DRAMATIC AND UNFORESEEN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2497, 24 October 1922, Page 4

DRAMATIC AND UNFORESEEN.

MORE DEVELOPMENTS PREDICTED. LONDON, On. 20. The Daily Telegraph says: “Seldom in party history has anything ,o dramatically unforeseen been witnessed. The nexi few days will be eventful. We are only in the first stage of the change whereof some startling developments are conceivable.’’ WHAT MRS LLOYD GEORGE SAYS. HER HUSBAND LOVES A EIGHT. LONDON, on. 20. Mrs Lloyd George, speaking ai Ee.-ilmtn on Thursday lijgllt. said: “You call lake ii that whatever happens in the present crisis my husband is ijuiic ready. lie loves a fight. His health improves and his spirit goes iqi when a fight is going on. A light is like a tonic.'' A. and N.Z. cable. GERMAN PRES’S PERTURBED. BRITISH CRISIS disturbing. BERLIN. On. 20. The Tageblall says : “The llriti-li crisis is disturbing, not only for Itriiain. but for the whole world. For n- it is deplorable ns ii means new and more unfavourable decisions against Germany.“ The Vossiselie Zeitung aiiriliute- Mr Lloyd George's fall lo bi< Near Ea-i policy. The l.okal Anzeiger, the Nationalist organ, interprets liis- fall as .VI. Poincare’s i riiimph. The Allgemoitie Zcitiui: . Heir Siiiines's paper, welcomes Mr l.lovd George's exit. The Vorwaerts, on the contrary, regreis the loss of one of the nn.-i eminent statesmen of modern limes.—and N.Z. cable.' MEETING OF THE CABINET. RESIGNATIONS HANDED IN. LONDON. Oct. 19. Mr l.lovd George heard the news of iho decision al the Carbon Club from Sir Philip Sassoon, who was the first man to leave the Carlton. He jumped into his ear and drove straight to Downing street. From Pall Mall interest shifted lo Downing street, where Mr Lloyd George's ear was ready for any emergency. Directly after Sir Philip Sassoon’s visit. Mr Lloyd George received Mr I 'hninberlain. Lord Birkenhead. Sir L W. Evans. Sir* Robert Ilorne and Lieut.-Col. Leslie Wilson, who handed in their resignations. Mr Lloyd George called a Cabinet meeting for three o’clock and announced his intention of resigning, which ilie Cabinet approved. The Premier then had a consultation with some Liberal friends until four o’clock, when lie went to Buckingham Palace. The Liberal Ministers met in die even ing ami passed a resolution recording iheir appreciation of the courage of Mr ('hamberlain. Earl Balfour ami oilier* who supported tiie principles of national uniiy. —A. and N.Z. cable.