BRITISH POLITICS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 March 1923, Page 7

BRITISH POLITICS

POSITION OF LIBERALS.

NEED FOR REUNION.

BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION-COPYEIGHT

LONDON, March 8.

Mr Lloyd George has announced that the National Liberals have abandoned the. idea of a Centre Party. He considers that no Liberal, as.a 1 condition of reunion, should be asked to change his opinion.regarding the. policy of the Coalition Governments/ from 1915 to 1922. "My Edinburgh speech," he said, ''was a reply to urgent representations received by Mr Asquith and myself^ from all parts of the country in favour of a Liberal reunion, _ My earlier offer to confer with the leaders of the Independent Liberals met with nb response, but I repeat that it is still open."