Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-20
NEW BRITISH
LEAOERFACES
HARD BATTLE
Bonar Laws Success to
Depend on Ability in
Handling Near East.
Methods Used in Past 4
Years Stir English to
Turn on Lloyd George
BY A. G.

London, Nov. 19.-My forecast OF
the election results has been fulfilled
A wave of almost unprecedented mag
nitude has swept the conservatives to
power and Lloyd Georgism into the
abyss.
The chief cause of this grand slam
is the revolt of the country against
the methods Of the past four years,
There was q profound swell of hos.
tility toward that dictatorship of
Lloyd George which subverted parlia-
ment by a mixture of corruptions and
levy and which ended by nearly
plunging the nation into war single
handed.
Throughout. the liberal party op-
posed the coalition and its methods,
but by a strange irony all credit for
the overthrow falls to the conserva-
tives who were it's main support and
when he had ceased to serve their
ends.
Lloyd George outcast
The result of the election leaves
Lloyd George an outcast with d band
of personal supporters. He has
smashed the liberal marty, has been
rejected by the tory party and his fu-
ture must be that of a free lance.
No such sudden catastrophe fall
ever was recorded in the history of
British politics. For six years die
tator of England, almost dictator of
Europe, now he is discredited and
broken. without a following, renudi-
ated alike by tories, liberals and labor.
The single monument of his work is
the wreckage of the liberal party and
f{o o~,-LcJ-s ~ Lila, 49,, 90 H.
conservative party.
The present feeling is that the cleo
ton has sounded the death knell of
the hopes of the revival of the liberal
organization. and it is doubtful
whether it ever will be constructed as
n first class fighting instrument. 1t
has been crushed between the upper
and neither mill tones of conservatism
and labor. Asquith passed into final
eclipse along with the lieutenant who
engineered his fall six years ago. In
him passes a great Englishman. wise,
disinterested but lacking in initiative
to meet great situations.
Labor Party
Most significant is the growth of the
labor party. 1t now takes the place
of the liberals as the most powerful
opposition to conservative control. Its
aim was to crush the liberals and this
was nearly accomplished last We'd
nesday. Not only are its numbers
more than doubled, but its personnel is
enormously enhanced so that it will
be. Intellectually. the most formidable
element of the new parliament.
The election disclosed the d~eplorabIe
inefficiency OF OIL present voting
decision will be made the medium for
representations between Toxic and
Washington. There has been q dying
down of the Jap war scare talk
since the Washington armament con-
ference of a veal ago and the present
relations were more amiable
than in many years.
Former United States Senator
James .. Phelan. whose efforts to
secure national anti-Japan legislation
for his senatorial career said Saturday
that aside from having a moral effect
in upholding the California land laws.
the naturalization decision also will
in another direction.
The supreme court decision deny
japanese the right to naturaliza-
ton will. | believe. have the very i'm
portant effect of taking American
c"ltlZenShlp away from some nine nun
dred thousand japanese who were ma
turalized because of the service IN the
or navy during the war he
said.
During the war congress provided
naturalization Of aliens in the
should be expedited. The Jap
anese. although the law was not IN
tended 10 apply TO them took ad-
vantage Of it. If their status as citi-
zens had been upheld it would have
been possible for them to buy land
and hold it here in California and
western states despite anti
alien land laws