Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-14
TAKES
ATTENTION Of
GREAT BRITAIN
Great Leaders Settle
Into Routine Fight
for Popular Ballot.
Conservatives Awarded
Majority by Most of
English Newspapers.

London, Nov. 13.-Election oratory
was again in full swing Monday. Pre-
mier Bonar Law, recovered from his in
disposition, Travelled to Glasgow where
he addressed a meeting Monday night.
Former Premier Asquith was on the
same train to attend a meeting of his
constituents at Paisley. Mr.. Lloyd
George shows undiminished energy in
this respect, surprising all his COM
petitors in campaigning activity. He
left Criccieth for Bolton and north Eng
land, ana as is his custom, addressed
little gatherings on the way.
All the great leaders, however. had
long since exhausted anything in the
shape of novelty in their various advo-
cacies, with the possible exception of
Winston Churchill, who, having en-
tered the fray at the last moment, is
still able to infuse the spice of interest
in his speeches, and he is also, perhaps,
more a victim Of hecklers than the
other leaders. He was even howled
down at Mundee Monday.
Labor Error
fAS tHt AdilpdlgH uedES IT'S plU IL Is
interesting to observe how the labor
party has unwittingly provided its op-
ponents with what these opponents con-
slider their best campaign ammunition.
Conservatives of varying color, liberal,
unionists and Asquithian liberals all
join with the greatest gusto in attack
ing labor, its advocacy of q capital
levy and naturalization of industries.
The ayidity with which all the parties
seized upon these points is the measure
of the apprehension felt on all sides
when the campaign started as to the
high possibilities involved in labor en-
tering the next parliament in strong
force. this apprehension having been on
great successes of labor in recent bye
elections.
While most of the newspapers of
Great Britain practically concede that
the conservatives will have the largest
group in the next house of commons, if
not majority of all the other votes
even the liberal papers which
opposed the coalition are in nowise
satisfied with this prospect.
The Manchester Guardian, which is
the strongest pillar of liberalism, points
out that the conservatives are a minor
ity party and that there is danger that
the country will be ruled by "a minority
of the minority" meaning the extreme
wing OF the party. 1t argues that the
section OF the party represented by
Lord Salisbury, the Duke of Northum-
berland and others like them, is com
posed of reactionaries, who would ruin
the country If they had their way.
Commercial Menace
They are full -blooded protectionists
and steadfast menace to our estab-
lished commercial SYSTEM" says the
paper. They are militarists and would
land us in reckless foreign enterprises;
they are for the rule of force, and
nothing but force, in India: they would
restore to the lords the power of veto
over the commons"
only security against them in Bonar
Law, ''who,' it says, himself is
an Orangeman and pro
tectionist, and whose health NAV not
long stand the strain Of his position"
Lloyd Georges opponents accuse him
OF inconsistency, declaring that when
speaking IN constituency where his
group is most strongly opposed by
candidate he saws the
greatest menace to the country is re-
action, but where the opponent is
laborite he says the greatest danger is
revolution and assaults on capital.
Joseph Devlin's campaign in the ex-
change division Of Liverpool is run
ming strong: This.district is composed
mostly of business places and people
engaged in business there who have
their homes outside the district, but
who have the choice of voting in their
home. or business district Their wives
also have the same choice. The CON
servative organization, which fears pos
sible success for Mr.. Devlin is making
a thorough canvass of the wives of the
business men in this district to induce
them to choose the business district
instead of the residential district as
their voting place. Thus great un-
certainty exists as to the outcome.