Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-16
LATEST SPEECH
OF Premier UPSETS
BRITISH POLITICS

London. oct. LIBBY A. p)-Pre-
mier Lloyd George returned to Lon
sdon today He met with a hearty
reception from crowds Of admirers
and had a long conference with Win
ston Churchill, secretary for the
colonies.
Mr.. Churchill will be in charge of
tue lflsh debate when parlimcnt
takes up the matter of ratification
of the new Irish constitution, and as
the necessity of securing ratification
before December 6, makes this task
weighty one, in connection with
any possible early appeal to the
country, it is assumed that the whole
subject was gone over
The premier's speech ut Manches-
ter Saturday leaves political circles
completely at loss to forecast the
next political movement. 1t is gen.
arlly supposed that there will be an
carly dissolution. although this sup
position does not arise from anything
the premier said at Manchester. but
+ ON general review of all the fac
tors III the existing situation and
above AL TO the conviction that the
speeches Of the prime minister and
tho colonial secretary, from which
So much was expected. have in point
of fact, left things just as they were
| belor" and have done nothing what
ever TO arrest the progress of the re-
| AGAINST the continuance of Lloyd
| Georges leadership.
II the prime minister has any def
! mite plans he successfully concealed
! them from his Manchester audience.
| His apologize. as many describe his
! speech, has not served to turn away
! the sharp edge of criticism lately
! lcveled at his Near Eastern policy.
, J. J.. Garvin, in the Sunday Obser-
yer. penned one OF the most Scathing
| indictments of that policy vet seen,
| pointing out how, owing TO the eX-
! istence within the cabinet of two di-
! amotrcally opposed politics, it had
been impossible TO pursue q policy
| leaning towards Russia, as desired
; by Mr.. Lloyd George, or a policy
! leaning towards Turkey, and declar-
! ing that the government, in fact,
! lad fallen between two stools.
! Asserting that the government had
I spent between twenty and thirty mil
! lion pounds sterling in war prepara-
| tons only to bring Turkey back into
| Europe in a more firmly established
! position than before 1914. he said:
! "Of all we were supposed to have
| Won in the Near East in the great
| war. not one asset remains. while
! the loss of our moral rcpute is I'M
! parallelled in our relations with the
F.; Moslem world. To antagOnizc stimuli
| tsneously Russia, Turkey and all Is
/ lam is mere madness"
II is persistently asserted that the
! re voting conservatives in their No
vember convention, will adopt reSo-
lutions practically deposing Lloyd
George from leadership and placing
the conservative party in the future
under conservative leader, relegat-
! ing Mr.. Lloyd George, if he cares to
accept that position, to leadership in
the House of Commons under a con-
sentative premier in the event that
the conservatives in the next general
election come back strong enough to
form a government.
The question still not solved is
whether Mr.. Lloyd George will try
to forestall this development by i'm
mediate resignation or dissolution Of
parlimcnt.