LIBERAL PARTY SPLIT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 17 November 1924, Page 9

LIBERAL PARTY SPLIT.

MR LLOYD GEORGE’S LEADERSHIP REPUDIATED.

LABOUR JOURNAL’S SCATHING

COMMENT

By i’h —P? •its Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association Recei'-cd 5.5 p.m., Nov. 16.

LONDON. Nov. 15

All party organs are speculating as to the effect of Captain WedgetvoodBenp’i ! tatement that the people *c confidence in Mr Lloyd Gc*. >-ye

‘ I ‘sslre to say plainly,” said the capiu, n. ”ihat 1 cannot acknowledge in any way, direct or indirect, Mr Lloyd George as my leader in the House of Commons.” If Captain Bean’s opid’.on is shared by other Liberal M.P.’s, obviously the Liberal Party in the House of Commons, small as it is, will divide and a .tew movement for the reorganisa'.’m of the Liberal forces throughout the country will be serious’v ..npoded. •f..c Daily Telegraph" affirms that Mr Lloyd George is certain to he electsd . ?ader at a meeting of the Libera! Parliamentary Party, as soon as the session opens.

“The Daily Chronicle” declares that Captain Bonn's action at a moment when unity is so essential among the little band of Liberals in the House of Commons, has moused general resentment. “The Daily Herald" (Labour) says: The Pact worked badly for the Asquithians and cut favourably for the Lloyd Georgians, at which the Asquithian wing is angry. Mr Lloyd George having secured a majority in the attenuated Parliamentary Party, is now playing for leadership and control.

“The Morning Post” observes that dissension has arisen as soon as Mr Asquith’s back is turned.