Will he climb still higher in office, or will he pass to the limbo peopled by those who were and are not?
Time alone can tell.

But in this year of grace 1911 Mr.Lloyd George, incarnation of the hard-working middle class, is a very distinct personality in the government of the country, and his presence in the Cabinet a fact in the history of democracy.
THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS More than once since 1831 the House of Lords has come into conflict with the House of Commons when a Liberal Government has been in power.

A compromise was effected between the two Houses over the Disestablishment of the Irish Church in 1869, the Lords, on the whole, giving way.

When the Lords proposed to "amend" the Army Reform Bill (for abolishing the purchase of commissions) in 1871, Gladstone overpowered their opposition by advising the Crown to cancel the Royal Warrant which made purchase legal, and to issue a new warrant ending the sale of commissions.

This device completely worsted the House of Lords, for a refusal to pass the Bill under the circumstances merely deprived the holders of commissions of the compensation awarded in the Bill.