New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
MORE LONDON SCANDALS
NJ. P. Cited in Divorce Case
Resigns His Seat.
AFTER MARC0NI OIL STOCK
Cabinet Ministers Believed to
Have INDUCED in Illicit
Speculaticns.
Try Cable 20 The Tribune. !

Try Cable 20 The Tribune
London. June 1.-THE resignation
from Parliament Of Eliot Crawshay-
Williams. private secretary to David
Lloyd George. has come as a result Of
the publication in The Tribune Of the
approaching Carr-Gomm divorce suit,
in which Mr. Crawshay- Williams is
cited as correspondent.
For political reasons every effort has
been made to keep the divorce pro-
ceedings from the public and contrary
to all precedent secrecy was even
adopted in the posting In the law
courts Of the notice Of the action. In
stead Of entering the case in the ordi-
nary public list. the entry was only
made in pencil on a private form in
private corridor Of the Probate. Divorce
and Admiralty Division. Considerable
comment resulted, and representations
were threatened to the authorities. but
when the story as printed in The Trib-
une was cabled back 10 England, the
Leicester Liberal Association indicated
10 Mr.. Crawshay- Williams the advis-
ability Of his resigning. The latter con-
suited Premier Asquith. who also ad-
vised his resignation. and 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Crawshay- Williams's
letter TO his constituents explaining his
resignation was written BY Mr.. AS
quith.
Hopes for "True Facts"
The letter contains this passage; Il
trust. whatever may be the course OF
the events which the interests OF all con-
cerned dictate. some day ard in some
manner the true facts will be brought
to your notice"
Mr.. Asquith for several weeks has
been making strenuous efforts TO per-
suade the parties TO settle the case
without going into court. The Pre-
uier and the Chancellor OF the Ex-
chequer have been at loggerheads over
the approaching scandal, Mr.. Asquith
fearing that as Mr. Crawshay- Will
Jams is so closely associated with Mr..
LLOYD George the latter will be dragged
into court. which, of course, would be
highly discreditable 10 the Liberal ad-
ministration. Following so closely on
the Marconi scandal, on the Home Rule
trouble and on the threatened serious
disclosures relating TO government OIL
contracts. a divorce scandal with de-
tails associating a Cabinet minister
with the story might well give a death
riov IA the government. The case in
the ordinary course will not be heard
before the October sessions or the
court. and il is this fact which Is sald
20 account for the secrecy in posting
"a. official notice of the suit, as any
thing might happen in the mean time,
even dissolution Of Parliament ana Il
general election. in which event the
IGNORANCE of the public regarding the
suit might play large part In the re-
suit
Tho threatened disclosures relating
70 government oil contracts referred 10
above are not unlike those concerning
the deals" made by Cabinet minis
tiers recently in Marconi shares.
THE Times" recently Wafheu INC
government that rumors were rife as
10 Cabinet ministers specializing IN the
/ shares of oil companies when con-
tracted for the British navy.
The Globe" to-day hints that the
books Of Charles e. Fenner a stock
broker who recently went into bank
runtcV ehow that ord MURRAY Of Eli
bank invested a considerable amount
of the funds Of the Liberal party IN OIL
shares particularly those Of Mexican
company which had obtained large
government contracts.
THE Daily Telegraph" says: THE
government owes the country full
and explicit statement, Sooner or later
the truth will certainly be forthcoming,
and it is in the interest of the good
repute Of political life that complete