Foreign News: Hacmaturia

The hearts of Liberal and Laborite leaders were in their mouths last week. From Addison Road, in London's West End, word came that 68-year-old David Lloyd George was gravely ill as a result of hacmaturia (passage of blood in the urine). An emergency operation was necessary.

Since the last general elections which swept Scot MacDonald into office, not once but several times the support of Liberal Lloyd George has been all that has kept the Laborite Government in office. Recently Liberal oxen have galled under the Lloyd George yoke. Sir John Simon, busy last week in the defense of Lord Kylsant (see...

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