NO ELECTION DECISION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20993, 2 October 1931, Page 9

NO ELECTION DECISION.

COMMONS TOADJOUKN. NATIONAL APPEAL LIKELY. CABINET NEGOTIATIONS. ATTITUDE OF LIBERALS. SEARCH FOR AGREEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received October 1. 5.45 p.m.) LONDON. Oct. 1. Tho prospects of a national appeal by the Government, endorsed by represent atives of the three parties, appear to be brignter, says the Daily Telegraph's political correspondent. There are indications that the Prime Minister, Mr. Mac Donald, is carrying all the members of the Cabinet with him in favour of an early election. Ho stated in I lie House of Commons yesterday that the House would adjourn until October 7. There would not be a prorogation. In the liouso of Lords the Marquess of Reading announced that the Parliamentary session would probably end' on October 7. The Prime Minister refrained from making a definite statement in tho House of Commons because negotiations were then actively progressing. It is understood that Mr. Lloyd George has modified his former opposition to an immediate election, and is now anxious to discover what limitations to the arrangements tho Government is willing to concede in return for official Liberal cooperation. View of Liberal Organ. The News-Chronicle argues that an election is unnecessary as the Government has a sufficient majority to carry on. Even the tariff question should not present an obstacle. With good team work Mr. Mac Donald can get a " doctor's mandate " from the present Parliament. A British wireless message says the possibility of an early electoral appeal to the country thus still remains in doubt. The Cabinet met again yesterday morning to consider the question. Further agreement is apparently being sought among the Conservatives and Liberals upoa the broad national programme with which the Prime Minister would be prepared to go to tho country, and which would leave him an unfettered choice of means for dealing with any economic situation which might arise.

Much significance is attached by the newspapers to the fact that Mr. MacDonald has decided to address his constituents at Scaham, Durham, on Friday. It is anticipated that bv Friday most of the urgent tasks demanding the personal attention of the Prime Minister will have reached a stage which will permit of his temporary absence from London and an announcement of the immediate course of events in tho political field "by that time will have been made. Prime Minister Seeking Unity. The newspapers state that efforts are being continued with the object of securthat measure of national unity which it is reported is insisted upon by the Prime Minister as a condition of his leading a big central block, which would concentrate upon the immediate national needs. Special interest is being displayed in the attitude of the Liberals, and'in the efforts being made to find a basis for an agreement upon which their support of a national programme to be submitted to tho electorate could be secured.