BRITISH GOVERNMENT

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 112, 5 February 1935, Page 9

BRITISH GOVERNMENT

Possibility of Cabinet Changes LLOYD GEORGE MAY BE INCLUDED Mr. MacDonald Said to be Worried By Telegraph. —Press Assn. —Copyright. London, February 3. Vs the result of the recent turn of events the National Government’s stock is the lowest since it took power, says the “Sun-Herald” agency correspondent. Mr. MacDonald is very worried, and Joes not want to reconstruct Cabinet until the India Bill is passed into law, but there are great efforts to force his hands. Mr. Neville Chamberlain will not tolerate Mr. Lloyd George’s inclusion in the Cabinet' at any price, and his inclusion would split the Conservatives beyond repair. Meanwhile, the Conservative revolt in connection with Mr. Randolph Churchill’s intrusion in the Wavertree by-election is more serious than was anticipated, while the crisis over unemployment insurance has embittered the working classes. Some Ministers admit that if an election were imminent the Government would lose every seat in the industrial North. The possibility of Cabinet changes and the inclusion of Mr. Lloyd George are canvassed by the “Observer,” which considers that a general election can not be postponed after the autumn owing to the fact that two hundred supporters of the Government feel an increasing danger of losing their seats under the present conditions, while the mass of Ministerial members of the House of Commons are demanding changes in the Government’s composition and policy, affording a better chance of electoral success. There is a growing feeling that reconstruction should be done now, preferably with Mr. Lloyd George.