ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18566, 26 November 1923, Page 9

ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

ALL PARTIES CONFIDENT.

MR. ASQUITH NOT TOO SAFE.

INFLUENCE OF PRESS TRUSTS

INQUIRY MAY FOLLOW. By Telegraph— Press Association— Copyright. (Received 9.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. Nov. 25. The political correspondent of the Observer says that one-third of tho candidates of the various parties are safe, but none can say which of the rest will emerge. All headquarters not only profess confidence, but feel it. Mr. Asquith at Paisley and Mr. Churchill at Leicester are none too safe.

The sequel to the election will, probably be an inquiry into press trusts, for which there is an American precedent.

SPEECH BY MR. BALDWIN. OPPOSITION NOT MINIMISED. SETTLEMENT OF EUROPE. Australian and N.Z. Cable. Association. (Reed. 9.5 P.m.) LONDON. Nov. 24. Tho Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, lias gone to 'his constituency, Bewdlcy, Worcestershire. Speaking at Tenbury, he asked for an increased majority. "It is essential that I should have a strong backing," lie said. "I have the Liberal and Labour Parties, and a great deal of the popular press against me. With your help I can beat them all." He added that the state of Europe and how to reach a settlement between the French and Germans nearly broke Mr. Bonar Law 's heart. In reply to a question he said that the campaign was going all right. UNDER ONE BANNER.

LLOYD GEORGE AND ASQUITH.

REUNION AT PAISLEY.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 30 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 25. There was a great scene at Paisley yesterday, when Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd George for the first time in the election campaign spoke from the same platform. Mr. Asquith spoke first. He said that they offered a united front in defence of a vital principle- Mr. Lloyd George's presence was sufficient and conclusive evidence that they were as one.

Mr. Lloyd George said that he was infinitely glad to be on the same platform as Mr. Asquith. It was a deep and sincere grief to him that they ever parted. When Mr. Lloyd George left Euston on Friday for his Scottish campaign, he declared that he had been advised that the Liberal Party was never better organised, and enthusiasm in the provinces had never been iso great since 1910. Paisley Conservatives have decided to invite an outside candidate to fight Mr. Asquith.