Evening star., 1922-11-06
FAILS
TOENFORCE THREAT
Lloyd George WithhoIds
"Cannon-Fodder Candi-
dates in Britain.
BONAR LAW SPEAKS OUT
Reveals a Few More Points of His
tranquility Policy-Cam-
paign Warns Up.
BONAR LAW SPEAKS OUT

| LONDON, November "a genera
bombardment of oratory all over the
| country closed the weeks campaigning
Most of the big guns were in action
| while many Of lesser caliber were
heard in the smaller districts. Former
Premier Lloyd George delivered a
speech in an old opera house in London
| supported by Austen Chamberlain ant
| Lord Birkenhead. who, with their leader
are playing the part of the old guard
of the coalition
Premier Bonar Law addressed big
meeting at Leeds, where. a week ago
| ms predecessor appeared. Viscoun,
Grey spoke at London: the Earl OF
DERBY appeared at Bolton, his owr
county, while Herbert H. Asquith
spoke to his own constituents at Paisley
with some railway speeches on the way
Bonnr LAW More Outspoken.
From speech to speech Mr.. Bonar
Law gradually is becoming more out
spoken on the points of policy Of the
new administration. Mr.. Lloyd George
is pursuing a path Of moderate, reason
apie opposition to the conservatives.
which apparently will be his course I'm
the next parliament. coupled with a
strong defense of his own tenure of
office.
As the slowly rising curtain re-
veals Mr.. Bonar Laws policy. IL be-
comes palmer it contains nothing
sensational or radical For the first
time he touched on the near east.
saying he had been bombarded with
requests to know whether he pro-
posed to drop Mesopotamia and Pales-
dn,, dine. IN reply to these requests he
oeciared the nation should not con-
slder merely what it would pay it
10 DO, but to what extent it was
bound by obligations
Believes in Private Initiative,
He emphasized his belief in private
initiative as opposed to government
subsidies in the matter of housing
Ior the working class. promising only
TO finish the work already under way
ana leave further projects to private
enterprise.
He reaftirmed his intention to per-
init Lord Curzon to direct foreign
affairs, one of his principal points
OF attack on Lloyd George being that
the former premier took them out of
the foreign minister's hands. He
strongly repeated the intention of his
sors Irish program in good faith
SfscOuntexs Grey Figures.
Fisconntess Grey furnished a stir
I'iS pi " HeT nuSDanQS speech
In Finsbury Music Hall. London
Posters were exhibited in the streets
inscribed: Who muddled us into
the war-Asquith and Grey-never
again.
The chairman of the meeting pro-
duced one on the platform and asked
Fiscount Grey to deal with it. Ate,
viscountess. formerly Lady Glencon-
ner. who is of distinguished figure
took the poster and tore it to pieces
to the accompaniment of grea,
cheers.
Viscount Grey asked why LLOYD
the poster.
Feared a Division.
1T has been said that il l had useG
language of greater firmness before
the war 1t might have been avoided, >
he continued. mo language would
have avoided it. If had used Ian.
guage committing this country any
further than 1 used. you would have
had a divided government, a divided
ouse OF commons even the conserva- :
tive party divided on the matter
and divided country"
The Earl of Derby, in his speech, in
cidentally gave Renaissance OF
Lord Kitchener. under whom he
served at the war office.
Kitchener" he said. had really one
ambition; that was that at the end
of the war. which he never doubted
would be victorious one, to head
one of the peace mission of this
country. He told me the chief rea-
son for that wish was that II he
could do anything toward peace there
would be no more Alsace-Lorraines,
no tearing of provinces from coun-
try, which means sowing the seeds
of future warfare"
Cannon Fodder Fails to Appear.
Lloyd Georges cannon fodder"
candidates failed to appear today.
didates because it is supposed they
will be put up, not to be elected. but
10 make trouble. A report afioat,
which sent cold shivers through the
conservatives. was that the Lloyd
George party would furnish candi-
dates, estimated variously from 80
to 112 in constituencies where the
conservatives were not opposed by
the liberals. merely to draw votes.
Today's nominations included only
a handful of the Georgeite liberals
who could be termed cannon fodder"
so it would appear that the former
premier repented this kind of war
fare" If he ever proposed 1t.
O'Conner and Devlin Win.
One item of the days news, which
is likely to be deplored by no one,
Is the prospect that the commons will
retain its two most popular MEM
bers. T. P. O'Conner and Joseph Dev-
lin, whom their friends never name
except as "Tay-Pay" and Joe" Mr..
|OConner stands again as a national
list for his old Liverpool constituency.
The other Liverpool Irish nationalists
have adopted Mr.. Devlin as their can
didate. He had found himself out
in the cold because the Ulster gov
ernment had redrawn the lines Of his
district so that it contained a hostile
majority.
While viscountess Astor is opposed
by another conservative in Plymouth,
tonights news is that many liberals
are going over to her.
One Arrives Too Late.
The latest comedy of a candidate
arriving with his nomination papers
at the returning Office too late to
qualify was provided by the laborite
Winterton of Leicester. He was only
ten minutes after the hour of noon
and made the usual plea, but was
told that under the laws miss was
as good as a mile, and the Georgeite
candidate Speares goes to Westmin-
ster unopposed.
The total number Of candidates
who will take their seats automati-
cally because of being unopposed
is divided as follows: Conserva.
tiyes, go; Ulster unionists, 10; lib.
erals, 5; national liberals, 5; labor.