The Washington herald., 1922-10-19
|UNIONISTS BAR
BRITISHPEERS
FROM MEETING
Tory Members Threater
To Storm Carlton Club
For Admittance.
lVISCOUNT CHAPLIN
WRITES TO TIMES
Chamberlain Is Expected
To Steer Steam Roller
Over Rough Spots.

England's leading peers-embattle
dukes. earls and barons-stormint
the Carlton Club and demanding
admittance to tomorrow's decisiv
Unionist meeting. has injecte
strangely comic relief into tn
strained political nuddle
The Carlton Club is the buiwarI
Of aristocratic English conserva
tism. All the Tory peers are mem
bers of the club-but they wer
barred from a meeting in their owl
bailiwick when Invitations to tn.
Unionist meeting excluded certain
independent conservative member
of Parliament unsympathetic witt
the Lloyd George coalition.
Threaten Uprising Of Peers.
So. while Iaborites. against which
the coalition warns as a red men
ace. tour the country in a well
behaved manner delivering speeche!
so moderate that they are dull.
is in this club stronghold OF stole
conservatives that the spectacle o
a regular uprising is promised
Since admission to the meeting g.
to be granted only those present
peers. such as Lord Curzon. IN.
Duke of Northumberland. Marqui
of Salisbury and Viscount Chaplin
all with generations of Tory blood
surging through their veins
threaten to march up Pail Nal ant
force their way into the meeting
Niscount Chaplin. in a letter writ
ten to the Tines. demands the righ'
Of Unionist lords to attend a meet
ing Of their own party
Suggests Calling Troops.
Il sincerely hope" says Chaplin
that Unionist peers will not con
, sent to be excluded"
The Evening Star. rejecting 10
I cosely upon the possible sight .
/ q melee among the titled at ~
portals Of the Carlton. suggests IN.
/ possible advisability Of havin,
( troops in readiness. Such force
may have to be summoned. say
I the S7ar. to prevent the locked-ou
peers who threaten direct actio-
from "unseemly breaches of tn
! peace"
When tomorrow's meeting break
! up-whether through force 81 ~
: outraged outsiders. or naturaIl.
at the conclusion Of business
Austen Chamberlain will imneaf
ately report the results 10 Ilov,
George so the premier may fran
his future policy.
Mobilize for Hot Fight.
The caucus will. in a larre A.
gree. de-ermine the future cours
I OF the Lloyd George governme,t
l The two wings OF the Tnionis
party. one favoring continuatia,
/ OF the coalition government an,
the other loudly insisting that "a
alliance with the liberal part.
must be broken at once. are mohi
liking their supporters for no
fight
The Carlton Club. the catherlnt
place of all conservative poli
/ ucians. is a social as well as no
lrical institution. All conservatiy.
memhers Of Parliament and thos
outside who Possess sufficient pres
tiHe. are members. Therefore v-her
J Chamberlain. the chief Tlov,
George supporter In the Unionis
party. announced that close,
caucus OF coalition friends within,
the Cnionist parliamentary h-o,
would be held at the club. a Ion,
protest went up from the oppos;
ton
Way "FtEht Their Way In.-
Independent conservatives 4,
Parliament such as ]. NJ. Frekin,
ana Admiral Suether. neither o
whom was Invited to the carr,,r
promptly served notice that tho,
d intended to fight their way gn
That whetted anticipation in eycr,
1 quarter
The situation holds piquant nos.
sfbilities. The club steward sens
ing the approaching storm is puz
ziec as 10 how he can exclude Tn,
uninVited club members who no.
only have the right to the club.
house but the privilege of intro.
ducinE guests.
! Chamberlain. who will preside. 4,
expected tc he able to steer ~,
steam roller over the rough spots
But there is the possibility tha'
one element, led bY Bonar Law
may try to block action at this
meeting on the ground that m.
parliamentary caucus should avail
she general party convention or
November Is, when the rank anr
nle are to have an opportunity tc
voice an opinion.
Mny Dissolve Parliament.
In event Of such a move. LLOYD
George still will have q chance
to save the situation by dissolv-
ing Parliament before the general
caucus next month.
The executive committee Of the
National Conservative Association
has voted to call an emergency
meeting OF the party. probably carly
next week. to consider the attI-
tude of the Unionists toward the
coalition
May Postpone Peace Parley.
Postponement of the Near East
peace settlement is generally cN-
pected to result from the minis
terial crisis.
While a change OF government
would not be likely to alter TIE
British foreign policy. nevertheless :
the foreign office is inclined to
await the possibility Of new
ministry before proceeding with
i such an Important settlement
Officials here believe that II the
Near East conference is postponed
until after the November eiecti-a
in the United States. the Hardin 2
administration might be more will
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