The New York herald., 1922-11-05
,AbandOns Attempts to Re-
gain Actual Power in Com
ing Elections.
OWN SEAT UNOPPOsED
Bonar Law Speaks at Leeds,
Reiterating His Desire for
Tranquility.

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, bD THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald bureau,
London. Nov. 4.
David Lloyd George in effect aban-
doned any attempt to regain actual
power in the coming elections to-day.
He failed to nominate the threatened
$50 candidates In Conservative con-
stituencies and told a huge audience
IN Hammerstein's old opera house
that what you need in the new Par
lament is a strong body of independ-
ent men who will insist that the Gov
ernment shall pursue a safe course
and neither commit itself to revolution
nor reaction"
This course seems to have been die
tated by the apparent swing in favor
of both the Bonar Law and Asquith-
ian candidates following the municipal
defeats of labor. 1t is now recognize
that Lloyd George will have a stiff
fight to muster in the next House Of
Commons even enough men to Con
SlibQlt a petidiitV VI PONtA. hC por-
sibility of Bonar Law gaining an alb
solute but small majority Is growing
and there is the further interesting
rumor that there have been conversa
tions between Sir George Younger and
Asquith on the possibility of getting
any cooperation necessary from the
wee-free rather than from the
Georgian Liberals
Speaks in Woodland Setting.
Consequently the scenery which Sir
Oswald Stoll had set for the Lloyd
Georgian meeting to-day represented a
woodland with beeches and birch trees
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough.
pretty Miss Megan Lloyd George, the
monocled Austen Chamberlain and the
Oxfordian Lord Bikenhead lent un-
doubted touches of civilization. not to
say conservatism, to the scene, but it
was from wilderness. indeed. that
George spoke. And the impression can
not be denied that he spoke uncom-
fortably.
His friends declare that he will make
fight to create a thoroughly effective
minority in the next House. He is plan
ming a whirlwind tour in special train,
with speeches at every station, like an
American Presidentisl Swing around
the circle" but the Lloyd George who
spoke in London to-day was not the old
fighting championl 1t was true. as he
said himself. that he was just out cas-
ually clearing the station. But for the
first time in a long while, there was
much coughing, denoting restlessness.
while he spoke. 1T was the chilly Cham
berlain and the amiably clowning Lord
Birkenhead who really got the audi
ence.
They confined themselves almost ex-
clusiveIy to sharp or bitter personal at
tacks on their former Conservative col
leagues.
Bonnr Law mt Leeds.
But much the same situation exists
on the other side of the fence. Bonar
Laws speech at Leeds did not produce
anything like the enthusiasm which
Lloyd Georges did last week. lie con-
fined himself TO reiteraton of his be-
lief in the need for tranquility and
made witty replies to Lloyd Georges
sailies of an earlier day In fact not a
single side In the eleJion is standing
firmly and soundy now on any concrete
ems TO degenerate into an exchange OF
personalities. glittering or bitter as the
case may be- Even Labor is running
away from its own platform so heartily
was IL belabored for its confiscatory
features in the course of the municipal
elections.
Nominnt tion Surprises.
There were a few surprises in the
days nominations. Lloyd George for
the first time In his long parliamentary
career Is not opposed. Sir George Paish
and Labor are opposing Bonar Law tu
Glasgow. Joe Devlln was nominated at
the last moment for the Liverpool divi-
sion. where he Will have a hard fight.
Lloyd Georges nomination papers were
signed by ten men who had been school
fellows in his fathers school The un-
opposed candidates thus returned al
ready IN the coming House are In the
following proportions: Conservatives.
az; Independent Liberals. s; National
Liberals, 9 Labor. 2; Nationalist Dew
lin, L. Many observers say that by
multiplying these figures by ten one can
get a fair idea Of how the House will
stand when the elections are completed.
There are times when we should go
quickly, and times--.hls is one Of them
when we should go slowly" That was
the keynote of Mr.. Bonar Laws speech,
which contained little that he had not
said before. He renewed his promise
10 give the Irish treaty fair trial. lie
said that In the main the direction OF
foreign affairs would be left to Lord
Curzon. but at the same time he de-
clared that he. too. might attend inter-
national conferences. possibly the one at
Lausanne, but that he always would
keep Lord Curzon close to him.
He promised, that the Government
would not neglect palliatives for unem-
ployment and the housing shortage. but
he insisted upon real remedies, such as
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