Show PREMIER YIELDS BY WITHHOLDING iHl HIS RESIGNATION I No No Intimation Given as to I Future Action Except I I That He Must Have Va Vacation Vacation Vacation cation for Rest WILL PREPARE PREP ARE FOR GENOA CONFERENCE Newspapers Describe Dinner Din Din- ner ncr Pact as Prime Minister Minis Minis- ter Defeated by Coalition J Jailers Safely I LONDON March 7 By Associated 1 Press Press Prime Minister Lloyd George has def deferred his resignation without I giving his colleagues any pledge as asto asto to future action regarding the pre premiership premiership pre pre- pre pre-I according to the most reliable reliable relia rella- ble sources of information reaching the Associated Press today It is commonly accepted that he will retain leadership of the government government government govern govern- ment until Irish legislation has been completed and possibly until the Genoa conference He is credited with an earnest desire to go to Genoa and will devote all his timeto time timeto to preparations for the trip during convalescence at his country home I In Wales Vales Nowhere has it been reliably suggested suggested sug sug- that his illness 1 is assumed for diplomatic purposes and It is generally agreed by his friends that he needs a complete rest His Ills supporters supporters supporters sup sup- porters attribute his complaints as to lack of loyalty by conservative coalitionists essentially to nervous exhaustion The prime minister has hasI I held care laden ministerial offices for sixteen consecutive years ears including the period of his prime He lIe stood up during the most trying years of the war and period of peace settlement and his admirers declare that any man of less lesa hardy physique would have collapsed long ago They now ncr hope that for a the I 11 be permitted to to- 0 enjoy Undisturbed undisturbed quiet aulet Westminster Gazettes Gazette's political correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent draws a picture of the pressure exerted on him at Sunday nights night's dinner to prevent his retire retire- ment The newspaper further says that six unionist colleagues united in efforts to bind him safely in the prison house of coalition When Then the prison gate was closed the writer continues the prime minIster minister min mm- ister later went home exhausted and if the truth be known a thoroughly beaten man for he lacked at the last moment moment moment mo mo- ment courage to stake all upon his freedom He returned to his Jailers Jailer's keeping striving to put the best complexIon complexion com corn to it all but at heart he was I sick and sore Today's Today s pol political i observers vary a great deal geal in their speculations as to future attitude of the conservatives Some declare that their position is improved and that there is a distinct movement among the more sober conservatives conservatives con con- to rally in defense to the coalition and prime minister Others assert just as confidently that the conservatives are quite out of hand and are eager to turn against Austen Chamberlain for his effort to promote harmony The political crisis is over over until until it breaks out again again Is Is the assertion of one newspaper and this statement in I some quarters is believed accurately to describe the situation Sir Arthur Balfour's speech was eagerly awaited I today t day further to clarify a critical I juncture |