The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-25
Mainly About People
A Weekly News Letter
By r. P. O'CONNOR

was concluded that men. with greater
spirit Of compromise. could manage to
forget their differences.
Another and quite different version
Of the performances Of a strange week
Is that the slow and patient ASquith had
placed the nimblc prnmpcrt Lloyd
George. in an ugly difficulty. Mr.. As
auth ~ processing To take seriously
Mr.. Lloyd GEORGES observation that
10th his faithful liberalism and his in
lcntiun Ia carry Liberal measures only
expressed personal agreement 10 the
program. but if Lloyd George and AS
qtith agreed Ia this program. If both re-
manned equally Liberals, why should
their followers be trying to defeat each
other in their constituencies 1t was
not proper Of course. that there should
nc only one Liberal candidate instead or
two If Mr.. Asquith walked into this
pretty little Lloyd George parlor 1t
would mean only Asquth Liberia IS
would be returned where Liberals are
returned at all. for il is only Asquith
Liberals who are we'll chosen by the
Liberal machine IN their CONSTITUENCIES.
II Mr.. Lloyd George accepted this pro-
gram. then MIR. Asruith. returning with
the Asruith lihrrul party. would hold
the fate of Lloyd George in his hands.
For some hours there seemed 10 be q
prospect from such mancuvrrS OF al
agreed election with few contests even
hctwccn the Tories and the Liberals. and
mono hut one ur two between the Lloyd
George and the .tSquith Liberals. Hu'
gh"Sc INan"urrrE counted without inc
Unionists. still more without the La
hyritrs. Tho Uu!unisls have no intcn-
ton whatever of allowing Mr.. Lloyd
r.rorgr to begin a ncw parliament with
hg Liberal backing. making HIN IN
i np"tIrmt nj th"m. They VIII moi he
Luund. accordingly. 10 amy deal between
Mr. Lloyd George and Nj Asdu'th. and
where possible, th"y wi! Put forward
their own c"ndidntn To defeat either one
OF both types Of Liberals.
This possible irunir d"rnu"m"nt Of n
great iu;riru" in r"nnp!i"ui"d game
with Lloyd George trying /" exploit IN"
Tories and As1mith Iry:ne /" em'hraSS
floyd George. ami the Tories trying 10
exploit Lloyd Georges present POPULAR
!ty. The result will he 4 big Tory ma
ority.
Az n iiral factor IN tho situation. La
Dor has been known for weeks /" no
rrrcrnc;lahlr. boiling that this "l"c-
Ton WAS To h" fought Ivy them III TIE
,,ulid.m, hope not :" much If winning
his ,mc as Of navin@ tn" way !" VIC
.nry following the election. and really
starting tn" career ni tho I.ah"r p"T'!
rs one ih%i must ultimately tax" over
he government Of III" country.
For iE., mulurnt Mr. ll"rd 'ic'rc" has
l"%t ono ut the three props that Kept
his rickctty government in power. The
general a%srmn.ior is that ono or the
! other nj thc props mu&r disappear when
IA" a"w house If commons Genres INTO
h,ErE. when Lloyd George can IL" longer
! appeal TO the d"ndly peril If war as re;i'
sen for keeping h!m in office.
THIS unstable condition 81 tho English
parties offers. naturally. - ireland d
! h:g opportunity for playing of these
! rartirS against each other tn The mi
| vantage Of ireland. II remains very
questionable whether Ireland VIII ha''
sense enough to take ahrantag" "f TINS
! opportunity. The crushing defeat NJ
| Germany has for IN" moment dashed
! down the spirits Of tn" Sim fcin. and
! their npnrrhrusinns are hidden under
! louder vanntinEs than ever. The Sane
| rcnplc Of Ireland in nearly all section:
! nrc dl>lrartrucd and frightened by Ih'
! unputrncr Of ireland owing ~ these
dcrce divisions her forces ar" making
/ instead uf wrll-mcant efforts la pre-
ducc a conference where united actor
! could j." realized
Mr. DIllrn. ut course. Is uIitr ready
| Ia accent any reasonable proposition. but
! the Sim F"in"rs ar" full Of hope that
| they can carry must il not all Of thcii