BRITISH ELECTIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 November 1923, Page 3

BRITISH ELECTIONS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION LABOUR TO PLAY TONE HAND. LONDON. Nov. 10. The political prophet:; arc reluctant to prophesy the results of the election on the momentous issue upon which the party had no time to prepare the ('round. Lord Younger, chief organiser oi the Conservative victory in 1922. lias been recalled front retirement to take his old post, lie said i,, an interviewer that he never felt so uncertain about the **■ result of any election. Tie- protectionist issue, while reunitin'' the Liberals, has caused dissension among the Conservatives, the minority ol whom are tree traders. Although the dissension in the Conservative parliamentary ranks i- healed. the ( oiiservative press is divided. Some paper-, outspokenly describe the election jts a serious political hlitndei and express .strong resentment against Air Baldwin for tbrowing overboard Mr liouar Law's policy of tramplility, thus putting the party to the hazard of an election and idaeing the Conservative free traders in an awkward predicament. The Conservative organisation expects the Government to be returned with a majority in the vicinity ol fifty instead ol the present seventy-seven. There is no prospect of an agreement between the Liberal and Labour organisations to support one .another's candidates. A prominent Labourite stated:—‘'We do not intend to clean the plates for the Liberals to eat off. Labour intends to light a lone, hand henceforth, being hopeful of increasing representation in each sucessive parliament until the party obtains n majority." All! ITALIAN i.V REPI.rKK TO Mil LLOYD (■ EG I! (.■ E. [ Rf,muts Thi.euua.ms.] 'Received this day at 12 13 p.ni.) LONDON, November 19. -Mr Baldwin, in opening the Unionist campaign 'at Queen's Mall, said that Mr Lloyd Oeorgo's speech on Saturday was a. reversion to the typo .Mr T.IovC (teorgo lost bast election because the people (eased to trust him. The only issue at the present time was unemployment. 11 is prexei ipt ion was to keep the home fires binning. The price of some articles might rise before a readjustment between the home and import cd 1 productions' came, hut that was a mere bagatelle compared with what we had to face to-day. The Conservatives were a un.ifed pin tv fighting to win with a large majority to put an end to the possibility of any form of Coalition.