Evening star., 1922-02-07

distressing situation is to be found in
appeasement of interna tional rivalrLes
and suspicious. and in the improve
ment of conditions under which trade
is carried On all over the world.
For these reasons | welcome ar
;rangements now making for the meet =
ing of an international conference at
Genoa, at which, l trust. it will he
! possible to establish peace on fair
basis in Europe, and to reach a settle
ment of many important questions
arising out of the pressing need for
financial and economic reconstruction.
Proposals will be submitted to you
for the reform of the house of lords
and an adjustment of the differences
between the two houses"
Among the bills for submission to
! parliament. most of which are pure
! ly domestic. is one relating to the
establishment of the international
| trade corporation.
Coalition Control Near End.
The approaching end of the coali-
! tion government. which has con-
| tTolled Great Britain's destinies since
early in the war, was seen in the re-
! assembling at noon today of parlia-
! ment for what is regarded on all
! sides as it's last session.
| General interest. however, was less
. taken with any specific subject which
might come before the two houses
| than with the question of the dura-
tion of life of the present parlia-
ment. and the governments tenure of
| office.
! The newspapers of all party afTiili-
| ations. except the few definitely sup
porting the government for a long
| time. have been cudEeling the ad-
ministration for its alleged delin-
. quencies. each party organ having its
own grounds for attack. Accusations
of extravaganza and failure IL
( grapple with the question of ma
! tional economy were among the fore
| most. while others arose from the
discomfort regarding Ireland. the
| employment situation and several
| minor matters.
/ The uncertainty of the immediate
! parliamentary future is emphas asiZed
| by political writer's in the mornins
newspapers, some of whom take the
view that such dissatisfaction with
the government will be revealed al
an early date that its resignation is
| inevitable.
One, writer declared that the gov.
,-ernments attitude toward Ulster had
! so strengthened the supporters OF
northern Ireland that an almost COM
plete withdrawal of the conserva.
! sible. forcing Premier Lloyd George
to resign This extreme view wa:
| not general.
Such headlines as ION the Brink
and "Under the Shadow Of Dissolu
ton" which top the political column:
today. are indicative of the genera
belief In these circumstances tn,
premier's speech. which is expecte,
today or tomorrow. is waited will
keen interest.
The Times parliamentary CORE
spondent credits Mr.. Lloyd Georg
| with the desire to end the presen
parliament, but thinks the house o
commons may adopt a critical moot
and make efforts to prolong tn,
session. He says:
1.-The premier will be quite glad j
no Unforeseen troubles arise, ant
will bring the session to an end il
the hope OF securing for the mex
/ homogeneous. if smaller, majority"
! On the other hand. the write
foresees the possibility that the hous
Of commons will prolong the session
until the time for Introduction of tn
budget and intimates that India
Egypt and other questions of foreigl
policy such as the Cannes suprem
council meeting and it's offspring, tn
proposed economic conference a
Genoa, will form topics upon whicl
members will put searching question
to the government.
"The decisions Of the Washington
conference, universally indorsed a
they are, will be all the firmer for
definite expression of parliament
approval" the correspondent adds.
As regards Ireland, there must b
at least two bills. one establishing
the Irish Free State and the othe
conferring indemnity for acts com
mitted under martial law. How muc
time passage of these measures vii
take cannot be foreseen, but in viey
Of the present position of Iris
affairs the government certainly vii
do it's utmost to hasten them, al
though II the bills stir MP controvers
tdelay is ineyitable.