SPEECH INTERPRETED
LIBERAL MANOEUVRE FOR POWER
LONDON, 18th December. The newspapers regard Mr. Asquith's speech as an indication that the King .should not grant a dissolution to Mr. Ramsay Macdonald if he takes office, and as a, sign that Mr. Asquith would not be unwilling to take office when Labour had been defeated. Mr. Asquith's insistence upon the unconditional independence of the Liberal Party was loudly cheered. Apparently .Mr.- Asquith intends that Liberals and Labour shall join forces to defeat the Government on the debate on the Addregs-iU'Reply, commencing on 15th January, and that later, when Laopur is beaten by a combination of the .Conservatives and: the Liberals, the Liberals will accept office in order to avoid an immediate. General Election. Tho Conservatives would then be under an honourable obligation to maintain the Liberals in office, and not attack the Liberal policy in the country.
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Evening Post, Volume 148, Issue 148, 20 December 1923, Page 7
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