ON THE HUSTINGS

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11684, 23 November 1923, Page 6

ON THE HUSTINGS

ELECTION BATTLE STRENUOUSLY FOUGHT LLOYD GEORGE URGES NEED OF PEACE IN EUROPE "TRADE WILL LOOK AFTER ITSELF” LADY ASTOR MEETS THE COMMUNISTS The Queen’s Hall, in London, where the Prime Minister opened his campaign, was again crowded with people to hear Mr Lloyd George in reply. Mr Lloyd George declared that the first necessary step was to restore the peace of purope. With that accomplished, British industry would look after itself. • The Conservatives are stressing the point that the tariff proposals expressly exclude foodstuffs. Mr Winston Churchill had a rowdy audience at Leicester, and Lady Astor, venturing into a hot Communist quarter of Plymouth, had to climb through a window to address her audience.

FLOOD OF ORATORY CONSTITUENCIES SWAMPED. TONS OF LITERATURE. IwtnlUa and N.Z. OaUf A ■niiiMoi(Received November 22, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 21. The floodgates of election oratory are agape. The constituencies are swamped with arguments for and against a tariff, atid for and against a capital levy. There is also literature. The Unionist central office alone has already despatched 30 tons oi election matter to the constituencies. Mr Baldwin at Reading, Sir Boliert Home at Glasgow, Mr Austen Chamberlain and Mr Leopold Amery at Birmingham, will he the principal advocates of tariff reform on Wednesday, f Mr Lloyd George, from the opposition standpoint, had the day practically to himself-EX-PREMIER’S ITINERARY. Mr Lloyd George’s election itinerary has been published. Hie leaves Euston on Fridiy morning for Glasgow, and thence goes to Paisley to" assist Mr Asquith. He goes to Newcastle on Monday, and thence to Sunderland, for an evening meeting. He will be tn Leeds on Tuesday. The following Jwo dayß will be spent in Lancashire, |nd the week-end in North Wales, his *wn constituency, where Mr Austen tones, a Conservative, is opposing him. fci Monday, December 3rd, he wSI be at Norwich, and on Tuesday in South wales. “RESTORE^PEAGE” AND TRADE WILL RECOVER. LLOYD GEORGE’S WAY. Renter’* Teleeram. (Received November 22, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 21. Mr Lloyd George opened his election campaign before a packed audience at the Queen’s Hall. Replying to tho speech delivered by Mr Baldwin on Monday, he said the Tory party, when worried, always took to tariffs, as some people took to alcohol. Credit had declined in Britain since Mr Baldwin took up the job, and the only country where wages were on the level of those of Britain was free trade Holland. Free trade had given British commerce, trade, and finance such vitality that British oredit alone in Europe had been restored, and free imports were keeping Britain alive, l'o change the fiscal policy in order to keep the home fires burning would be like a drunkard breaking up furniture and flinging it into the fire. “Restore peace in Ctentral Europe,’’ he said, “and trade will look after itself.” NOTHING BUT TALK MAN OF ACTION NEEDED. Australian and N.Z Cable Aaaodatloo. (Received November 22, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 21. Mr Lloyd George’s address in the Queen’s Hall was m reply to Mr Baldwin’s speech on the same platform. The great hall was packed to the doors. Before turning to tho election Mr Lloyd George paid an eloquent tribute to the late Dr. John Clifford, the Baptist leader, and at his request the audience stood silent for a few moments in reverence to Dr. Gliffoid’s memory. The speech was very characteristic of Mr Lloyd George’s platform oratory, in rapid illustration, amusing analogies, and stinging satire, perhaps the most original example being his demand that Mr Baldwin should explain why he thought it would cure a shellshocked patient if a mine were blown up under hia feet. “I AM NOT AN APPLICANT.” Mr Lloyd George added: “When a ship has sprung a leak from a terrific explosion it is not a tinker’s job. Mr Baldwia has done nothing but talk, talk, talk. Not a single act. What we want is someone who will tackle tho job. lam not an applicant. Peace is the real remedy. We want a man who will pursue the problem of peace with a single end and a dauntless heart.” “ AMBUSHJELECTION ” 11R CHURCHILL AT LEICESTER. A ROWDY MEETING. in-'i-aiinn and N. 7!. OahU Association (Received November 22, 8 p.m.) LONDON, November 22. There wore rowdy scenes at Mr Winston Churchill’s first meeting at Leicester, owing to the lack of police. The mob rushed the hall, so that ticket holders’ scats were taken. When Mr Churchill appeared it was evident that a big hostile element was present. He described the election as an ambush election. In three hours tho Cabinet had decided to make this wild plunge. It was a good thing for Mr Baldwin’s reputation as an honest man that he did not realise how sharp were the tactics his party was employing. If the Conservatives came into power there would he a desperate fight over tariffs, and the lobbies would be crowded with representatives of the various industries.

IN FAVOUR AGAIN COALITION LIBERALS. Australian and N.Z. Cable A^ocdation (Received November 22, 8 p.m.) LONDON, November 22. The general committee of the National Liberal Club unanimously without discussion rescinded its resolutions of 1921 forbidding the hanging of portraits of Mr Lloyd George and Mr Winston Churchill. LADY’ASTOR “NOMINAL CONSERVATIVE.” * LUKEWARM SUPPORT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Aesocladoa. (Received November 22, 8 p.m.) LONDON, November 22. Amazing scenes were witnessed at Lady Astoria meeting at Plymouth. The meeting was held in a hot Communist quarter of the town, and though it was supposed to be only a small ward meeting the crowd was dense, and Lady Astor had to climb through a window to enter the hall. The Plymouth “Imperial Conservatives” are not 1 opposing Lady Astor, though they have issued a manifesto describing her as a nominal Conservative whose views and actions render her politically unacceptable to large numbers of lifelong Conservatives. NO TAXATION OF FOOD MR BALDWIN EXPLAINS WHY. Australian ant N.Z. Cable Association (Received November 22, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 21. Mr Baldwin at Reading was greeted by a crowded meeting, singing: “Keep the Home Fires Burning.’/ Replying to Mr Asquith’s charge that the election was being rushed, he said Mr Asquith had evidently forgotten 1910. when he only gave the electors three weeks to decide a most important matter. In an illuminating passage Mr Baldwin explained the reasons the Government had decided not to tax essential articles of food. Firstly, he said, the country, under free trade, having became an industrial country, was unable to feel its own people, and so prices of food might rise. Secondly, said Mr Baldwin, there had come from the dominions no offer of preference which would involve the imposition of a food tariff in this country If an extremely advantageous offer were made in regard to British manufacturers, and if Die offer were a reasonably good one with regard to the British export trade, it miglft be possible to lay it before the country, but at present there was nothing of the kind to justify the Government taxing food supplies. THE LABOUR LEADER CARRIED SHOULDER-HIGH. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 22, 8 p.m.) LONDON, November 22. Mr Ramsay Macdonald motored from Bristol to Gloucester. His first big speech was made 'at Forest of Dean, where a thousand miners 'were awaiting him. Mr Macdonald appealed for some arrangement with the dominions on migration. If some enterprising skilled men must go to the dominions they should agree to take some secondgrade men. A crowd at Newport towed Mr Macdonald’s car a mile through the streets to the hall, where 5000 people were gathered. Mr Macdonald and the Labour candidate were hoisted on the shoulders of supporters and carried into the hall. H. G. WELLS FOR LABOUR SUPPORT OF CAPITAL LEVY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 22, 8 p.m.) LONDON. November 22. Mr H. G. Wells, who is standing for London University, attributes the tragic unemployment to the decadence of Central Europe, through the obstinacy of M. Poincare and the empty weakness of Mr Baldwin’s Government. “The Labour Party,” 6ays Mr Wells, “attacks the problem of developing the home market by a system of nigh wages through a capital levy. It proposes boldly to attack the concentration of spending power in the hands of a small minority of private individuals. This is really a levy on excessive private ownership.” * Mr Wells demands the fundamental reconstruction of the League of Nations. HOUSING POLICY LIBERAL FAVOURS LABOUR. (Sydney "Sun" Cable.) (Received Novemlier 22, 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 21. Dr. Addison, a former Minister of Health, is supporting Labour at the elections, on the ground that he believes that the party is more resolutely intent on providing houses than any other party. Di. Addison was Minister of Hcabb in 1919-21, and represented a London borough as a Liberal from 1910 until

November of last year, when he was last in a three-cornered contest. Prior to bis entry into politics he had a distinguished medical (career WOMEN’B PROTEST FRESH TAXES ON FOOD. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received November 22. 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, November 22. The wotmon’ ssection of the Labour Party haa iasued a manifesto condemning fresh taxes in the name of Imperial preference on foodstuffs such as salmon, tho workers’ luxury, and apples.. the children’s joy. It argues that traders would increase the price of home and dominion products to just about the price of foreign products, plus the duty. BALDWIN WILL FAIL LEVERHULME’S PREDICTION. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received November 22, 10.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 21. Lord Leverhulme has arrived en route for New Zealand and Australia, for tvhioh he sails on December 2nd in the Niagara, and thence around tho world. He predicted the failure of Mr Baldwin’s protection programme, stating that it would cause more unemployment in England. Ho said Brigland would pay her war debts, irrcspcc tive of what other nations did, but America’s tariff wall made it very difficult for her to meet her debt requirements. DR CHAPPLE AGAIN A CANDIDATE. (Sydney “Sun" Cable.! LONDON, November 21. Dr. Chappie, formerly of New Zealand, will again contest the Dumfriesshire seat, as a Liberal free .trader.