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before the opening of the campaign,
the labor party by an Overwhelming
majority, adopted resolution direct
ing its representatives to withdraw
from the coalition cabinet.
| The coalition cabinet which origin
! ally included labor, was formed in
1915 when the present outgoing par
lament was scheduled to be dissolved
and new one elected. A general
election then was ayerted by politi-
| cal truce formed between the labor,
unionist and liberal parties, whose
members in commons agreed to sup
port ministry formed by David
Lloyd George, liberal, and Andrew
Bonar Law, unionist leader. ..
The labor party. at its emergency
meeting, protested that the political
truce ended automatically with the
signing of the armistice.
Labors withdrawal was signal it
would oppose the coalition cabinet
which asked to be returned to power
lin the present general election.
The combination between the
unionist and liberal parties was
effected at the opening Of the cam
paign when they held joint meeting
at which Lloyd George put forth his
platform. He asked reelection for
the coalitionists on their war record
and their reconstruction program.
which he outlined in detail. including
better housing, better health meas
ures and generally improved living
conditions for the workers.
Opponents of the coalitionists
charge that the ministry participated
in the election at time when Britain
was excited by victory, with the sole
idea of taking advantage of this stu
alton to ride into power again.
More than 600 candidates were in
the field almost from the beginning
of the campaign. In some districts
there was no contest. Each candi-
date under the Britain election prac-
ltice deposited $3.50. This deposit is
returned to all who poll at least
eight percent Of the total vote cast
in their district.
by Lowell Mellett, United Press
Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Dec. 13.-In the midst
of the turmoil of petty election is
sues it is difficult to discern Great
Britain's peace policies. But it is
apparent that freedom Of the seas"
!will not furnish the only point of
difference with America
Premier LloydlGeorge's recent
speech at Bristol left many Ameri-
cans gasping, because of his declara-
ton that GeoImany must pay the
whole cost of the war. This is re-
garded as being in direct contraven-
| ton to the armistice agreement.
The premier's declaration followed
steady and increasingly insistent de-
mands from Lord Northcliffe and
other British publishers that Lloyd
George frankly declare himself, max
ing this the price of their support.
1t appears that the premier had
determined to resist these demands
until Tuesday night.
Previously Lloyd George had term
ed the newspapers cries of punish
the kaiser" make the Huns pay"
and drive the Huns from England"
as "only a stunt But on Tuesday
night he officially announced five
points on which he was asking votes
-"punish the kaiser" and make
Germany pay" The other three
were purely domestic.
Before this, Foreign Secretary Bal
lOuT, III al INTERVIEW Win American
correspondents, refused to go be-
yond the statement that payment of
damages done on sea and land prob
ably would be the limit of Germany's
capacity. He was uncertain as to
whether the armistice terms pre-
Guided demand for more.
The sentiment OF the liberals, who
are hoping to find Great Britain and
the United States aligned at the
peace conference, Is expressed by the
Manchester Guardian.
Luckily the temptation for cleo
pioneering soon will be over, or there
would be no saying what we might
come to-" the Guardian said.
The Westminster Gazette says
THE armistice terms may have
been good or bad, but every honor
able man must desire to see them
hOnorably carried out"