The Little River news., 1922-10-25
ENGLAND TO HOLD
 GENERAL ELECTION
New Premier Announces Next Turn in the Political Situation; New
 Party May Arise.

night only two facts stand out as definite that there will be almost inn mediately general election, and that parliamentary ratification of the Irish constitution is safely assured.
 Andrew Bonar Law, who will lead the new government which will take the place of that of David Lloyd George, tonight confirmed his inten- tion to advise King George immediate ly to dissolve Parliament. and added that this will give ample time to deal With the Irish legislation. He did present Parliament will reassemble ac- cording to schedule November 14 to deal with the Irish question, or wheth- CT genereal elections will be held im- |mediately and the Irish legislation left to the new Parliament. Either plan would be practicable, the only point being that ratification of the Irish treaty must be effected before De- cember 6. Whichever course is adopt ed, Irish legislation is quite safe from any attempt to frustrate an Irish set clement
 MT. Lloyd George in message sent Ito William Corgrave president of the Dail Eireann, has removed any fear of opposition from him in his new position as leader of the opposition in Parliament. The marquis of Sails bury, on behalf, of the ''die hards" has made a similar promise, so there is no party in the House of Commons likely to offer any hindrance to car- rying the Irish treaty into effect
 Possible Changes.
 The retiring premier left today for Leeds with his sword in his hand" as he asserted in a short address at 1 the St. Pancras station Although he delivered five addresses from the rear
 if his car on the way to Leeds, he has
 left until tomorroW's speech in Leeds
 any revelation of what his tactics will
 be. There is intense curiousity every
 where as to what the line of his per
 CratiCn will take-Where he has any
 new domestic reforms or legislative
 plan to propose as new election bat l tie cry. There have been rumors that he has some new plan for unemploy- ment insurance with view to de;ach ing the labor vote from the labor par ty and bringing it into the fold of his proposed new center party.
 The rebel Conservatives, who are headed by MT. Bonar Law, Sir George Younger and Stanley Baldwin who brought about the fall of MT. Lloyd George, have contended that they are trying to get back to the party sys- tenn. Only the result of general cleo tions will show how far they have suc- ceeded. Up to the present the only consequence of their tactics has been adding of still another to the existing party groups, thereby bringing the British Parliament still nearer to the group system of the European parlia- ments.
 MT. Lloyd George who, during the war, split the Liberal party into two sections, now has done the same thing by the Unionist party. Thus, instead Of the two original parties there now are four, with the Labor party making the fifth. There no longer will be an Irish party, which for so many years during the great home rule agitation was able to dominate the Westminster Parliament by throwing it's, 70 mem- Dels to whichever side it chose. With the five separate parties it is clear, that no single party can form big enough bloc to carry in a government not aided by alliances. The whole of the electoral machinery and the funds of the Conservative party belong to the rebellious Younger section of that group.
 MT. Lloyd George is credited with intentions to create center party. This would necessitate the creation
 of new party machinery and party funds, for the former premier has no such funds or machinery at present at his disposal
 The government policy toward the British debt to the United States will remain unchanged, regardless of who may be the next chancellor of the ex- chequer, it was emphasized today in official circles. One thing certain is that Sir Robert Horne, who was chan cellor of the exchequer in the Lloyd George cabinet, will not head the Brit ish mission to Washington to discuss the war debt. He was scheduled to sail about October 30, but it is gen. orally conceded that his successor will not be able to leave by that time.