Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-11-17 | Page 7 | Balfour's Threat to Resign

THREAT TO RESIGN i london nov 15 Trel riler balfourd Bal fours unusually candid warning to hia fol loners at the of con aai M was interpreted in bome quarters as a threat to resign tho leadership of the unionist party it dissensions continue with regard to tha fiscal policy and judging by the editorials in most of ho papers there ia email likelihood of his appeal having the desired effect the resolution proposed bi henn chaplin former president of the local government board and adopted by tin conference BBS intended to bind th party to the creed of joseph chambe alln and premier balfourd Bal fours reply a in effect that it would be disastrous 1 press that policy on the eve of a geu oral election his supporters in the press complain that ho still gives no definite lead on which the can go before their constituencies in the course of his speech mr balfour declared that he was not afraid ot the opposition but of his own friends