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Show WILL DEMAND ' AN EXPRESSION 1 PAPER8 8AY LLOYD GEORGE WILL HI REQUIRE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE HI TO DETERMINE COURSE H Report Says if Unionist Party Anrf WM H0U8S of Commons Refuso Ap- H proval, Chief Will Re- H sign Office 9m London. Prlmo Minister Lloyd Goorgo will resume- hla placo In the B houso of commons April 3 nnd wilt H Immediately nstc for n vote on tho gov MM ernmont's policy regarding tho Genoa H economic conference, Austen Cham- horlnln, tho govomment lender, an- nouncod In the louso Tuosday after- jH Loudon. Prlmo Minister Lloyd H George Is determined to ask for n voto MM of confidence. There nro two stories, jH hiwevor, as to how tho demand will 9M bo made. flIH I Tho first version, prescntod by the H London Times, Is that Mr. Lloyd jH Georgo is sending n messngo to Austen H Chnmhetnln. through Sir Robort Homo, H asking ratification' of tho unionist HH Irador's recent assurances of support IH either by a Unionist party mooting or IH In tho house of commons. The pre- H mlor, It Is snld, will be satisfied with H either alternative, but of both are ro jH Jected his throat to resign will be x H pectod to be fulfilled. H Tho Dally Mall, concurring in thus H version, says Lloyd George's threat of. H resignation was only n bluff, Intended H to drtvo tho Independent unionists but H of the official ranks ot the party, leav- H Ing him to consolidate what was left H of the coalition. Tills, It says, failed, H and Ms latest move Is Interpreted as al H further attempt to split the conserva- jH tlvo pnrty. jH Tho other ntory Ignores the report H of tho premier's Insistence on the sup- H port ot tho unionists, nnd say that H wtion ho returns to London noxt week fl ho will submit to the house of coin- M nions a motion in favor of the Genoa MM conference, nnd, In his speech support- H Ing tho motion, net forth the govern- H incut's conference policy. The vote on MM the motion, ncconllng to this version, H will not necessarily bo deemed n vote, j of confidence, but n strengthening of M tho premier's position as the British H representative nt Genoa. WM Those who represent Mr. Lloyd KjB George f.n Intending to ask for a vote Mt oithor from the house of commons or MM tho unionist pnrty, say that Bitch, n Mt voto certainly cannot be obtained from Mm tho pnrty, ami thnt unionist leaders jkjl hnvo been placed In nn awkward post- tlon by tho premier's nlleged domand. H |