The New York herald., 1922-11-13
TORIES MAJORITY
ISSUE IN ELECTION
Bonar Laws Party Certain OF
30 More Seats Than Any
Other Faction.

4~ONpONg ANONs L. N<hsSpNi@eSN ~-~D~f'
The only issue considered in doubt
Wednesday when the general elections
are held, according TO the claims OF
the Conservatives. is whether Bonaf
Laws party will command a majority
in the House of Commons over all other
parties combined. That it will elect
thirty or forty more members than any
other party is not questioned.
Coalition and cooperation are two de-
vices which were thrown overheard at
the Carlton Club and which the Con-
servatives certainly are anxious to steer
clear of because they want TO return to
straight party government. LORD
Beaverbrooks Daily Express, which
backs Bonar Law strongly, gives him
forty majority. the Asquith Liberals and
Labor each about 12O seats and the
Georgian Liberals not more than 80.
II the crowds cheers could be de-
PENDED upon to mean votes, LLOYD
George and his cause might be expected
TO be swept back into power on wave
OF popular enthusiasm The former
Prime Minister has been the one vital
and magnetic personality Of the CAM
paign, although Mr.. Asquith's meetings
developed unexpected strength.
Country Wants Quiet.
While the real issue is a vote of con-
fidence or no confidence In the Lioyd
George Government, tranquility seems
to suit the country's mood. The short
campaign has been one OF the soperest
and tamest In modern days, as well as
a
no clear cut Issue to excite passions or
enmities Lloyd Georges plan of STRAIT
egy has been TO defend his administra-
ton. and he is decidedly at his best on
the offensive.
Apparently none of the big fighters In
this campaign desires to inflict wounds
that would leave scars, because the new
group division in the Commons VIII
make some cooperation scheme pos
sibllity. and no one knows with whom
nc, may be marching next month.
Premier Bonar Laws opponents nat
urally have made the most Of his now
famous stun ble-"We don't know where
we are" And another cry agaln's him
has been There arc too many lords
and sons OF lords in his Cabinet" Mr..
Lloyd George has dropped his appeal TO
prejudice against the arstocracy con-
ssting OF his fling that lie was the VIC
tlfl Oh a cbDdl ny lHe CdhilOH SluD anu
Belgravia.
Drag Out Skeletons.
1t Is one Of the strongest traditions OF
British public life that all transactions
in the Cabinet should be held sacredly
secret Nearly all the shining figures
in this campaign have sat together in
the Cabinet during some part OF the last
four years, and the temptation to drag
out skeletons from the Cabinet closet
has proved too great a strain on human
nature, and some OF the members have
yielded.
lord Curzon. the model Of convention
and propriety among all British states
men. has had a lively set-to with VIM
ston Spencer Churchill. CurZon has r.
vealed, as though IL were an accusation.
that Mr. Churchill wrote the alarmist
statement about the Turkish crisis issued
to the public which began the troubles
OF the coalition. and that Curzon him
self knew nothing about il and de-
pored 1t.
Mr.. Churchill has replied in substance
that Lord Curzon would have known
all about II IL he had been in london
attending TO his Cabinet business in
stead OF enjoying himself at his country
place over Sunday when a great crisis
was afoot. Curzon has retorted that
the crisis was not bad enough to pre-
vent several Cabinet Ministers from
spending a cheerful week end with
Premier Lloyd George at Chequers
Court