BRITISH POLITICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1922, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.

A POLITICAL denial. | (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 7. Hon, H. H. Asquith speaking at Dulwich, contradicted the statement that at a meeting of Liberal leaders be proposed a Liberal reunion, which his colleagues rejected and consequently he abandoned the proposal. There was not a word of truth in the fable that all Liberals were anxious for re- j union, and an even more fatuous fabrication was -the story that in tile event of tho present Government not obtaining a parliamentary majority that ■■ there would be some nebulous combination between Bonar Law’s forces and , bis own. The suggestion of such ' an alliance was too fantastic for a midsummer night’s dream. Mr Asquith added that if they gave the Government a blank cheque there would lie no guarantee that the Government would not be landed in protection. *

LORD NOVAR’S VIEWS. (Received this dav at 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. i. Lord Novar, speaking at Edinburgh, said he had no apology to make tor taking office. It was necessary as the old Liberal Party, to which he had b<longer, was split up and had disappeared. He did not feel able to support either section for the sake of their Foreign Policy alone. It was of the utmost importance that the Prime Minister should have a strong rtiiaioritv to enable him to speak in the name of the country and to billow a consistent policy. The labour Pm > s manifesto had been drawn up by «x----tremists