BRITISH ELECTIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1923, Page 2

BRITISH ELECTIONS.

[Reuters Telegrams.] 01 AO A NISEI) BO \Y D Y ISM. LONDON. December I. Mi Churchill tlosctibes liis London meetings as the worst display of rowdyism ever seetl. He attributed the disorders q.:> the extreme Socialists wot king on a system. A former Minister. Sir Charles Milliners, declared that the whole question of preventing organised cold-blooded rowdiness must be considered by the new Parliament. The right of public speech was one of the most valuable in the British democracy. “DAILY M All," PRESS. LONDON, Dee. f>. One of the puzzles throughout the election lias been the attitude ot the Rothenncre l’rss. Putil two days liefore the poll, the “Daily Mail ’ group of newspapers gave no indication, beyond expressing general dissatisfaction with the (Joverumeiit. To-day’s “Daily Mail’* advises its readers to “You* for the Liberals, as they will close down the Singapore dock scheme; will get out of Mesnjwtamia ; and will give the country a chance of attaining tranquility. Lord Beaverbrook’s papers coutinu* in advise their readers to vote “tor Imperial” candidates, which piacticullv means the Conservatives.

SOME HOT CONTESTS. LONDON. IVv. A. Most of the leading speakers have now returned to their own coustitir.’iicies. esepcially tl the fight is hot tlcere as in the case ot Mr Asquith at I’aislev, Mr Baldwin iu ilcwdlcy. Sir John Simon in Spoil A alley, ami Mr \t . Churchill in Leicester. MB LLOYD GEORGE. LONDON, Dec. A. Mr l.loytl George having a sale seat is still free to continue his perigrinations throughout, the country. He reached Cardilf where the streets were densely lined with cheering crowds. The principal part, ol his speech in the theatre, where there were six thousand people assembled, was an attack upon the Socialist Party. .Mr Lloyd George said that perhaps the worst feature of the election was the third party which frightened people into the arms of the reactionaries. That was fatal to progress. If he nilist choose between being; Imogen, (iiinrlcreil, drawn, or death by hemlock. the voter might prefer slow poison, and the creeping paralysis ol tariffs, Imt Liberalism came in ami offered lilt*. BALDAYIX’S ( I* A IMS. LONDON. December A. M,* Baldwin, who remains in his con-,-t it ueiicy until the end of the election, addressed IOOd people in the Assembly Rooms til Mavcrn. lie said that eitthitciastn could lie found among the Conservatives Tioiu one end of the country to the other. This hits convinced him that the result on Thursday will astonish our opponents.

lie added: “Our policy is not a leap iu the tlaik. It lias been adopted in every civilised country and was decided oil here when there was a Liberal majority in the Coalition, ami when Mr B. McKenna was Chancellor of the Exchequer." Mr Baldwin replying to the heading in the “Daily Chronicle,” “Your Pensions are in Peril,' said: “An article of that kind proves that the Liberals are in a panic. It shows that they ic.qini the electors a»s fools. My own opponents say t mil a gambler. II so. L have gambled on the honesty and eomnaui.scnse of the British people which K not going to fail me now ” MB CHA.MBEBI.AIN HECK LED. LONDON. December A. Oiganised rowdyism lotititl lresh vent iq Birmingham ami apparently as a dire t outcome of a Communist doctrine outlined by Lenin, who, writing in the newspaper “Pravda." in March. 191 P. announced that under Soviet rule, there would he no Dee speech and mi freedom ot meeting. Even Mr Austin Chamberlain ha< fallen a victim. While speaking in West Btoliiwich. lie was bawled down fot the first time in Ins career. Clll'BCllll.l.'S WIFE SPEAKS. LONDON .Dec. A. While -Mr Chtirchil lias been in London. Mrs Churchill, who is a brilliant electioneer, has been Itodling the fort for him in Leicester. She lias all bet husband's gallantry, and laces the Socialist hecklers with spirit. bile her husband has dealt with markets, such as those ol iron, steel, and (oxides. Mrs Churchill has spoken ol the effect of protection oil the working class homes, dealing with shillings end pence, instead of millions sterling. Mr Winston Churchill to-day addressed seven meetings in Leicester in four hours.

THE FIRST RESULTS. LONDON. Dee. A. By Thursday night, when IDo results are expected to he declared, the result of Mr Baldwin's rush election will lie foreshadowed. Thursday’s results will include 3A London Boroughs. IDO other Boroughs, and 2f) of the English Counties. MR BALDWIN’S MANIFESTO. [ R i'ctkks Tklkoiiams.] {Received this day at 10 a.m.i LONDON. Dec. 5 Mr Baldwin, on the eve of the election, has issued a maiiilesto surveying post-war conditions in Britain, resulting iu the trade depression which has led to unemployment. With a view to coping therewith he invites a man. dale on tile protectionist pdiey since other alternatives of continuing palliative measures cannot provide a peimaneni remedy. He does not believe the tariff proposals would result Jit a general increase in price to the consumer; hut if monopolies keep prices high so that no benefit reaches the consumer, the Government will deal therewith. Jle points out that trusts

exist under free trade and it will be ea-jor to d>-al with combine* in our own country than with tru-ts created hv foreigners ha road.

MR MACDONALD'S QUESTION. (Received this day at 10 a.i11.) I/)N DON. Dee. A. Mr Ramsay .Macdonald at Abcruvon. during a whirlwind tour of the constituency, accompanied l.y Dr Addison, asked what preference would he possible alter L'ddO.fKXUiOO for food and raw material was deducted from £3IS millions ot imports from the Dominions. lie declared that the Labour Party was annoyed at the way the Government neglected the Colonies, other Dominions, than the self-governing and concluded by saying that a representative of all the Dominions would attend an Imperial Labour Conference next year to discuss the whole question of Imperial trade, immigration and economic relations.