"AMERICA ALONE HOLDS THE KEY TO THE DOOR OF PEACE"

BRITAIN'S LLOYD GEORGE VISITS NATION'S CAPITAL

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 25, 1923, David Lloyd George*, former Premier of Great Britain, came to Washington, D.C. to meet with Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and to attend a luncheon and cabinet meeting at the White House with President Calvin Coolidge.

Speaking with reporters, Mr. George said...

"America alone holds the key to the door of peace in Europe."

and added...

"The idea of any nation going to war with the United States is impossible.  Who would you fight?"

*David Lloyd George (1863-1945) was born in Manchester, U.K. & served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1916-1922.  DLG is the only British PM who was a Welshman.

SOURCES

"David Lloyd George," Gov.uk, www.gov.uk/

"Lloyd George Here Declares America Alone Can Bring Peace To Europe," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 25, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

David Lloyd George

1919

Harris & Ewing Photo

Library of Congress

"DON'T LET ENGLAND PULL THE WOOL OVER YOUR EYES"

DAVID LLOYD GEORGE SETS FOOT ON AMERICAN SOIL FOR FIRST TIME

New York City (JFK+50) On October 5, 1923, Great Britain's war premier David Lloyd George* "set foot on American soil for the first time."

The Premier was welcomed by acting mayor Hulbert outside City Hall along with thousands of New Yorkers including a parade of Irish women carrying anti-British banners.  One of these read...

"Don't let England pull the wool over your eyes."

*David Lloyd George (1863-1945) was born in England & served as a member of Parliament 1890-1945.  DLG was Chancellor of the Exchequer 1908-1915, Secretary of State for War 1916, Prime Minister of U.K. 1916-1922.

SOURCE

"Hecklers Beset Lloyd George As He Arrives In U.S.," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 5, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

David Lloyd George

Prime Minister United Kingdom

November 14 1922

Library of Congress

"LLOYD GEORGE WON THE WAR!"

LADY ASTOR COMES TO LLOYD GEORGE'S DEFENSE IN PARLIAMENT

London (JFK+50) On December 14, 1922, the New York Herald reports from here in London that when, during a reparations discussion in Parliament, pacifist E.D. Morel* complained about Lloyd George*, Lady Astor interrupted to say...

"Lloyd George won the war!"

To which Mr. Morel of Dundee retorted...

"It's a good job he didn't win you!"

Not to be outdone, Lady Astor replied...

"Better me than you!"

*Edmund Dene Morel (1873-1924) was born in Paris & became a British journalist, author & pacifist. EDM was jailed in 1917 for anti-war activism.  He defeated Winston Churchill for a seat in Parliament in 1922 & was re-elected in 1924.  EDM said of WC, "I look upon (him) as a personal force for evil."

**David Lloyd George (1863-1945) was prime minister of  the United Kingdom, 1916-1922. 

SOURCE

"'Better Win Me Than You', Lady Astor Tells Laborite," New York Herald, December 15, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

Edmund Dene Morel

1922

"IT IS NOTHING TO THE DEBT AMERICA OWES US"

LLOYD GEORGE CREDITS JOHN WESLEY & GEORGE WHITFIELD

London (JFK+50) On October 26, 1922, Lloyd George* declared..."I  don't know the exact figures of our debt to America (but) it is nothing to the debt America owes us...credit John Wesley and George Whitfield."

Mr. George continued...

"I am not talking about Shakespeare, Burns and Milton...and Roger Williams and the Pilgrim Fathers."

*David Lloyd George (1863-1945) was born in Manchester, U.K. & served in Parliament 1890-1945.  DLG was Prime Minister of the U.K. 1916-1922.

SOURCE

"Preachers Paid Debt to U.S., Says Lloyd George," The New York Tribune, October 27, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

David Lloyd George

1919

Harris & Ewing Photo

Library of Congress

A STRUGGLE AGAINST MILITARY AUTOCRACY

JFK+50:  Volume 7, No. 2277

LLOYD GEORGE SALUTES AMERICANS AS 'COMRADES IN ARMS'

London, U.K.  (JFK+50) One hundred years ago, April 12, 1917, Great Britain's Lloyd George*, speaking at the American Luncheon Club's banquet commemorating U.S. entry into the world war, said...

"I am...in the happy position, of being, I think, the first prime minister of the crown (to) salute the American nation as comrades in arms."

The PM went on to say that the United States entry into the war on the side of the Allies..."gives the final stamp to the character of the conflict as a struggle against military autocracy throughout the world."

Floyd Gibbons wrote...

"Premier Lloyd George...spoke the words of martial amity that loosened long pent feelings into a demonstration of Americanism that probably never before was witnessed outside of the states."

In Gibbons opinion the Prime Minister's speech would live long in the history of Angl0-American relations.

Gibbons describes the scene as follows...

"A thousand Americans rose to their feet and formed a sea of waving flags and napkins upon which the earnest, smiling face of the prime minister of the British crown looked down."

*David Lloyd George (1863-1945) was born in Manchester to Welsh parents.  He served as a Member of Parliament 1890-1915, Father of the House 1929-1945), President of the Board of Trade 1905-1908, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1908-1915 & Prime Minister 1916 to 1922. 

SOURCES

"'America Will Win The War:  Lloyd George," by Floyd Gibbons, The Chicago Daily Tribune, April 13, 1917, www.archives.chicagotribune.com/

"The Premier's Speech," by the Associated Press, April 12, 1917, The Chicago Daily Tribune, April 13, 1917, www.archives.chicagotribune.com/

David Lloyd George
National Library of Wales

BRITISH PM HONORS ABRAHAM LINCOLN

JFK+50:  Volume 7, No. 2218

BRITISH PM SENDS MESSAGE TO AMERICA ON LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY

London (JFK+50) On February 12, 1917, 100 years ago today,  British Prime Minister David Lloyd George* sent a message to America in honor of the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln.  The message, published in The Daily Telegraph, compared the causes of the Civil War with those of the World War.

The Prime Minister wrote...

"Abraham Lincoln was one of the very first world's statesmen.   (His) life was devoted to the cause of freedom.  The American people, under Lincoln, fought a war of liberation.  

We, today, are (also) fighting a war of liberation (for) all the world.  In your case (the choice was between) freedom and unity or slavery and separation.  In our case, (it is) military power tyrannously used...trampling on the rights of others or liberty and public right."

Another article in this edition of The Telegraph read...

"On this day, 108 years ago, was born in utter poverty and obscurity one of the noblest of those few whom all history and all posterity unite in calling 'great.'"

*David Lloyd George (1863-1945) was born in Manchester, U.K.  He served as president of the Board of Trade from 1905-1908, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908-1915, & Prime Minister from 1916-1922.

SOURCE

"Premier's Message to the American Nation," The Daily Telegraph, London, U.K., February 12, 1917, www.telegraph.co.uk/

Prime Minister David Lloyd George

The Illustrated War News

13 December 1916