HOPELESS PROPOSALS.
"-A SINISTER INCIDENT.'
(Press Assn.—Reed. 10.55 p.m.) LONDON, December 6. The "Westminster Gazette" says that Mr Bonar Law declined to form a Ministry. The "Daily Mail" asserts that Mr Asquith, on Tuesday morning, changed his mind and withdrew his assent, writing to Mr Lloyd George that, upon reflecting, he could not agree; consequently Mr Lloyd George sent in his resignation in writing. •The "Times" welcomes Mr Asquith's whole-hearted sympathy. His proposals, however, were hopeless and impossible of compromise. What the situation now requires is a return to the well-tried English system of a small, harmonious Cabinet. The "Daily News" asys: "Mr Asquith's resignation is a humiliation to the country, and is the result of a crusade engineered by the Northcliffo press, forming one of the most sinister incidents in our national history. The new Cabinet will contain no Liberal element, apart from Mr Lloyd George, but we hope that the Housy of Commons will give the Administration fair play."
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Northern Advocate, 7 December 1916, Page 3
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