POLITICAL CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1922, Page 5

POLITICAL CRISIS.

LLOYD GEORGE’S DEMANDS. INTERESTING INNER HISTORY THE GENEVA POLICY, By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received March 24, 8.40 p.m. London, March 24. The Daily Chronicle’s special correspondent, writing from Criccieth, gives an interesting resume of the political situation, evidently as a result of consultation with Mr. Lloyd George. The correspondent denies that there has been a crisis between the Liberals and the Conservatives in the Cabinet. The crisis has been amongst Conservatives. The article admits that Mr. Lloyd George resigned and then withdrew his resignation, but the reason was the adoption of the Genoa Conference as the policy of the Coalition, which amounts to the reaffirmation of Conservative loyalty to the Coalition. Mr. Lloyd George regards the Genoa Conference as a key to the future, and understands that the Conservatives make their attachment to this principle their main reason for asking Mr. Lloyd George to continue his Premiership. In his letter to Mr. Chamberlain, withdrawing his resignation, Mr.. Lloyd George made three conditions —(1) The Irish settlement must be carried through; (2) no reactionary policy must be pursued; (3) the foreign policy must aim at peace and the disarmament of Europe. This last is wliat Mr. Lloyd George means by the Genoa policy.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.