The Washington herald., 1922-03-05
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! LLOYD GEORGE
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Leader of die Hards, y
Sir George Younger,
Makes Retraction.

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LONDON, March I.-Three de-
Velopmsnts today showed that the
British. POLITICAL crisis. threatened
Thursday has been ayerted and
that pEit Lloyd George has once
more escaped, by a narrow mar
gin. the, necessity Of resignlng his
premiership.
l. Sir George Younger, whose at
taeksnen the premier were respon-
sible for lloyd Georges nare-up
and threat to resign. has made a
eompelte retraction. according to
the Cardif Western Mail.
.. A conference of Conservative
leaders. called by the premier for
the weekend at Chequers, his
country estate. has been proclaimed
unnecessary, in view Of the easier
situatIonnr
.. Winston. Churchill. Austen
Chamberlain and Sir Lamlng
Worthington-Evans. in further
speeches. supported the coalition
and the" prime minister.
SIR Georse Admits Error.
The statement Of Sir George
Younger who. as leader of the Die
Hards" within the Conservative
party ranks. and Lloyd Georges
most bitter opponent. was most
significant, according to the Lon
don correspondent OF the Western
Mail Younger now agrees his as
sertion OF conservative independ-
ence was. a mistake. 1t was the
demand Or Younger and his fol-
lowers for separation from the
coalition and a return to party poll
tics that precipitated the crisis OF
Thursday.
Sir George has expressed regret
that recent speeches Of his have
been Interpreted as challenging
Lloyd Georges authority, and hopes
the coalition will continue until
the tinse Ifsr a general election ar
riyes. aftsg which liberals and con-
servatives ran cooperate. accord
ing to:'ths Mails correspondent.
-,kot Out of Woods.
Winston Churchill. speaking at
Loughborough. praised the excel
lence Of the coalition government.
Churchill. s-however. expressed the
hope that the coalition eventually
would become the national party.
which he for some time has had
under his hat. The energetic minis
ter for-the colonies has visions of
a new 6aSy. led perhaps by Win
ston Churchill. with progressive lib
eraI poHetss.
AItk& the days developments
bright@edA the immediate political
horizoHssffoyd George is by no
means out Of the woods. The polit-
icaI wolves of labor and liberalism
like him little better than those OF
the extreme right. 1t Is only a
question of time before he must go
down beneath the pack. Those who
are waiting for the end of the
hunt. however. half expect to see
the willy premier come squirming
from beneath the pack with a
brand new party on which he can
ride again sto power.
wearS of Tension.
Lloyd George has times when he
sincerely wishes to resign. The
pfemier's enemies increase with
each political situation which arises.
Hisfriends say he would be heartily
glad to quit now
Lloyd George was ready to seize
upon the Younger attacks as an ex-
cuse to end his leadership.
The real reason why Lloyd George
has clung to the ship this time. and
called upon his friends, Balfour and
Chamberlain. to assure him of Con-
seryative party support, is that he
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politics at Genoa. Lloyd George
was in the midst of important sue
cesses at Cannes when the supreme
council meeting was cut short sud
denly BY the downfall OF the BRAND
government. II is believed that the
premier wants to negotiate with the
Russians face to face at Genoa.
start Europe on the road to re-
habilitstion. and then retire once
and for all. to a well-earned rest.
Admit His Leadership.
Britain generally. whatever the
various feelings toward Lloyd
George may be. agrees that there Is
no one quite like the little Welsh
man to lead the British delegation
to Genoa. II Is possible that this
has considerable to do with the Con-
prime minister whole-heartedly. al
though these of the extreme Right
view Genoa with considerable alarm
because they fear Lloyd Georges
liberal tendencies towards Russia
and tho Germans
Lloyd GEORGE is spending a COM
paratively quiet weekend at his
country place. The premier will
return to active politics Monday.
however. able to carry on with his
general Policies supported by the
Conservative quasi vote of conn-
dence. which he sought, but ready
with his resignation in hrs pocNes.
The next outbreak probably will
precipitate immediate resignation
by Lloyd George, who il Is predicted,
will take his seae N the house a.
a leader Of a Centre group which
will support the Conservative who
succeeds as premier as long as
Liberal policies are not trampled
upon.