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Show BRITISH PARTIES WELGOHE EARLY BALLOTRESULT Leaders Realize That Election Elec-tion Could Not Have Been Long Delayed Regardless of Lloyd George Action POLLING PROBABLY WILL OCCUR NOV. 18 Conservatives Plan Realign- ment Witk France .and New Near East Policy in Case They Regain Power LONDON. Oct. 21 (By A. V.). All the political parties welcome the prospect pros-pect of an Immediate general election, which It Is recognised could not have long been delayed In any case. The conservatives especially feel that It would greatly strengthen their administration If they were able to get a definite mandate from tho country. Moreover, formation of the new ministry min-istry now would entail about fifteen bye-elections. Involving much loss of time with the possible prospect of a general election in the near future still confronting them. Tho conservative party meeting Ur the election of Ponar Iji w as leader will be held Monday afternoon at the Hotel Ocil, the Carlton club not affording af-fording enoujrh fmm to accommodate the prospective attendance. The meeting meet-ing will be followed, according to the best Information, by announcement of the dissolution of parliament either Monday night or Tuesday. Kx'Ctation continues general that tho polling will take pla'e November i H. an 1 ft (s ! elleved the reconstituted Aa ratification of the Irish treaty la no linger a contentious m-titer, it is believed be-lieved It n be dfapnaed of within the ppwlficd ume and parliament is likely :o rise fr Its Christinas recess early In December. ECONOMY TO BE FEATURE. If the conservatives come Into power as a result of th election their policy, it ia declared, will be not to aim so much at legislative achievements as to concentrate upon sound administration administra-tion and economy. ' Among tho chief features of their foreipn policy will be the maintenance and strengthening of the entente with France and a recasting of tho British Near Ka stern policy. The fntun ttttitude of Austen Cham-berliin Cham-berliin and hi followers who voted for the coalition the Carlton club meeting meet-ing Is much debated. The leaders of this group met privately last night and discusser! t i;e prospects. tine vrsimi of the meeting Is that the roulinon unionist will accept the Inevitable. and ranee themselves along-s!d along-s!d their f-Mow conservatives. LEFT WING POSSIBLE. Another statement is that Chamber-yatn Chamber-yatn and hi folowers will form u separate sep-arate group, Inspired by a spirit of benevolent Independence from the main conservative party, which they will not directly oppose in the elections and with which they may cooperate to a certain extent afterward. Tin Times' plit icil correspondent says that, when it comes to parlla-; mentnry action, there is scarcely a doubt t hat the two sections of the party will be In complete agreement , and an apparent split will be small, j This view Is not favored by ths more extreme tories, who say the coalition unionists have Indeed "pone into the I wilderness and will wander there some! time in oblivion." The supposition that they will Join ! tho predicted center pan: y under i Klnyd flenrgo Is now rejected almost ; everywhere. Several of the political writers this I morning agree that the center party I has been completely abandoned and i that Uoyd fieorge will make hia appeal ap-peal to the country when the election enmpaiffn begins aa a pure llleral and free t rad er, st ron g on econ om y and favoring the league of nations, lie. is credited with having at his disposal the coalition liberal machine, whose funds, according to the Imily Mail, amount to nearly 1,001.00 pounds. BIG 8PEECH EXPECTED. Uoyd" Cleorge'a speech at Ieeds tonight to-night is awriited with an interest comparable com-parable to that before the Manchester address, for It is felt that much of the whole political future depends upon how he wields that "sword," which he declared he had taken in hand when lie left London. Me.m while former Premier Astuith remains silent and the intentions of his follower among the liberals are unknown. Me Is reported to le preparing pre-paring a message to the nation, but its I appearance perhaps witl le deferred! until Uoyd (ieorge has spoken. Some observers anticipate that the rivalry j between these champions In the literal i field will furnish one of the most piquant phaaes of the political fight. All the parties are declaring their ; rejidiness-for the fray and the labor-j i lies nay that for them the election can- i j.not come too soon. An editorial In the I I labor organ, the Daily Herald, today I fulminates against 'the iruilt' of the tories whose representative In Lloyd I Cieorge'e cabinet were. It says, "main-i "main-i ly responsible for the prime minister's blunders and crlmee." I , In tho Sntton division of Plymouth, a controversy Is raging as. to whether : Viscountess Astor. who has been a , firm supporter of Uoyd (ieorge. or the 'rival candidate, Ir. Itayley, shall be I the official conservative representative l at the election. Jjt. Bayley claims this as his right, (Continued on page 2. BRITISHPART1ES (Continued from psge 1.) that he long ago declared against the coalition and advocated the return of Honar Uw. lie haa also been adopted by the section of the conservatives tn Plymouth who oppose the coalition. Viscount Astor says It la or the central cen-tral conservatrvteassoclatlon to choose the candidate, adding that his wife Is recognised as the candidate both lically and In London. Viscountess Astor. the first woman elected to the Imperial parliament, was returned In 1919 on the Coalition unionist ticket. |