Ima Barlow described this speech as causing politicians like Foreign Secretary Edward Grey to be "sick with neurotic fear.
Ima Barlow described this speech as causing politicians like Foreign Secretary Edward Grey to be "sick with neurotic fear." The deliverer of this speech stated that "National honour is no party question." As a pacifist, the deliverer of the speech stated that "nothing would justify a disturbance in the peace of international good will except question of the greatest national moment." However, the deliverer of this speech also said that "if a situation…in which peace could only be preserved by surrender of the great and beneficial position Britain has won by centuries of heroism and achievement, by allowing Britain to be treated…as if she were no account to the Cabinet of nations, then I say emphatically that peace at that price would be a humiliation intolerable for a great country like ours to endure." Following this speech, Reginald McKenna was replaced as First Lord of the Admiralty by Winston Churchill. Admiral Tirpitz called this speech a "slap in the face." Yearly, the Chancellor of the Exchequer customarily talks about the British economy in front of the residence of the Lord Mayor of London in this speech, but in 1911, it was used to talk about the Agadir crisis. For 10 points, name this speech by David Lloyd George.
Ima Barlow described this speech as causing politicians like Foreign Secretary Edward Grey to be "sick with neurotic fear.
{Mansion House} Speech