The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-17
Ex.Pren1ier
Beaten by
Defeat of Lloyd George Out
standing Feature Of Gen.
craI Elections in
Great Britain.
Labor Second in Power


London, Nov. lG.-N 10 tonight the
returns showed 3i6 conservatives
elected. with about u dozen cousth'
uencics 10 be heard from.
The result Of The contest for Lon.
don university. where ". e.. Wells,
The novelist was u candidate, may not
be announced for % day or two, ~ uni
,ersify voting IL conducted by mail,
extending over week.
London, Nov, I6--By A. pl-Tho
long drawn out hGht between former
Premier Lloyd George and Sir George
Younger has. for the time. ended with
victory for the chairman of the union.
lst party Younger and his ndhcrcnts
ataked their political fortunes at tho
famous Carlton club meeting which
smashed the coalition and sent Lloyd
George into the wilderness, on tho
conviction that the country WIS ripe
for return 10 straight party politics,
and IN the firm belief that the nation
would support their conviction by
sending the conservatives 10 the house
Of commons with good working ma
iorty.
Their confidence has been amply
justified. Wednesday, elections have
returned parliament with almost the
same overwhelming pfedoniinanco ot
conservatives as the last parliament
elected IN 1913 on wave of grateful
enthusiasm TO Lloyd George as winner
Of the war.
In the new parliament, Premier
B6nar Law viii command majority
over all parties combined Of approx.
imnteIy so.
Almost Landslide.
While this cannot be properly dc.
scrlbed as a lahdside, AZ the conserY1.
iiyes at the aame time Of the diHso.
lution of parliament numbered about
$50, 1t amounts almost to tho same
thing, considering tbe peculiar cir.
cunIstances OF the time and the high
hopes held by the labor and liberal
party Of the return Of the country
to progressive views. and II may be
selves hardly expected such fayora.
bio results.
II means parliament with little
changes, except that Mr.. Bonar Law
replaces Mr.. Lloyd George as pre-
tnier and that the former premier's
attenuated following OF national lib.
erals, reduced by the election TO un.
der so, will presumably be in opposi-
ton instead OF working in co.opera-
tion with the conservatives.
Defeat Main Feature.
The downfall Of Lloyd George Is
the outstanding feature Of the cleo
tions. The coalition liberals, at the
dissolution, numbered 1873; they are
represented In the new parliament
by only A members. There will be
many regrets among the former pre-.
mier's admirers that he failed To
take the advice OF some Of his well
political stage
The Asquithian liberals lately ina.
proved their position, rising from 81
in ,thc old parliament to SO in the
new but they did not do so well as
they expected. On the other hand.
labor. although II failed TO fulfill the
high hopes the party entertained at
the dissolution. has done exceeding,
ly well lsing from 70 to 1856 seats
II is generally believed that labor
the tactical mistake IN It's advocacy Of
a capital levy.
While the strength of conservatism
In tho corntry Is matter of surprise
perhaps the keynote Of the elections
is the lecline Of llberalsim and the
growth of the labor party. This seems
10 show t'iat hcnceforth the struggle
will he between Tho conservatives and
the labor PARTY
Labor Second in Power.
The position is iha labor g. he
second stinnResl party Id tho house.
and Ia What looks n- the improbable
event of ne present goVernmcnt suf.
fering detcat ~ parliament il would
b. 70 the labor party that Tho King
would ratumll, turn for a new
premier
Anoihtr slnkng fearur ~ Tie rice
iions is lhal the womru VOTERS have
taken an Unexpectedly stfoue inter
= n The struggle thfr mttie.na
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