jun 21, 1911 - Mansion House Speech

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Lloyd George (leading radical B Cabinet member - pro-G) supported by Grey/Asquith.

Said B should maintain prestige among Great Powers and if peace only preserved if B’s interests affected, then peace intolerable for B to endure → speech achieved all of Grey’s goals - muted Cabinet’s direction of foreign policy, alarmed Germany, assured France.

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