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Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1927, Page 2

Now and again a little public justice is done to .Mr lJnyd George. It seems to lie the more fashionable course for diarists and political opponents to east their jibes at the little Welshman, hut there are occasions when justice is not really bliml. and some measure of recognition is meted out to the great exMinister. Last week in a London suburb a statute typical of “The Great Deliverance.” was presented to the people hv Viscount Botlierincre. chief proprietor of the “Daily Mail.' 'the statue, ,whie-h is the work of Ihe French sculptor, M. Fmile Guillaume, is that of a female figure holding in the right hand an uplifted sword and manifesting expressively, feelings of relief at the great deliverance. Lord lbotliinoro, in presenting the statue, said il ,symbolised the rcliel experienced when the Allied armiies of Franco and Britain drove hack the invading Germans from the Marne. His mind had instantly turned l > Mr Lloyd George when lie thought who should unveil that memorial. Lord Rotliermere added: “History alone can present: those war years in their true perspective. hut whatever political and other differences may have arisen since |i)18. the people of Kngland can never forget what they owe the unfailing courage and enthusiasm ol Mr l.loyd George.” .Mr Lloyd George spoke in vivid terms of (he deliverance which the Allied victory had meant to'humanity; deliverance by the sword from military despotism. Tho next great task, he said, was nol deliverance by the sword, hut from the sword. And so some little measure of justice was done to one who was so great a figure on the Allied side all through the Great War. It is well to recall these great services for the world has hut short memories.