New Britain herald., 1922-10-19
LLOYD GEORGE IS
 TASTING DEFEAT
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 This new party, it Is suggested would probably command the support of goodly proportion of the conser- yatlves who stood by the coalition and also of the coalition liberals This formation might put the labor party in the position of the chief opposi- ton party
 The possibility that Mir. Lloyd George will try to return to the lead ership of the liberals Is not to he overlooked either,
 Looks Like Derby,
 MT Bonar Laws friends question whether his health will permit him to take office even for a short time Lord Derby seems the most probable alternative selection for premier, al- though 1t Is suggested that Lord Cur zon, who gained greatly in prestige by his work in the recent Near East ne rotiations and is believed 10 have beer lukewarm coalitionist might be sum moned to form a government Glad. stone is a possibility.
 Today's vote it is forecast will he proclaimed as a great victory by the "de hards' group of conservatives in parliament who for several months past have been advocating the with drawal of the party from the coali- tion and its resumption of its normal party organization.
 Blame on Chamberlain.
 Announcement of the vote of the conservatives was preceded by re- ports from the Carlton club that Aus ten Chamberlain's statement had failed to satisfy the meeting and that Andrew Bonar Law had spoken in favor of maintaining the independ- ence of the conservative influence on the meeting.
 The vote of the conservatives at the Carlton club was taken on a motion by Col. Prettyman, unionist member for the Chelmsford division of Essex. which read:
 Text of Resolution.
 Resolved, that this meeting of conservative members of the house of commons declares his opinion that the conservative party, while willing to cooperate with the coalition lib- erals. should fight the election as an independent party with its own lead CT and it's own program"
 Two events of yesterday were con- sidered to have contributed largely to today's decision. One was the result of the Newport election which in so far as it was any test confirmed the belief that the die hards" that the conservatives going into the election as party could sweep the country. The second was the decision of the committee of the unionist organiaz- tion to hold an emergency meeting to consider the course of the party be- cause of the feeling that today's eau GUS composed solely of the coalition members of the party in the house of commons with such of the mem bers of the house of lords as were cabinet members had no right to as- sume to decide the future for the whole party.
 If the conservatives control the next parliament they may be depend- ed upon, it is considered, to carry out the treaty made with Ireland by the Lloyd George government l nat lllls would be done was stated by the Marquis of Salisbury in his speech last Monday.
 The general results of today's col lapse of the coalition promises to be after a period of upheaval the length of which is difficult to predict, the reversion of Great Britain to the tra- ditional system of government on strict party lines
 Some Heated Scenes.
 There were some heated scenes in side the Carlton club, Although the Carlton is the headquarters of the