New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

and his colleagues and urges the I'm
4 mediate clearing up of foreign affairs
| Referring to Mr.. Lloyd George, "The
| Observer says:
aThe retiring Premier is by far and
away the most brilliant popular leader
in the world. His peace ministry was
much below his war ministry In merit
1 will return to him In due season. Not
we hope, before he has had leisure
enough to refresh and deepen his
thought"
Calls Decline Temporary
.The Sunday Times" in AN editorial
on Mr.. Lloyd George, says: For the
time being the greatest personal force
and the most fascinating figure in our
politics Is out Of power"
The paper considers that 1t should
be recorded that "there In one portion
of his career that will always, be blaz-
oned in letters of gold in British an
mails. By his transcendent services in
the war, first as Minister Munitions
and second In the Premiership, he
brought about victory, on which alone
his whole being was conferred. Throw
into the scale every defect of person
ality that criticism may discover and
every mistake. in policy that may be
Mr.. Lloyd George still remains of all
living Britons the one to whom the
country and the empire are most in
debted
"The Coalition has left behind it a
far more serious situation than tho
country has yet begun to realize. The
Chnnak crisis, reacting far and wide
ON the rest of our external connec-
tions, has worked to the profound
prejudice of our whole world policy
and Of our own most vital interests
After disastrous six weeks the gen.
eral situation is no longer what it was
before--it is deeply changed to our
detriment."
Calls Bonar Law Safe
"The Sunday Times" further de-
clares the country will be safe in the
hands of a Prime Minister as level
headed as Mr.. Bonar Law.
He is not a great man, nor clever
man says the paper, "but Great
Britain just now Is looking for man
whose character it can trust and on
whose not too exciting abilities it
hopes to repose in tranquility, and it
Is disposed to believe that it has found
what it wants in Mr. Bonar Law"
Regarding the rumors of Mr.. Bonar
Laws health the political correspon-
dent of the paper claims to know that
the statement that Mr.. Bonar Laws
medical advisers warned him against
taking heavy responsibility Is not
correct.
"The new leader was never in better
health" he declares, "and his doctor
gave him a clean bill of health"
Leeds Speech Disappoints
Mr.. Lloyd Georges failure in his
Leeds speech to outline any defined
policy is a disappointment to the
political world. The probability is that
the former Premier had been caught
unawares.. While it was foreseen that
general election could not much
longer be delayed hardly anybody ex-
pected such widespread and deter
mined revolt on the part of the CON
servativA wing of the Coalition as to
force the Prime Minister to resign and
resort to such purely personal matter.
The need to get Irish legislation dis
posed of before December gives little
time Yor an election campaign. which
must be conducted with lightning
speed. There Is no great question be,
fore the public that could make good
election plank.
Despite Winston Churchill's state
ment of policy as that of Liberal and
Free Trader, thus following in the
wake Of Mr.. Lloyd George, it is hardly
possible that either can make free
trade prominent plank because both
were responsible for the safeguarding
OF industries act passes by the Coali-
tlon government. which is measure
of a completely protectionist char
acter. Such measure has been
strongly denounced from it's inception
by the Free Trade party.
Followers Divide on Labor
Mr.. Lloyd Georges idea, judging
from his Leeds speech, is merely by
MS record and personality to attract
all possible votes from the moderate