Mr. Lloyd George's services as Prime Minister have been dispensed
with because the mass of the Unionist Party, and no inconsiderable number of Liberal Coalition- ists in the country, had come after much patience and thought to the definite and irrevocable conclusion that they could stand him no longer. There is always an immediate cause for a decision of that kind. In this case it was the levity and recklessness with which he brought this country to the verge of war by the insane policy of egging on the Greeks in the*hopeless task of defeating the Turks. The policy was sure to be a failure, owing to the nature, character, and weakness of the Greek armies, and it was sure to bring enormous troubles upon us throughout the Mohammedan world—troubles which may last for half a century. It was likely also to involve us in perils in the Balkans, throughout the Mediterranean, and with our chief Allies.
