Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-08
MANY OBSTACLES
FACING PREMIER
IN Ne " COMMONS
Lloyd George Is Under No Mis-
apprehension as 10 Magni-
tude of His Tasks; Threat Of
Appeal Significant,
by James VI. TOuhyl
Copyright 1919 ~ the Press Pub
fishing Co.

/ by James VI. TOuhyl
I Copyright, 1919 D.. the Press Pub
| fishing Co.
I tThe New York WorldD
| Especial Gable Disnatch to the World
! and albuquerque JournalD
I Paris, Jan. An reports concur
/ in representing the results of Presi-
! dent Wilson'S visit to London and his
/ conferences there with the premier
and cabinet as having been most
4 salutary and as having cngendered
| high hone of harmonious action at
I the peace conference.
/ The elections had distracted the at
tention Of the British from pros
| pective conference work. and had
naturally raised to undue prominence
certain popular and personal issues.
such as the punishment of the igno-
/ minious kaiser for instance That
question has now been submerged
and there is general recognition of
| the duty of the government to settle
down in the Paris meetings to the
adjustment of really vital peace prob
| lens.
Air Believed Cleared
Whether the report may be accurate
that a basis Of agreement of peace
matters has been reached between the
president and the British government,
il is certainly believed in authorita-
tive quarters here that substantial
progress toward agreement has been
made, and that the air has been clear
ed of certain Misconceptions regard
ing the American and British points
Of view
1t may be said that Premier Lloyd
George $ under no misrepresentation
respecting the magnitude of the task
he has undertaken or the difficulties
he must overcome in his determine
ton to secure lasting peace. These
difficulties will not present them
selves merely in the ueace conference,
but they are also inherent in the con-
stitution of the parliamentary ma
jority.
His outspolten avowal to his con-
stituents Of Camarvon that unless the
government shall try its best To full
fill its promises Il pledge myself not
{ remain at the head of the govern
ment, but viii 20 back to the people
for another mandate is profoundly
significant Power TO dissolve parlia-
ment and to compel another appeal
to the people which resides in him as
, premier, is the most potent weapon
he possesses with which 10 counter
the reactionary tendencies which Will
surely develop in the high tory ma
jortv of the coalition. He IS under
no illusion in that matter and ms
career shows, whatever may be said
of some Of his political actions. that
he has indomitable courage,
Attitude of Extremists.
| His declaration may have been
| tpI I., hp aff tp ~
! IRENE tories to set un a sort of tory
| vigilance committee to guard against
! his kicking over the traces In the
! last parliament where two unofficial
! committees of members. called the
I liberal war committee and the union
/ list war committee, whose function
! was TO ginger up the government IN
! .he prosecution of the war. The lib
/ eraI war committee now represents a
] large proportion of Llovd George S
I liberal coalition parliamentary fol-
| lowing.
/ The movement now afoot IN tory
| quarters is to extend the scope OF
| work of the tory war committee.
! with the view of watching over the
| interests of British imperialism IN
/ connection with peace negotiations.
| The premier may well resent this
/ overwhelming vote of combined tory
| ism and liberalism which has re-es-
/ tablished him in power, which he may
/ Justly regard as not only recognition
| of his success in concluding the war
| but also as an expression of conf
! dence in his ability to conclude peace.
I Could Exercise Power.
/ AS n sign Of the disposition of the
/ tory majority to leave no doubt of
! their resolve to dominate parliament,
| this extension of the functions of the
! tory war committee, if made effective,
| is highly important
! Although there is no constitutional
I provision in England giving parla-
I ment the rights possessed by the
| American senate in respect to treaties,
! that function could be just as eff
| fectually exercised IN parliament by
| defeating the government II peace
| conditions should prove unacceptable
! to the majority of the house; and
that majority happens in this case
! to be tory.
1t is believed the premier has the
| full confidence of his tory ministerial
| colleagues as now existing. but he Is
! already subjected to pressure to IN
| clude in the new government torres
of a more extreme type. particularly
Sir Edward Carson, who has been
! suggested for the office of home sec
rotary
The premier has. or had. great ad-
| miration for Carson, who has the
powerful backing of the new tory
marty. although he proved a conspic-
uous failure IN the two coalition gov
! ernments, from which he resigned on