sentences:  He was appointed a GCMG in 1914 and a GBE in 1917.In his approach to politics, Emmott was a strong supporter of the government's social reforms.This was arguably reflected in 1910 when Emmott, in response to Conservative critics who attacked the Liberals as "socialistic", retorted that "so far as we have gone in the direction of Socialism, so-called, whether it be in regard to free and compulsory education, whether it be in regard to old age pensions, or in respect of any other reform, we have not diminished, but rather added to the liberty of the individual."