MR. LLOYD GEORGE

Hokitika Guardian, 22 January 1930, Page 5

MR. LLOYD GEORGE

REPLY TO LORD GREY

[United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]

LONDON, January 23

Rt. lion. 1). Lloyd George, made his reply at a Liberal Club luncheon to Lord Grey’s speech of January M, (in which the latter condemned Mr Lloyd George’s leadership of the Party.)

Air Lloyd George declared that lie did not let his country down, and he was entitled to a fair hearing . He believed that if Lord Grey was left alone, he would respond to an appeal

not to discourage the Liberal Party Mr Lloyd George declared that the Party action anil the country’s electoral system must bo adjusted to the fact that the three-party or fourparty system had come to stay. The Liberals, he said wore “not a wing of the Government which could be flapped at will,” but they were an independent body. Air Ramsay •MacDonald, if he wished his Government to continue, “must get of! his “hobby horse,” and must understand the fundamentals of working a Democratic Party. A Liberal Opposition in the old sense, was impracticable, and was unpatriotic, and, at the same time, co-operation that entailed two parties co-operating in a Coalition was ruled out.

Mr Lloyd George added that he would say nothing regarding Lord Grey that would he likely to “add fuel to the dying embers.” Owing to a growing Tory opposition, the present Government’s life would, more and more depend upon the Liberals, who would be the gatekeepers of every measure. Lord Grey should not discourage the Liberal Party, when it was really making headway. He continued: “Our perils are great. I beg Lord Grey to help us! Let us stop snarling, and get to business. The Liberals, alone can save the nation.”