BRITISH ELECTIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1923, Page 3

BRITISH ELECTIONS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ELECTION INCIDENTS. (Received tliis day at 10.2-) a.m.) LONDON, November 28. 'I here was a pi<|iiant incident in linekneliaiii at a Labour meeting when Mi Oliver Baldwin, the Premier's son, crlieised the (lover■nment's inaetion. He said: “The only thing the Government had done during the past year was to wrongfully arrest a number of persons and then have to pay compensation. Talk about protection! The only protection we want is protection against a Government like that.” Ho advocated a, Labour Government on tile lines of that ruling in' Georgia, South Asia, which was governed by a social demo-

cratic paity. Air J. 11. 'Ulemas, at Barrow, said: “Those who call the Labourites little Englanders, declaring that they do not believe in the Empire, were, deliberate liars. We want to see the Empire great but do net measure its greatness by bloody victories, the size of the army, or the navy.

A NOTH Hit VIEW. (ltccoived ibis day at 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, November 28. |[on. W. Churchill at Leicester, said whether we will get Air Baldwin off the front bench. I do not know, but 1 am certain we will get Ramsay MacDonald off the front Opposition bench. A LIBERAL’S VIEW. (Received this day at 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, November 28. Hurd Denman speaking at a Liberal meeting in Croydon, said when lie was in Australia, Labour was in office two years and as Ministers, administrators and heads of departments, Labour men were every bit as good as their Liberal opponents, so when the poupL to-day spoke in rather unqualified unmeasured terms of the Labour Party at Home and said it was not'fit to form a (ioveriimennieut and that kind of tiling, lie said quite frankly he did not believe them. LLOYD GEORGE'S RHETORIC 1 . (Received this day at 11,2-j a.in.) LONDON, November 28. •* Mr Lloyd George speaking U Leeds said that,'ill travelling up and down the country he found a great Liberal revival. Therefore victory was assured. Neno sent messages to his frie.ms. when he lost favour, telling them 1" >'» l lu ‘" veins. That was practically the choice „iven the country between tariff relorm which destroyed industry and Goi.ii.iunh,n which destroyed the whole labile of propority. Mr 'Lloyd George described the Liberals as the feeding party, ami the Socialists as the bleeding P»r V* „mV predicted a vast majority ol votes in favour of Lee trade. 'llie proposed to give trade a. volition leg t. allow it to limp along on the taiid.