The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-09
LLOYD GEORGE
ASKED TO RESIGN

London, Oct. 8 (By the Associated
Press).-The latter phases of :hc
Near Eastern crisis have been accom-
panied by the growth of a political
and newspaper campaign against
David Lloyd George, the British
prime minister, which reached it's cli-
raax when the four leading weekly
reviews and one of the premier s
stanchest supports among the Sunday
newspapers joined in a demand for
his resignation.
"The campaign has far surpassed
in it's widespread extent and seeming
influence any of the similar cam
paigns which the premier during the
troubled postwar period has had to
meet and which hitherto he always
has successfully circumvented. What
has distinguished the present cam
paign from all the previous is that
1t is not confined to the premiers
natural political enemies but en-
braces solid organs of public opinion
of all political shades"
The basis of the charges against
Mr.. Lloyd George is that his strong
pro-Greek policy brought the nation
to the brink of war, which was only
averted in the first place through the
craftsmanship and diplomacy Of Lord
Curzon, the foreign secretary, who
emerged from the alleged prolonged
eclipse from which the foreign office
has suffered through the premier, re-
tanning in his own hands all the
threads of British foreign policy, and
secured an agreement with France on
Near Eastern policy, and in ,he
second place through the moderation
and tact displayed by Brigadier Gen
eral Harrington in his dealings with
the Kemalists.
The gravest of the charges against,
or rather against the alleged war
party led by Winston Spencer Churcn-
ill, secretary for the colonies, is that
it has involved the country at a
moment of great financial difficulty
in the useless expenditure Of between
100000 900 and 3O,OOO,OOO pounds for
war preparations in the Dardanelles.
In the words of The Outlook, lit
has assured the triumph Of France
over Great Britain and caused the
humiliation of Great Britain before
the Moslem world, while France poses
as the protector of the faithful who
shalliad and .ehixyisd Great Britain
into accepting humiliatfons that no
great power within the past century
has peacefully endured"
Amid the chorus of protests against
Mr.. Lloyd Georges cabinet secre-
tariat usurping the duties Of the for
eign Office, moderate organs like The
Spectator and The Observer are heard
urging the premier's friends to tell
Mr.. Lloyd George he can best serve
his country by resigning.
This campaign is considered in
some political circles to have greatly
strengthened the conservative revolt
against Mr.. Lloyd Georges leadership
which has never been stilled since
last February when Sir George
Younger, the Conservative party or
ganizer, successfully thwarted Mr.
Lloyd Georges plan for spring elec-
tions.
Not only has the Labor party been
solidly against the premier with their
recent "stop the war" slogan, but
political observers assert some of the
strongest elements Of both wings in
the coalition are equally determined
to bring the Lloyd George regime to
an end. In some quarters Andrew
Bonar Laws recent letter to The
Times on Great Britain's operations
in the Near East is associated with
the anti-Lloyd George manifestations
though in other circles the interpreta-
tion Is that the letter may have beer
intended to assist Lord Curzon in mis-
efforts in Paris to bring the British
and French policies into agreement.
All kinds Of speculation are cur.
rent regarding how the premier will
meet the attack against him. Ever
possible new political alignments are
being spoken of in the event of tho