Evening star., 1922-10-24
GLASGOW 'HOTBED'
IN BRITISH FIGHT
Bonar Law to Speak There
Thursday and Lloyd
George Saturday.
TRANQUIL POLICY SEEN
Speech of New Premier Indicates
pofnrn m Spnnu1orS Gom.
TRANQUIL POLICY SEEN


Is the Associated rress.
LONDON. October o4.-Glasgow will
i,e the chief center of interest in the
political situation for the rest OF the
week. The new prime minister, An
drew Rouar Law. on Thursday Will
announce the details of his policy
there. and forty-eight hours later
former Premier Lloyd George will ad-
t.gess :, meeting. being accompanied
TO Scotland by Sir Robert Horne, who
was his chancellor of the eNcheQuer.
The Times political correspondent
emphasizes the Importance of the sit
uatiCn III Glasgow, which, it says. Is
due to :.ie strength of the communis-
tic party among the industrial work
crs, adding that this is largely on
account - the reluctance of the Glas-
,ow members of pariiameEa TO aban-
don the coalition. The writer sug-
-Sests that this position is likely to
give impetus TO the Scottish home
rule movement.
Bonar Law Support Uncertain.
1t is hinted elsewhere that Bonar
Laws reelection as member from
the central division of Glasgow is IN
no wise certain and that he will be
opposed by Sir George Faish as free
liberal, III addition to the labor can
,iidate Former Premier Asluith is
to speak in GLASGOW next week.
In parts of Great Britain, notably
the Lancashire manufacturing towns
and Glasgow. there arr large resident
irish communities. How they will
east their votes is arouSing interest
both here and in Ireland. The Free
mans Journal. Dublin newspaper
crystallizes its advice to them in the
hard head. hit it,.
7. =. O'Connov. whose Irish con-
stituents in the Scotland division of
1.iverpo"l are dissatisfied with him
because h renamed na.loaallst
and n.-.aUSe although 4 home ruler.
he SUI ported reither Eamonn De
Valera nor 1iicharl Collins in the
house of commons. will probably be
opposed by a Sim Fen candidate.
The question of NIScounteSs AS
tors position in the sutton division
IF Plymouth has been settled by the
central Conservative ASSOCIATION, de-
ciaring uer the Official conservative
candidate. hut il IS underS; God that
Dr. Ba$!y VII oppose her. as we'll as
a labor candidate.
Manifesto by Liberals.
A striking intervention in the po
Utica! conflict was made today from
Manchester in the form Of a mani
festo issued by the local liberal can
didates and the executive of the
Manchester Liberal Federation. Man.
chester liberalism in the past has
often had an important influence on
British politics. the Manchester
school" having become the standard
name for familiar brand of .soii.e-
what advanced liberalism.
The present declard. .on formutateS
u program of many planks. including
whole hearted support of the league
If nations as the pi,oL of its inter-
national policy, unuua iitIed and un-
compromising Endorsement of free
trade. reduction OF taxation. reform
of the electoral sys :en, aboii ION of
the hereditary plinc. p!e of accession
10 the house of lords and several
other aims long advocated and adj
Nanted by the Ehs sls
Tranquility. it appears from Mr..
Bonar Laws speech, will be the chief
plank in the platform of the new
government That is a watchword
70 which large section of the voters
is likely to respond wholeheartedly.
IN declaring that Il am a common
plac- ni.tn. the new premier has de-
scrihed the type OF leader many have
been calling for.
Recalls Harrington Event.
The conservatives have been bark
ing back 10 the Marquis of Harking-
;on. father of the present Duke of
u -In
lawn comfortably in the course of
an Important speech and often slept
peacefully while others were speak
ing. as the sort of leader England
wants today-the careful, solid, un-
sensational John Bull Englishman.
\ program OF tranquility, stability,
freedom from adventures and further
commitments, as Mr.. Bonar Law out
lined it. precisely meets what appears
20 be the popular demand.
What platform Mr.. Lloyd George
Will oppose to this moderate and un-
-xciting course is the problem the
retiring premier has to grapple with,
does not lessen.
Most of the London newspapers as
sumo that Mr.. Bonar Law will have
the largest group of supporters in
The new parliament: some predict
that the unionists and laborites will
be so evenly balanced that the Lloyd
George group will hold the balance
of power.
The particular appeal Mr.. Lloyd
George may make to the voters is the
great question; he is under obliga-
lions to Austen Chamberlain and
ether unionists of his cabinet who
supported him to the end If he tries
10 rally the extreme liberals, who are
called radicals by the old Georgian
liberal party. he must ALLEVIATE his
coalition unionist supporters. In that
event the coalition unionists may be
seen gradually drifting into Mr..
Bonar Laws camp.
Mr. Lloyd George may decide to
form a personal party of compromise,
but with what principles 1t is diff
icult to foresee. When Mr.. Bonar
Law spoke of 4 period of quietness.
TO myself" it was interpreted to
mean that he would refrain from ex-
citing the country by pushing tariff
reform, of which he has been one OF
the principal advocates in the union
ist party.
Friendly to New Premier.
The Times comments in q friendly
tone on Bonar Laws accession to the
premiership. expressing the belief
that the country will be pleased at
his abstention from melodramatic
promises and will confidently await
the full exposition of his program.
The Daily Telegraph, which has been
generally q hearty supporter OF for
rner Premier Lloyd George, also is
favorable to the new prime minister,
commencing the honesty, moderation