NEAR A BREAK.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1922, Page 5

NEAR A BREAK.

ELECTION IN BRITAIN. DISSOLUTION EXPECTED. NEWSPAPER FORECAST. MEETINGS OF PARTIES. By Telegraph.—Pres* Assn.—Copyright. London, Oct. 18. The Daily Chronicle anticipates that Mr. Lloyd George will advise His Majesty to* morrow to dissolve Parliament, and that the proclamation summoning a new Parliament will be issued on Saturday. Received Oct. 19, 7.50 p.m. London, Oct. 18. The Daily Mail states that in defiance of tfr. Austin Chamberlain the National Union* ist Association decided to summon an emergency meeting forthwith to discuss * the situation. The move came with dramatic suddenness, and resulted in the immediate summoning of Conservative Ministers. — United Service.

BLOW TO THE COALITION. RESULT OF WELSH BY-ELECTION. VICTORY FOR CONSERVATIVES. Received Oct. 20, 12.45 a.m. London, Oct. 19. Hie Newport (Monmouthshire) by-elec-tion, rendered necessary by the death of Mr. L. Haslam (Coalition-Liberal), resulted. Clarry (Conservative) 13,515 Bowen (Labor) ••••••. 11,245 Moore (Liberal) 8841 None of the candidates were officially Coalition, but the Liberal was indirectly supported by Downing Street, where Mr. elarry’s victory is feared to be a great blow to the Coalition’s prestige.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Awn, The voting at the last general elections was: L. Haslam (Coalition-Liberal), 14,080; J. W. Bowen (Labor), 10,234; B. £. Thomas (Independent), 647. FORECAST OF ELECTION. NO CLEAR MAJORITY. FUSION STILL NECESSARY. Received Oct. 20, 12.45 a.m. London, Oct. 19. Sir L. Worthington Evans (Secretary for War), speaking at Colchester, said the foreign situation required an election, a* no British Minister could go to the peace conference authoritatively unless an election first decided the nation's policy. “Personally,” he added, “I would stand as a Conservative. That did not mean that I would tell Conservative-minded Liberals who agreed with the Conservatives’ main issues at the election that I did not want their help.” He said it was likely no party would have a clear majority, in which event he would certainly choose a Liberal-Conserva-tive combination. PREMIER SEVERELY CRITICISED. London, October 18. Lord Gladstone, at the National Liberal Club, replying to the Prime Minister’s attack, said he at any rate had never turned his coat. It was rash on Mr. Lloyd George’s part to raise the question of clothing, when he himself was alternating between a coat of many colours and a brand new Midlothian mantle made for the occasion. However, the Liberals were not prepared to accept Mr. Lloyd George’s policy. The fact was that the Kaiser of Downing Street waa too intolerant of criticism. He was the man who Lad. stabbed Liberalism in the back.