BRITISH POLITICS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18514, 27 March 1922, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE COALITION CRISIS MR CHURCHILL’S WARNING MENACE OF COMMUNISM. Pies* -Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 25. (Received March 26, at 5.5 p.m.) Mr Churchill, speaking at Northampton, said it had been suggested that those who advocated the creation of a National Party from the Coalition had a deep design against the unity of the Conservative Party, He emphasised that it would be a great disaster if the Conservative Party were broken up as the Liberal Party had broken up. That would be the prelude to the creation of a number of jealous, discordant groups such as were seen in foreign Parliaments, united only by intrigues to gain power. He saw no reason why the Liberals and Conservatives could not work together during the anxious period ahead as they had done during the past seven years. The old questions which divided the old historic groups were no longer dominant dividing issues of politics. E-sen Ireland was not a party issue. The Liberals owed a debt of gratitude to the Conservatives for the great aid given in the settlement of the Irish question. The Conservative faith and the Liberal principles were both exposed to a new attack from the Socialist parties behind which crouched the shadows of Communist follv and Bolshevist violence.—A. and N.Z. Cable. GHERTSEY BY-ELECTION. LONDON, March 25. (Received March 26, at 5.5 p.m.) The Chertsey by-election resulted as follows : Mr Richardson (Unionist) Mr Gough (Wee Free) 9,490 —A. and N.Z. Cable. [The voting at the General Election resulted as follows Sir Donald Macmaster (Co.-U.), 13,531; Mr T. T. Linsey (Lab.), 3232.]