Evening star., 1922-10-22
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

IVY YHEN more than two decades
| NN/ ago little man came out
| " Of the Welsh hills and
leaped actively into the
tides of British politics there was a
mighty splash. Waters continued to
remain disturbed until that little man
became Britain's prime minister. For
| longer period than any other man he
held the post, and through Great Brit
aims most critical hours. But politi-
cally he kept splashing to dumfound
his critics. Now he has stepped down.
But he has not quit his splashing. nor
will he. Lloyd George today stands
as defeated man. Tomorrow he may
| ascend to the top of the heap again.
That's Lloyd Georges history in
| British politics. and even his bitterest
enemies are not confident that history
will not repeat itself.
Conservatives Bring Downfall.
When the conservatives of the CON-
i mons and those conservative peers
| holding government portfolios voted
on Thursday by 1876 to 81 to go before
y
and withdraw from the coalition gov
ernment. which has held power con-
tinuously since 1916. the resignation
of Lloyd George was forthcoming i'm
! mediately, for without the conserva-
tives he could not muster power suf-
| f1cient to control the ship Of state.
particularly inasmuch as the con-
servatives hold the majority of the
seats in the commons. Austen Cham
berlain was unable to keep the more
liberal Of the conservatives in line
against the pleas of the "die-hard"
tories. who, led by Lord Salisbury,
tives' hour. and that the policies Of
Lloyd George and the coalition must
be overthrown. Andrew Bonar Law.
after long illness. appeared in con-
servative parleys and was largely in
strumental in bringing about the final
result. AS customary, the king sum
| moned him to form a new govern
ment. This he now is doing in the
hope that the conservatives NAV
! bring about such changes In govern
! to control during the forthcoming
! general elections.
Steps Out Smiling.
But when Lloyd George, the most
versatile of England's premiers
stepped from 10 Downing street, it
was not as a broken man, one bitter
in defeat. He smiled. He always
smiles in adversely. Lloyd George al
ready may be laying plans for his
return to control in England. where
he is generally popular with the peo-
pie. even though the politicians have
stalked him to reassert strictly party
government and power.
| A general election must be held, and
! there is every likelihood that when
/ the electorate passes upon who shall
run the government it will be largely
! Influenced by the courses of Lloyd
the most liberal of the conservative
or unionist party leaders with the
liberals and then wage warfare as a
| center party against the conserva-
ure Of Lloyd George depends largely
upon how much the British people
agree with some leaders that laborite
| control of the government is in the
| immediate ofing under coalition is
| assured. 1t is believed that Lloyd
George. at the head of a centerist
! ticket. largely founded upon the pop
| ularity of the one-time premier. could
come nearer to defeating the labor
! ties. who plan to fight for 400 seats
IN the parliament, tnan II either the
conservatives or the liberals at
! tempted to wage the campaign along
| old party lines.
International Affairs.
The English political situation will
adjust itself to the interests Of the
most people of England. as 1t always
has. but there is much conjecture as
to the influence governmental changes
will have on Britain's courses in in
/ lternationa1 affairs, which have been
! bungled or handled ably by Lloyd
George. as his friends or enemies have
decreed. England today stands in po-
, sition of having swapped horses in
| the middle of a treacherous stream.
Her foreign policy. declared largely
nodded by Lloyd George, is in a state
of fiux. Many critical issues confront