No Rest for Britain's Premier Situated far from the madding crowd of European politicians, in the midst of a nation whose policy has been neutral for the last century, and some miles away from, the tourist's town of Lucerne, the Prime Minister might have hoped to find his well-earned and his much-needed rest, says an "Observer" correspondent, writing on September 12. To a certain degree he did find the rest: he required, and certain periods of each day were sacred to repose or music, But the advent of England's Prime Minister could not pass even in Lucerne without due consideration the greatness of his office.
Journalists from all papers arrived at Lucerne the same day as Mr. Lloyd George; the coal strike threatened almost at once to mar his short holiday, and the telegraphists at Lucerne must have grown tired of the telegrams about the Lord Mayor of Cork. A messenger arrived each day, bringing a bagful of official papers, and another bag, packed with almost every known English newspaper—evening papers included. Then there was the visit of the Italian Prime Minister, and the Polish war to discuss, bringing in its train our relations with Russia.
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