New-York tribune., 1922-03-06
LLOYD George Said TO Con-
slider asking King to
Call OH FORMER Premier
10 Resume Old Office
Insists Coalition
Still L. Essential
Liberal Gs~eam of United
Party and nionist Re-
volt Chief Obstacles
pv Arthur s. Draper

L0NDVN. AaFch 9'~-ll FrCNieI
riord George carries out his threat tc
~csjrn unless the revolving Unionists
can Sc brought back into line, it is re-
ported to-day th@t ne intends TO sdrise
King George 20 ssk Sir Arthur j. Bal.
four to undertake the formation Of a
new ministry.
This move Is apparently grounded on
ne belief that 10 one party is equal
70 the task of government ST present
and that d coalition Of eore sort must
be retained, even i the Lloyd George
group is forced out of Office, This
view is spreading in some quarters
and it is predicted that sooner or later
Sir Arthur will be seen again in the
Premiership as head Of g new coalition
formed from the elements Of the old
parties.
The proposed Centrist party. under
the personal banner Of Lloyd George,
will be the subject OF discussion Tues
day al a meeting Of the new members
ct Parliament-those who were elected
IN 1915 for the first time. These los
Crionists and 25 Liberals are all Lloyd
George supporters, and around them as
nucleus he would form the separate
party he is said to he planning In this
supporting group Lloyd George can
count on Lord Birkenhead as leader Of
The Uuionists who would follow him
and on Winston Churchill as leader Of
the Liberals.
Rank and File Rebellious
There are two principal obstacles to
this movement to form a Lloyd George
party. One is that the rank and file of
Inc Unionists are trying to break away
from the leadership of the present Pre-
mler, and even though such men as
lord Birkenhead and Austen Chamber
lain are supporting Lloyd George they
In any large nu nbers.
The other difficulty is that the Lib
erals now in the coalition are dreaming
Of united Liberal party again, rather
than the formation Of new group, and
they believe that if Lloyd George
would come out against the Unionists,
whose support already is crum bling, he
could reunite the Liberals, and they
would rather see him do this than
form Centrist party.
The alternative to the creation OF a
Cen.rist party is straight triangular
election fight, with the three present
groups ontanding-Liberal, Labor and
Unionist-with some prospect of sort
OF alliance between the first two against
the last If such an alliance were ef-
fected it is probable that Lloyd
Georges leadership would be more &C
ceptable than any other mans. And
the fact that reunited Liberal party
would be able to hold the balance of
power is sure 80 play an important
part in the final move Lloyd George
makes to solve the present CRISIS.
Prophets Fail to Agree
There is still considerable differ
ence of opinion, even in we'll informed
political quarters, as to just what turn
events will take this week. Some be-
lieve that Lloyd George will 60 ahead
with his threat to resign on Wednes-
day. The Sunday Times" disputes
this, saying the Premier has decided
rot to quit office, but "The Sunday
Observer is convinced that he will
60 out OF office unless the Unionists
abandon their revolt. The latter news
paper feels that the thing for Lloyd
George to do is to postpone the Genoa
economic conference for another month
ana mold general election so that he
can have united support when he goes
t. that meeting, but "The Sunday
Times" urges the Premier to hold on.
TO his present following in England
gntll after the Genoa conference and
Vhen fight his political battle.
49, L Garvin, writing in "The Sun
gay Observer" says
For many reasons large majority
ot the nation, including masses of the
ministers own supporters, as we'll as
me opposition, has come to regard the
Ssooalitlon as an organized hypocrisy.
Irn niF George Younger Qeader of the
ohlonlst revolt then caused the thing
20 De regarded as z disorganized hy-
eocrsy The last thing the nation
wants ls a reorganized Hypocrisy"
uarvin continues: But until g
general election is held there can be
70 sound basis for any better political
system than the coalition. The result
81 81 general election will be to trans
sorin beyond recognition all the pres
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