Show BALFOUR CREDITED WITH PLOT london dec 1 in some quarters it Is considered possible that premier balfour may yet elect to dissolve parliament rather than resign some liberals do not hesitate to attribute to the premier a deep laid plot to spring the surprise of a general election on the country at an inopportune moment for the sake of gaining a tactical advantage for hla party by forcing the election before the new register of voters comes into operation in january it Is said hints of the premiers ln tent lon t b resign have been spread with the purpose of concealing his real motives from tho country no matter what decision may be an next week it is a tact that both parties arc already la the throes of an electoral campaign the leaders are making nightly speeches in their con tho unionists are representing sir henry campbell banner man and his liberal followers as tied to the heels of john redmond while tho liberals are emphasizing the lu the views of the un zionists for and against protection As far as party organization is concerned both sides are well prepared tor the elections but there Is an exi likelihood that the varying views on the fiscal policy will produce a certain ihrcke contest which will render any attempt to forecast the result a very difficult matter feeling within the unionists ranks still runs high lord hugh cecily leader of the conservative free traders in addressing his at greenwich to said that joseph chamberlain was following in an enterprise which if it were allowed to succeed would ruin the unionist party tho unionists he said be aware of having such a atone around ahr necks as the liberals had n rule and it mr chamberlains policy continued the unionists would a decade hence be struggling with an old man of tho aea on their backs |