The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-25
ELECTION TO
BE HELD
IN ENGLAND
g Parlia-
mentary P a r t i e S
Will Appeal to The
Voters Of the Nation

London, Oct. 20 1By the ASSo-
ciated Press In the still highly
speculative political situation to-
night, only two facts stood out as
defini.e-1hat there will he almost
immediately a general election and
! that parliamentary ratification Of
the Irish constitution is safely as
Sured.
! Andrew Bonar Law, who is to
] lead the new government to tai.
the place OF that of David Lloyd
George, in message to an evening
newspaper confirmed his in ens.. on
to advise King George to inme-
d:ateN dissolve plrliamen: and
added that &lis fact would eve.
ample time TO deal with the Irish
Legislation. He did not indicate.
however. whether the presen: ear
lament would reassemble accord
. ing to schedule on November IL to
deal with the Irish question Or
whether general elections would
he held Immediately and the Irish
legislation left to. the ne@ par
: lament. Either plan will he pr:i.-
ticabie. the only point being that
ratification of the Irish treat. must
be effected before December =.
Lloyd George. in !, message sent
! TO William Cosgrove, president OF
the dali eirean. has removed my
fear OF opposition from him in MS
new position as leader of the oppG-
sition in parliament The Marcus
6f Salisbury. on behalf of tn. ..f:ie
! liards.' has made a similar prom
ise. SO there is no party in the
house OF commons that is likely to
offer any hindrance to the carry
ing Of ,he Irish treaty into e:f-c.
The retiring premier. left today for
Leeds with his sword in his hand
as he asserted in q short address
at the. St. Pancras station prior
to his departure.
Although he delivered FIVE adj
dresses from the rear Of his car on
the way to Leeds he has left un,il
,omorrow's speech in Leeds ane
revelation of what his tactics will
be. There is intense curiosity ev.
erywhere rs TO, what the line Of his
peroration will take-whether he
has new domestic reforms OR legis-
lative plans to propose as 4 new
election battle cry. There have
been rumors that he has some new
plan for unemployment, insurance,
with 4 view 10 detaclling the labor
vote from the Labor party, bring
ing il into the fold of his proposed
new Center party.
i The rebel Conservatives. who are
headed by Ronar Law. Sir George
! Younger and Stanley Baldwin. who
brought about the fall OF Lloyd
George. have contended they were
trying TO get back to the party
system. Only the result Of general
elections Will show how far they
have succeeded in this intention.
(! Up to the present the only conse-
Guence of their tactics has been
the adding of still another group
;; TO the existing party groups. there
by bringing the british parliament
still nearer TO the group systems
of the European parliaments.
Lloyd George. who during the
war split the Liberal party in.o
; two sections, has now done the
same thing by the Unionist party.
! Thus instead Of the two original
parties there are now four. with
the Labor party making the fifth.
There no longer will be an Irish
parry, which for so many years
during the great home rule agita-
] ton was able to dominate the
Westminster parliament by throw
ing its 10 members to whichever
rate parties. it is clear no single
party can form q big enough bloc
20 carry on n government not aid
ed by further alliances. 1t has to
; be remembered that the whole OF
f, the electoral machinery and the
funds OF the Conservative party
belong to the rebellious Younger
section Of that group.
Lloyd George is credited with in
, ten.ionS TO create Il Center party
This would necessitate the crea-
!1ion also OF new party machinery
and party funds. for the former
premier has no such funds or ma
i,chinery 1T present 1T his dispos-
TAI.