New-York tribune., 1922-11-05

as ita war reCoTu, pfCSuEeu Ine IuLuTe
as dark and troubled and declared that
Minister'S policy of negation.
THAT policy won't do" he said.
avoid the extremists, the Socialists,
by all means, but do not let us avoid
extremes to the point OF stand-still-
ism. A great nation like ours cannot
afford to stand still Is this nation to
lie down in torpor and stand still
God forbid-that is not policy"
Calls Capital Levy Nonsense
In his Leeds speech Premier Law,
replying to statements of John R.
Clynes, of the Labor party, to the eff
feet that he had once expressed agree
ment with Labor's scheme for capital
levy, said that 1t was nonsense to in
troduce such policy in the present
state of the country. The Premier gave
little encouragement to the hope that
taxes would be reduced materially in
the immediate future, but he said that
the government hoped to reduce the
national expenditure, especially as air
warfare was compelling change in
Great Britain's defensive system.
Touching on the election, now less
than fortnight hence, the Premier
said that he had every reason to feel
confident that the Conservatives would
have large majority. He said that
the Labor party's program would be re-
garded by the majority of people as
nonsense, and that fol- that reason he
expected his party's success to be even
more sweeping than had seemed likely
few weeks ago.
Viscouht Grey, in the course Of his
plea for the election Of candidates
pledged to support the League Of Ma
tions, took occasion to remark that the
late war could have been averted only
If Germany had had the same will for
peace that England had.
Derby Refutes Birkenhead
Lord Derby, who spoke at Bolton,
retorted to Lord Birkenhead's remark
that he Derby had urged coalition
between the Conservatives and Ma
tional Liberals by saying that when a
tentionally he withdraws and apollo
gizes, "but," he said, Lord Birken-
head has done neither"
Britain's 1922 election will exceed all
predecessors in the number of candi-
dates and size Of the poll. To-day
we'll over 400 have been nominated
for the 615 seats in the House OF Com
mons, and on Election Day, November
Is, the women's vote will swell the
poll far above the previous high water
mark. The Conservatives lead the way
with 47S candidates, Labor being next
with 4l2, followed by the Asquith Lib
erals, numbering $50. The Georgians
rank last in point of numbers, with 1873
candidates entered.
Georgians Enter at Eleventh Hour
Lloyd George failed to produce his
rumored eleventh~hour batch of candi-
dates. Instead sixteen National Lib
erals were nominated at the last mo-
ment, most Of them in the London dis
trict.
While Lloyd Georges son, Major
Gwilym Lloyd George, was handing in
candidate for Pembrokeshire he re-
celved word that his wife had given
birth to son in London. His sup.
porters and the Labor candidate oppos-
ing him offered their congratulations.
large number of candidates will be
returned to Parliament unopposed
Among them will be Attorney General
Hogg, the Labor pagty candidate op-
posed to him withdrawing More than
thirty Conservatives will be returned
to Parliament in this way, unopposed.
Joseph Devlin, the Irish Nationalist
who represented Belfast for a genera
ton, has been nominated for q Liver
pool constituency.
Lloyd George Speaks in London
LONDON, Nov. a (By The Associated
Press) Former Prime Minister Lloyd
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