HOW PRIVILEGES ARE LOST.

Taihape Daily Times, 22 September 1919, Page 5

HOW PRIVILEGES ARE LOST .

A great deal of int.'un=lte and interesting light on the personalities of the great men who are now at thehead of the World’s affairs are thrown by Mr R. Riley in the course of a. lantern’ lecture in Dunedin onihis impressions of the Peace Conference, Where he was Mr Massy’s secretary Mr Riley has come back with a great enthusiasm" for Mr’ Lloyd George, and in speaking of him be disclosed a msot instructive example of the great man’s methods. Regularly every afternoon Mr Lloyd George used to meet the press‘ dale-4 gates over a friendly cup of tea, and there they would hear 1-im desc-.l'l'be patiently‘ and‘ beautifully the difficulties withwhich the Councilof Tenhad to deal. He spoke _, quite frankly’. and laid ‘all his cards on the table but pledged all the prcssmen present. to the same confidence. They were at librty to write up in their own words all the secret information he had given them, but not to disclose its source or. the manner of its getting. It went on for months until one day Mr Lloyd George was betrayed by :3. London paper; and. added M: Riley, he met us no more; and you could not blame him.