. Mr. Lloyd George took the opportunity to discuss the whole question of the entertainment of foreign visitors. He had always been in favour of putting international hospitality on a more organised basis, and since he became Chancellor of the Exchequer he had consulted the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary on the matter. The result was that a certain sum was to be allocated for the purpose, but the conditions under which it would be dispensed were not yet arranged. We agree that our public hospitality has never compared well with that of other countries, not so much in the entertainment of the more important persons, perhaps, as in that of the less important, and if the expenditure is properly safeguarded it will be money well spent in every way.
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