Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-14
IPREMER OF BRITAIN
HOLDING ADVANTAGE
BY GEORGE N. BARNES
(Rritish Parliament Leader.l

Especial Wireless, to The Atlanta Journal
and Chicago Daily Copyright, 1927
LONDON, March 11.-One politi-
cal crisis after another crowds up
on Lloyd George, but still he stands
and the coalition stands with him.
The coalition idea OF government
must continue for some time to
come, despite the fact that the
British do not like political COM
binations.7 They delight instead OF
robustious party warfare.
Born of the war, the coalition
will gradually grow weaker as war
memories recede until at, last 1T
will disappear. 1t must continue
now for the simple reason that no
single party will be numerically
strong enough to win majority in
any election Of the near future.
Another coalition will emerge
from the next election whenever it
may come. But unless am very
much mistaken the conservative
Idle hards" who have so loudly
applauded the downfall of Mr. Mon
tague as secretary of India, are
having their last fling. Proceedings
leading up to eliminating of the
crisis the last few days will be
found to have damaged the conser-
natives chance of figuring prom
inently as the next goat at the polls.
The throw of the cards still is with
Lloyd George. He seems to thrive
on crises. The coalition government
has been badly shaken. The trou-
bles have arisen out Of conflicting
views Of Lloyd Georges leadership
and the bearing of that leadership
on the fortunes Of the conservative
party in the state of political party
fiux in which the war and the rise
Of the labor party has left us.
AS the other extreme to the labor
party, there is the reactionary ana
rebellious section of the conserva,
tive and among the coalitionists and
between the two there are the I'M
certain currents among the coan'
ton liberals. ~,
The idea Of a national or center
party was launched sometime age
bv winston Churchill and Endorsed
by Lloyd George who was expected
to give the lead in that direction at
the meeting arranged for him upon
his return from Cannes. But by
that time the Irish and labor ex-
cesses had apparently excited ap
prchensions in the country. On the
strength Of this Sir George Young
err. director of the conservative party
machine, had conceived the idea OF
a united conservative party, dis
pensing with Lloyd George alto
hgether and assuming the reins OF
government.
" Whereapon as temporary meas.
ure of compromise, both the liberal
and conservative coalltlonlsts
agreed each to separately run their
| own candidates at the election, pro
yided only that each side should
keep out of the others preserves
And as might have been expected
| it turned out a disrna, failure. For
in the series Of elections OF the last
| few weeks, the coalition candidates
have been smitten hip and thigh
| by the liberals and left in the lurch
| by the Idle hards."
| The manipulators of the conserva
| tive machine are the ones RESPONSE
| bile for the political crisis, but they
are doomed to establishment wher
| the British general election comes
| for the country wants above all
| things peace and release from the
Irish and economic troubles. These
manipulators will, believe, be MADE
| to toe the line until Ireland's cleo
| ton is over and European clouds MI
a little so as to admit OF a little
brighter trade outlook. Then will
come a settlement Of accounts.