Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-24
COURT CEREMONIES FOR
 NEW BRITISH PREMIER

London. Oct 23.-(By the A. P.)--An- lrcw Bonar Law today, in the tradi- tional phrase of the court circular kiss a,i hands upon his appoin tment as prime minister and first lord of the treasury" md thJs becomes Englands first Canadi- an-born premier.
 Today was devoted to the formalities necessary in a monarchial country to change in tho government The king in the morning gave an audience to and look formal leave of the outgoing prime minister Mir. Lloyd George. Then came he unionist meeting in the afternoon shcn Mr Bonar Law was unanimously elected leader of the party. This was followed by an audience at Buckingham palace when Mir. Bonar Law at the kings invitation. undertook to form a new administration.
 The king will hold a privy council probably Wednesday, if the prime min ister has by then completed his ministry, for the swearing in of the new ministers The king will on the advice of the prime minister proclaim the dissolution of parliament Thursday and. according to present arrangements, elections will be held November 5.
 Mr. Bonar Law Is understood to have his cabinet list almost completed, and it s expected the composition of the min .stry will be announced tomorrow. It is the almost universal opinion that he succeeds to a most difficult and onerous ask and many misgivings are heard whether his health will stand the inevit- able strain. but he has made it quite 'lear that if he finds his health unequal 70 the task he shall be allowed quietly 10 step aside.
 Tho situation Is unique in the annals St British election politics, inasmuch as with only three weeks to the election date, none of the leaders has yet an- nouncd his policy: each side appears to be waiting on the order. Mir. Lloyd Georges opponents are making merry with the suggestion that the sword he announced himself as brandishng when he left Lon don Saturday must have been lost some where on the way to Leeds.
 The only real question before the cleo torate is whether they wish to be govern cd by coalition. But that cannot prop erly be described as an election plank because. except in the quite unanticipated rsult of tremendous landslide in favor of one party, 1t is almost certain that no party will be returned strong enough to form government without the co-opera- tion of some other party.
 MT. Bonar Law confirms that Ireland is an agreed question: and he further inti mated clearly and frankly at the unionist meeting today that tariff reform or pro. lection would not form an item of hi. policy And since Mfr. Lloyd George ha. announced himself as free trader thi. question cannot come to the front. a, both the liberal and labor parties are 1T favor Of free trade. The prime minister promises to define his policy in his com ing speech at Glasgow, but judging iron his remarks today it will not be of al eventuful character
 Previous to the breakdown of hi health which forced him temporarily t, retire from politics. MT Bonar Law wa very close friend of Mir. LioydGeorg and was identified with the entire coa ition policy; it is therefore practical, impossible that he can in any importan measure reverse this policy Thus. un tess Mir. Lloyd George should take strong turn in his policy, there will be lit tle difference between the policies of tn two men.
 The contest seems likely to be one Q personalities of men, rather than meas ures so far as these two parties ar concerned. The free liberals and tn laborites have of course well defined no1 ieies, and, according to present indica tions, are resolutely opposed-to any co operation with Lloyd George, even shouI the former premier seek reconciliatio with either of them.
 The laborites will resent the fixing ( the elections for mid-week and will rer resent the decision as a deliberate inter tioa of the unionist party to handica the workingmen voters. The unionist have two arguments against delaying th elections until the following Saturday Hrst that a short time is allowed fc passing Irish legislation, and. secon,