New-York tribune., 1922-10-20

credit to itself while 1t was being CEN
stantly subjected to adverse criticism
from the ranks of It's own supporters.
The government, therefore, had arrived
a. the conclusion that ii would be i'm
possible to continue az at present and
that the time had arrived to appeal to
the country for fresh mandate, and, he
added, \ desire TO ask you TO consider
under what conditions that appeal is
to be made"
MI. Chamberlain then repeated his
Birmingham contention that the issue
would not be between the Liberals and
the Conservatives, but between those
standing for individual freedom and
those standing for specialization of the
state, between those standing for free
industry and those standing for ma
tionalization. with all its controls and
ineffsciencies. He argued that in the
face of this danger it was not the time
to break with old friends and scatter
forces which could be united in de-
fence OF a cause common TO all.
Calls Cooperation Essential
He declared that as a result of his
inquiry hfs conviction that unless
hearty cooperation of the present al
lies could be secured, it would be i'm
possible to obtain an effective working
majority and form strong govern
ment, and that the only alternative to
that close cooperation would be
coalition including the Labor party, to
which I'VE stand resoiuteiy opposed"
He asserted that he wocld not be
party to any half hearted cooperation
or to terminating the alliance with the
Liberals; neither would he accept an
appeal to any other tribunal (by this
Mr.. Chamberlain was understood to re-
%o. tn vf,.t< ..4A cto&s %
gency Conference).
Stanley Baldwin, president Of the
Board Of Trade, entered strong plea
against further continuance Of tho
|coalition. Mr.. Lloyd George, he said,
'lad been described as Give wire," or,
lin the Lord Chancellor's more stately
language. as dynamic force"
Fears Premier's Dynamic Force"
~ accept that descriptions" he added,
"but it Ii from that very fact that our
troubles arise. A dynamic force is
terrible thing: 1t may crush you, but
it Is not necessarily right. 1t is owing
to the dynamic force that Mr.. Lloyd
George formerly smashed the Liberal
party, and 1t Is my firm conviction that
in time the same thing will happen to
our party"
Mr.. Bonar Law suggested that Mr..
Chamberlain should permit them to
submit their decision to the whole
party and declared that unless this
course WAS adopted split in the party
was unavoidable.
ut is NOSE important to keep our
partY united than to win the next cleo
tion," he exclaimed.
Mr.. Bonar Law thought there was
no danger Of Labor government com
ing in, and asserted that in any case
continuance of the coalition would
help the Labor party forward. Through
out his association with Mr.. Lloyd
George he had always made it clear
that he might find it necessary to ter
inmate the coalition. He was sure It
would not break Mr.. Lloyd Georges
heart II the Unionist party was broken,
and the party would inevitably be
broken if Mr.. Chamberlain advice
We're followed
"If we go to the country as n united
party we have good chance of win
ming he declared. whether by his
own fault or by force of circumstances,
Mr.. Lloyd George has lost the con-
fidence of the country"
Bonar Law expressed the belief that
the many Labor successes in bye-elec-
tions had been due to the fact that
Labor was the only alternative to
coalition, as everybody disgruntled
! with the coalition had voted for Labor.
There was danger that continuance Of
that position would bring in a Labor
government some day.
In his analysis Bonar Law insisted
upon the nportance before all else of
maintaining unity Of the Conservative
| party.
Lord Balfour, speaking in favor of
the coalition, argued that instead of
mr., Lloyd Georges Dynamic force
. Influencing Conservative policy, the
TACT was that wherever there had been
profound modification of views that
modihcation had taken place on the
part Of the Premier much more than
or the part Of his Conservative col
leagues IN his opinion the idea that
cooperation with the Liberals was de-
stroying the Conservative patty was
quite illusorg. He believed il would
De impossible to get back to n two
party system without splitting the
Conservative party. and therefore was
SGrging the meeting to support Mr..