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Show LLOYD GEORGE TO MAKE REPLY TO KCPCS British Premier Announces Intention of Public Rejoinder Re-joinder to Torrent of Abuse in Newspapers SUDDEN DECISION SURPRISES EDITORS , GeneraL-Interest-Is . Brou ght to Domestic Political Situation; Situ-ation; ' Also Rumors of Coalition Breaking Up I-O.VDON. Oct. 11 (By A. P.) Prime Minister I.loyd George has announced his Intention of replying publicly at Manchester on Saturday to a torrent of condemnatory criticism recently aimed at the near eastern policy of the government. Tha audden announcement haa taken the press by surprise and brought general gen-eral Interest In the domestlo political situation to a keener focus thsn aver. It also coincides with Increased defl-nlteneaa defl-nlteneaa In the rumors of an early breakup of the present coalition. Th Improved outlook In th nenr east may have opened som Inner sources of Information enabling the political writers to speak with greatei cer:alnty than heretofore; at e.ny rate, today's morning papers have the ap pearanca of those usually accompanying accompany-ing the last days of a moribund government gov-ernment and the early dissolution of parliament. NO INTENTION TO RESIGN. Necessarily a general election Is commonly discussed aa a matter of more or less icualnty. The uuIhIijii of tha majority of tha political ex- perls, however, is that Mr. Iloyd j treot re has no Intention of reHrwtnir and that he will put up a llf f lajht on behalf of the coalition. In which he will have the support of Austen t'ham- berlaln In the Littr's forthcoming .speech at Birmingham. I At tha sKviua time there are some I who confidently refer to dissolution ol ! parliament and a general election in a I manner impiyln knowletig-i that the : premier haa already docided upon this i course. (Speculation la very busy over the : probabldS result of an appeal to the country: The conservative, are credited cred-ited In some quarters with nbiltty to secure a larger number of seats In the: house of romrnaiu than any other i party, though not enough to out-1 votu a possible combination of the I liberals and laborites there and such a combination Is one of the many matters of conlecture. LABOR EXPECTS TO WIN. HI je where t'.o growing strength of labor Is eir.p.'cisiz d and the labor leaders themselves speak aa though they were con f Mont of a weeping the pol'.s and taking ofric. It docs not i seem to be supposed that tho liberals, I whether Asuulthian or Georgian, would .be able to rally enough undivided sup- I port to bring them Into power. One Important result of the crisis, according to two or three of the pa- pers, is that Kir Robert Home, chan-'cellor chan-'cellor of the exchequer, has postponed this trip to the United Ptittes and that jthe debt funding mln!cn wilt not be ,unlertaken hy another, being held up until tjir Kobert feels free to go. |