Farewell, Caesar!

Ex-Premier Lloyd George visited Philadelphia, Scranton, returned to Manhattan and left the U. S. on board the Majestic, thus concluding his triumphal American tour of 6,000 miles, during which he spoke in 22 cities.

Philadelphia. Here, as everywhere, Mr. George was welcome. The keynotes of the ex-Premier's two speeches in Philadelphia: "The Rhine is a river of blood." " We want you to help us bring peace to Europe." Later he said: " You say to us,' Why do you want us to get mixed up in it?' Why? It is because you are men. You have your political difficulties and your personal animosities, but I hope, regardless of all hindrances, the spirit which prompted you in 1776 will call you forth again in the defense of democracy."

Scranton, Pa. Before one of the biggest meetings that he had ad- dressed in the U. S., and to an audience composed almost entirely of Welsh people, Mr. George paid a sterling tribute to Mr. Charles M. Schwab and voiced a plea for " help, help, help." Of Mr. Schwab, Mr. George said: "He was the first man to come to our aid in organizing a more ample and efficient supply of munitions. The Kaiser offered him three times the price his great plant was worth in an effort to rob us of his support, but he stood by the Allies. You can therefore appreciate the feeling of a Britisher who took a leading part in the prosecution of the War toward a man who gave such chivalrous and generous aid to the cause of liberty when in jeopardy on the battlefields of Europe."

New York. During his brief stay of two and a half days in Manhattan, the principal activities of Mr. George were confined to attending a dinner of the Lotos Club, a visit to the grave of Theodore Roosevelt, an address in the Manhattan Opera House.

Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, in presenting the distinguished guest to the Lotos Club, said: " We welcome you to our Lotos land and to Bohemia not as a former President of the Board of Trade and Cabinet Minister for many years; not as Chancellor of the Exchequer, associated with policies that make history; not as Minister of Munitions or as Prime Minister of England—one of the greatest titles ever known to history—during the conduct of that stupendous war. We welcome you not as a statesman of national and international and permanent achievement and fame. We honor those things, we applaud those things; but we welcome to Bohemia and to the Lotos, David Lloyd George, human being."

Mr. George's speech dealt with the American Revolution's effect on Britain and said that it had taught the Mother Country how to treat her Dominions. Referring to the problem of reforming the House of Lords under Mr. Asquith's Government, he said that Dr. Butler was called in to inform the Cabinet upon the workings of the U. S. Senate. " There was no greater constitutional authority than Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, and we invited him to attend a Cabinet meeting. I think he is the first stranger to have ever attended a meeting of a British Cabinet. I never use the word foreigner when I am talking about America. He gave us a full account of the powers of your Senate, a very truthful account of the relations between the Senate and the House of Representatives. And we decided not to risk it." (Laughter, applause, cheers.)