<P> David Lloyd George, (1863--1945) from the British Liberal Party was a highly effective leader of the coalition government that took power in late 1916 and managed the British war effort . However his coalition premiership was supported more by Conservatives than by his own Liberals, and the subsequent split was a key factor in the decline of the Liberal Party as a serious political force . </P> <P> He won by a landslide in the election of 1918, held just after the war ended, where he spoke out for harsh terms against Germany . However, he was much more moderate at Paris . Unlike Clemenceau and Orlando, Lloyd George did not want to destroy the German economy and political system--as Clemenceau demanded--with massive reparations . When asked how he had done at the peace conference, he commented, "Not badly, considering I was seated between Jesus Christ and Napoleon (Wilson and Clemenceau)." </P> <P> It has been said that "Lloyd George was the most affable and the most resilient, and he was probably the best at negotiating". In an article from the New York Times, it says that "Lloyd George was a pragmatist determined to protect and expand the interests of the British Empire ." </P> <P> Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (19 May 1860--1 December 1952) was an Italian diplomat and political figure . He was born in Palermo, Sicily . His father, a landed gentleman, delayed venturing out to register his son's birth for fear of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1,000 patriots who had just stormed into Sicily on the first leg of their march to build an Italian state . He is commonly nicknamed "The Premier of Victory". </P>

What did each of the big four really want in the peace conference