Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-10-18
|LL0YD-GEORGE TO
RESIGN IS RUMOR
AFL0AT IN LONDON
Premier Awaits Action
of Unionist Meeting
-..-a Tomorrow
PARLIAMENT
In Any Event 1t Seems
Likely Elections to Be
Held
DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT
(By Associated Press,

London, Oct. 1S.-The British po-
litical fever has now reached it's
height and there is every indication
that the maximum temperature will
be maintained for some days. Every
body is guessing as to when the
crisis will pass and the future re-
mains obscure pending tomorrow's
unionist meeting which is expected to
give the key to the problem.
One anti-coalition newspaper, The
Daily Mail, today attributes to Prime
Minister 'Lloyd-George the definite
statement that he will resign if the
|upionist meeting declares against
Austen Chamberlain, whose outspok-
en- adhesion to the premier has arous-
ed strong opposition in the party
ranks.
Mr.. Lloyd-George's statement is
said to have been made at a private
meeting last night of the liberal min
listers and under-secretaries. None
of the papers nearest the premier,
any other, confirms this or processes
to know exactly what passed at the
meeting although all agree that
yd-George received general cor
dial support.
Believe Premier Will Resign.
Whether or not the premier made
the declaration attributed to him,
some of the best informed political
correspondents believe he will re-
sign if Mr.. Chamberlain is voted
down. 1t would then be up to the
king, in accordance with political
precedents in this country, to invite
the conservative party to try its hand
at forming cabinet.
If the meeting gives Mr.. Chamber
lain anything approaching strong
support, the premier, it is reiterated,
will advise the king to dissolve par
Lament and, this being done, will ,ap-
peal to the country on coalition
ticket.
Thus, if these prophets be correct,
the dissolution of parliament seems
imminent in either case, as it is not
supposed the conservatives could car
ry on without the prominent and
tried leaders who would quit the gov
ernment with Chamberlain if he re-
signs.
Among the other reports publish
ed by the morning papers is one to
the effect that the ministers started
new efforts yesterday to insure post
ponement of the general elections
until January, prompted, it is sai6
by fear of complete split in the
conservative party.
No Mention of Labor.
To a foreigner one of the strang-
est features of the British crisis
would be the comparative absence
from the columns of the principal
daily newspapers of reports on the
activities of the labor party, notwith-
standing the announced intention of
that party to put more than four
hundred candidates in the ELECTORAL
field.
The space given the labor move
ment is trifling compared to that de-
voted to the doings of the two older
parties, The fact is that the labor
leaders thus far have been less vocal
than their rivals.
Some of the political principles for
which labor is fighting are already
well known. They were expressed
by the moderate labor leader, Ar
thur Henderson, in speech yesterAs
day at New Port, Monmouthshs
where there is bye election 3 Z =
in which labor vii have ths.,z
nifty of showing its stree = ! =:
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