WARNING AND APPEAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1438, 11 December 1919, Page 5

WARNING AND APPEAL.

Lloyd George Hits Out. COAJLITION OK CONFUSION. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, December 9. Speaking at the Manchester Club, IVXr JL.loy<i George said: “We are aslcecl to divide the nation in face of a vigilant enemy in order to reunite the Liberal Party on a German dumpheap!” That, he continued, was not going to make Liberalism a livingforce. The premier paid a tribute to the loyalty of his Unionist colleagues to their election pledges. He said that Mr Runciman had recently advocated the co-operation of the best elements of the Liberals and Labourites. The same thing applied to the best elements of the Liberals and Unionists. He asked Mr Asciuith whether he, if in power at the end of the war, would have dismissed his Unionist colleagues who had helped to win the war. The only alternative to the Coalition was confusion. There was a new challenge to civilisation affecting the whole fabric of society. It declared that private enterprise was a failure, which must be rooted out. Those who believed in the virtues of private enterprise must remove the evils which had provoked the challenge to national unity. This alone could save Britain, Europe and the world. He appealed to Liberalism to participate worthily in a united effort to save the world.