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Show PREMIER GEORGE MAY LEAKE POST LLOYD QEORQE DE8IQNATE8 DAY HE WILL RETIRE UNLESS GIVEN GIV-EN VOTE OF CONFIDENCE Leader of England W Hand King His Resignation If Support la Not Forthcoming; Politician Are Getting Busy London Tho early pnrt of March Is sot by Prime Minister Lloyd Georgo for fulfillment of his ultimatum to Austen Chamberlain according to n report re-port In parliamentary clrclos. If ho docs not receive satisfactory assurances assur-ances of the loyal support of tne coalition coali-tion conservatives, It Is said, ho will present to the king his resignation of tho preMnlorshlp, which ho 1b now llguratlvoly carrying In his pocket. Private meetings of politicians led to no announcement of developments tending toward n solution of tho crisis. One of them, Indcod, hardened tho opposition op-position to the "die hard" conservatives to Lloyd George's loudershlp. This meeting was held In a committee commit-tee room vf the houso of commons, where more than eighty conservative members of the commons nnd house of lords adopted n resolution affirming affirm-ing thnt "In order to rostoro confidence confi-dence throughout the country, and with a view to upprOuchlng general election, there Is urgont need for re. assertion of tho conservative nnd unlonlBt principles." Tho mooting Is reportod further to have decided that the utmost shall be done to hasten tho formation of a conservative-unionist conservative-unionist government. The determination of Mr. Cliambor-lain, Cliambor-lain, Iord Chancellor lllrkenhend nnd other conservative leadors to stand by Mr. Lloyd Georgo Is unshnkon, nnd the steps they will tnko to bring their followers Into line are nwnlted with Interest. When Mr. Chamberlain speaks at Oxford, It Is generally ex-peeled, ex-peeled, he will make a pronouncement bearing on tho political crisis. The cabinet met Thursday but, as far as can be ascertained, did not deal with the criBls, transacting only state business. Tho nntl-coalltlon newspapers say the storm raised by tho premier's let-tor let-tor to Mr. Chamberlain became worse Thursday, while Lloyd George's champions cham-pions doclare mntters nro somewhat Improved. All ngreo, however, that nothing approaching n settlement has been reached and that difficulties ro-mcnln ro-mcnln acute. The Westminster Gnzetto charges that the situation Is a maneuver by Mr. Lloyd Georgo to secure tho lend-orshlp lend-orshlp of the Conservative party, and contends thnt If this Is not tho objoct of his letter to Chamberlain, It Is gratuitous folly on his part. |